Eighth China Russia Infectious Disease Seminar Held in Saint Petersburg, Russia

On 18 and 19 November 2025, the Eighth China Russia Infectious Disease Seminar was held in Saint Petersburg, Russia.Li Qun, Deputy Director General of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention(China CDC).The Chinese delegation consisted of six experts from China CDC and two experts from the Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention.Russian experts attended from the Smorodintsev Research Institute of Influenza of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation.

China CDC and National Institute of Health of Colombia Hold First Virtual Meeting

On the evening of 25 November 2025, Beijing time, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention(China CDC)and the National Institute of Health of Colombia(INS)held their first bilateral technical exchange by video conference.The meeting was co-chaired by Li Qun, Deputy Director of China CDC, and Dr Diana Marcela Pava Garzón, Director of INS.Fifteen experts from the two institutions took part, covering infectious disease prevention and control.

Executive Director of the American Public Health Association Visits China CDC

On the morning of 2 December 2025, Li Qun, Deputy Director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention(China CDC), met with a delegation led by Georges Benjamin, Executive Director of the American Public Health Association(APHA).Li Quanle, Deputy Secretary General of the Chinese Preventive Medicine Association, Yi Heya, Director of the Department of External Relations, and other representatives accompanied the delegation during the visit.

The Office of Epidemiology of China CDC Holds Teaching Seminar on Postgraduate Courses in Epidemiology, Health Statistics and Health Economics

On 13 September 2025, the Office of Epidemiology of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention(China CDC), also known as the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, held the 2025 teaching seminar on postgraduate courses in epidemiology.She added that the Office of Epidemiology will continue to align its work with the development goals of the Graduate School of China CDC and remain committed to building a postgraduate teaching system with distinctive features of China CDC.

Seminar on Priority Infectious Disease Prevention and Control and International Cooperation Successfully Held in Sierra Leone

On 14 November 2025, the Seminar on Priority Infectious Disease Prevention and Control and International Cooperation, jointly organised by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention(China CDC).The Ministry of Health of Sierra Leone and the National Public Health Agency of Sierra Leone, was successfully held in Freetown.Stated that the Chinese Government attaches great importance to the health partnership between China and Sierra Leone.He noted that China would uphold the principle of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits.

The China Conference on Diabetes Prevention and Control and 2025 United Nations World Diabetes Day Online Event were Successfully Held

14 November 2025 was the 19th United Nations World Diabetes Day.To put into practice the requirements of the Healthy China Initiative—Implementation Plan for Diabetes Prevention and Control Action(2024 –.The National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention(China CDC)held the China Conference on Diabetes Prevention and Control and the 2025 United Nations World Diabetes Day Online Event on that day.

Director General Shen Hongbing of the National Administration of Disease Control and Prevention Visits Sierra Leone China Friendship Biosafety Laboratory

On the afternoon of 13 November 2025, during his visit to Sierra Leone, Shen Hongbing, Member of the Leading Party Members’Group and Deputy Minister of the National Health Commission.And Secretary of the Leading Party Members’Group and Director General of the National Administration of Disease Control and Prevention, led a delegation to the Sierra Leone China Friendship Biosafety Laboratory for an on site visit.Officials from the National Administration of Disease Control and Prevention, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention(Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine).

The 2025 National Public Health Emergency Response Meeting for CDC Institutions Held in Jinan, Shandong

The 2025 International Conference on Gonorrhoea Infection and Antimicrobial Resistance Held in Hangzhou

The 2025 International Conference on Gonorrhoea Infection and Antimicrobial Resistance was held in Hangzhou from 17 to 19 October.The conference was hosted by the Hospital for Skin Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, and the National Center for Sexually Transmitted Disease Control of China CDC.The Zhejiang Provincial Health Commission and the Zhejiang Provincial Administration of Disease Prevention and Control attended the opening ceremony and related activities.

National Training Course on Epidemiological Investigation of Food Safety Incidents for CDC Institutions Held in Nyingchi, Tibet

The national training course on epidemiological investigation of food safety incidents for CDC institutions was held in Nyingchi, Tibet, from 27 to 31 October.The course was hosted by the Public Health Emergency Center of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention(China CDC)and aimed to strengthen the capacity of the national CDC system in the investigation and response to food safety incidents.