STORY: Envoys to China speak highly of cooperation in health sector
SHOOTING TIME: April 26, 2024
DATELINE: April 26, 2024
LENGTH: 0:01:23
LOCATION: HAIKOU, China
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the delegation of envoys
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): LEENA-KAISA MIKKOLA, Ambassador of the Republic of Finland to China
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JAN RUDOLPH, Consul General of the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Guangzhou
4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ANDREI POPV, Consul General of the Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Guangzhou

STORYLINE:

Diplomatic envoys from 15 countries have visited pharmaceutical enterprises in south China's Hainan, where they spoke highly of the cooperation in health sector.

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): LEENA-KAISA MIKKOLA, Ambassador of the Republic of Finland to China
"Digital health and health tech are topics more and more important globally, also in my country Finland. In December 2020, we had a business delegation of 46 med tech companies visiting Hainan's Lecheng international medical pilot zone. This visit is an example of a mutually beneficial cooperation that continues also today."

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JAN RUDOLPH, Consul General of the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Guangzhou
"We have some very important companies in Germany in the health sector who are also investing a lot in China. And I think these opportunities are very attractive."

SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ANDREI POPV, Consul General of the Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Guangzhou
"We in Belarus are very well aware of the existing of such a pilot zone, which is unique, not only to China per se, but also to the international environment. We had previously had several visits to this Boao's trial zone, and we must say that we inherited some of the experience accumulated here in terms of policies regulating provision of medical services."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Haikou, China.
(XHTV)