STORY: Taiwan-funded hospital aspires to expand investment in Chinese mainland
SHOOTING TIME: June 16, 2024
DATELINE: June 18, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:19
LOCATION: XIAMEN, China
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of Xiamen
2. various of Xiamen Chang Gung Hospital
3. SOUNBDITE 1 (Chinese): CHANG CHEN-NEN, Vice president of Xiamen Chang Gung Hospital
4. SOUNBDITE 2 (Chinese): CHANG CHEN-NEN, Vice president of Xiamen Chang Gung Hospital
5. various of Xiamen Chang Gung Hospital

STORYLINE:

Xiamen Chang Gung Hospital in east China's Fujian Province, the first Taiwan-funded hospital in the Chinese mainland, has undergone great development since it opened in 2008.

With a total investment of 320 million yuan (about 47.8 million U.S. dollars), its healthcare and nursing home expansion project in Xiamen is under construction and expected to start operation in 2026.

SOUNBDITE 1 (Chinese): CHANG CHEN-NEN, Vice president of Xiamen Chang Gung Hospital
"The healthcare and nursing home features the combination of medical care and resource sharing. We've brought the excellent medical quality of Taiwan Chang Gung Hospital to Xiamen. So far, we have specialized doctors from Taiwan coming to Xiamen every week or month regularly to provide collaborative medical services. On average, there are about 30 to 40 specialists each month."

SOUNBDITE 2 (Chinese): CHANG CHEN-NEN, Vice president of Xiamen Chang Gung Hospital
"Xiamen Chang Gung Hospital took root in the mainland 16 years ago. We have felt that the medical services in the Chinese mainland have made tremendous progress. In the future, in terms of science and technology, we intend to introduce the most advanced robots, as well as high-tech nano-surgery technology. In the medical field, we have many medical centers on the drawing board, especially the liver transplant center and the cell therapy center, and we will invest a lot to continue our development in the mainland."

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