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Expert: China's Biosecurity Law aims to safeguard national security

A researcher conducts PCR tests in a laboratory in Enshi, central China's Hubei Province, July 28, 2020. /CFP China's Biosecurity Law is aimed at safeguarding national security from the risk o

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Nigerian Ambassador Baba Ahmad Jidda: China is our second home

Nigerian Ambassador Baba Ahmad Jidda sits in an interview with CGTN reporter Wu Guoxiu at his office in Beijing. CGTN/Cai Jingxuan The Nigerian Embassy lies in Beijing's Sanlitun, an area in

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PNG ambassador to China hopes to strengthen people-to-people relations

Ambassador Don Sawong took his post in China on September 30. The position is also his first assignment as an ambassador of Papua New Guinea (PNG). Papua New Guinea was one of the earliest Pacific Is

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Number of visually impaired people in China falls by 700,000, data

Kids in school practice eye exercise with the help of a doctor. /CFP China is observing its 25th National Eye Care Day on Saturday. An official report says China's number of visually impaired

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China strengthens legal safeguards for public health

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has promised to strengthen legal safeguards for public health at the annual assembly of the National People's Congress (NPC), the country's top legislature."We will impr

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Lawmakers call for an overhaul of the disease control system

"We will improve mechanisms for direct reporting and early warning of infectious diseases, and ensure the prompt, open, and transparent release of epidemic information", Premier Li Keqiangpromised

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Ideas into action: Lawmaker wants more support for Chinese medicine

02:17 China's laws on infectious disease control should be amended to give more support to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), suggested Dr. Zhang Boli, an academician at the Chinese A

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China's new law promoting basic medical care takes effect from June

02:27 China's first fundamental and comprehensive law on basic medical and health care will take effect in less than a month. One of its drafters says China has already upheld the law'

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Stanford professor: Earliest U.S. infection likely in early January

04:21 Dr.Jay Bhattacharya, professor of medicine at Stanford University, told CGTN that it is possible that the first U.S. infection happened as early as the first or second of January

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People test positive for COVID-19 after completing quarantine

01:53 Earlier this week, a special case of COVID-19 in Beijing commanded the attention of doctors. A person returning from the U.S. showed symptoms after finishing quarantine. Three fa

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China fully resumes border service in low-risk areas of COVID-19

A Chinese immigration officer working on border documents for a foreigner during the novel coronavirus outbreak. /SIA China's State Immigration Administration issued 10 measures on Thursday to

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Chinese expert addresses common concerns about COVID-19

Doctors at Beijing Ditan Hospital in the Chinese capital are treating novel coronavirus patients in critical condition. I had a chance to visit the hospital on Thursday and spoke with the head of

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CDC expert: One 2019-nCoV patient generally infects 2-3 others

"It's a critical period in trying to turn the tide," said Feng Luzhao, a researcher in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, in a interview

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U.S. 'virus hunter' W. Ian Lipkin assisting China

04:55 A specialist known as one of the world's leading "virus hunters" is in China, to help contain the coronavirus epidemic.Dr. W. Ian Lipkin is the John Snow Professor of Epidemiolog

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Chinese drug research center shares resources with scientists

As scientists in China hurry to develop a treatment for the new coronavirus, the nation's Global Health Drug Discovery Institute said it will share resources with all researchers working in the fi

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China announces 39 major medical achievements in 2019

01:23 The year 2019 witnessed a breakthrough in China's medical science. A committee of nearly 200 experts has identified 39 programs as major achievements for the year.An announcement

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Hainan hosts pilot zone for medical tourism

02:24 The southern Chinese island province of Hainan is home to the country's only medical tourism pilot zone. And it's aiming to attract investors and patients from around the world.R