As membership of IATB continued to grow, establishment of the IATB Research and Education Committee laid a solid foundation for future research and education efforts among TB-specialized medical institutions. Its 2017 first plenary session was successfully held on 22nd December in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region.The meeting was hosted by Mr. Pu Xinming, Chairman of the committee. Due t...

The Alliance of TB-specialized Medical Institutions and Hospitals, which is proposed by the Capital Medical University’s Beijing Chest Hospital, and participated by 103 TB-specialized medical as well as prevention institutions across China, was founded in Hangzhou on 27th October. Following the distributing of the State Council’s ‘Instructions on Promoting the Establishment and Development of...

The 3rd general assembly of IATB members along with IATB’s standing committee was held on 26th October in Hangzhou. Representatives from 66 member hospitals and medical institutions to IATB attended the meeting. The general assembly saw the passing of several resolutions and proposals, listened to the IATB 2017 Working Report, which also explicitly pointed out IATB’s bearing in the coming year...

China is about to leap into a ‘New Era’ of development after the successful conclusion of the ruling Communist Party’s 19th People’s Congress, which also produced a new central leadership.