Source: China Economic Net

By Wang Kai

BEIJING, Mar. 7 (China Economic Net) – “The rapid technological development in China’s medical and health sector is a boon for other developing countries”, Muhammed Shahbaz, President of China Pakistan Medical Association told CEN reporter. “In the past year, our focus was on medical education and research, digital medicine, nuclear medicine for cancer treatment, traditional medicine, etc. Digital Medicine Project for training young physicians and surgeons will boost healthcare cooperation and FDS Consortium Neutron Cancer Therapy will be the beginning of technology transfer to Pakistan and other developing countries”, he said.

China, with the second largest medicinal market in the world, is vigorously investing in medical technology upgrading, with the R&D investment of listed medicinal companies in China exceeding RMB 10 billion in 2022. Tang Yue, deputy to the 14th National People’s Congress of China, Chairman and President of Truking Technology Limited told China Economic Net (CEN) reporter that conducive policies, a tremendous domestic market that nurtures enterprises, and continuous innovation empower Chinese medical companies to grow and expand their presence globally.

 “The Health Silk Road implies sustainable investment, low-carbon production, and benefits to the industrial development of other Belt and Road countries”, he said. 

 According to Muhammed Shahbaz, new horizons for cooperation have been opened in recent several years, such as vaccine research, diagnostic facilities, biotechnology, AI, Big Data, and telemedicine. “Pakistan’s population is rapidly growing. Currently, there are around 250 million people but only 32,030 specialist doctors (1 specialist doctor for every 7,805 people) registered with the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) and 133,707 beds in hospitals and dispensaries (1 bed for 1,645 people). Pakistani doctors and surgeons could learn advanced medical and surgical skills from China”, he said. 

 He told CEN reporter that more than 7500 Pakistani medical students are studying in China and so far, more than 15,000 students have graduated from China since 2001. The majority of them have studied MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery.