Taizhou officials visit Beijing to ramp up cooperation

Top officials from Taizhou city in East China's Jiangsu province – Party Secretary Zhu Lifan and Mayor Wan Wenhua – led two teams on Feb 13 to visit national industry sectors, leading universities and major State-owned enterprises in the national capital, Beijing.

In-depth talks and exchanges were held about expanding and deepening cooperation.

At the Peking University Health Science Center, Zhu's team visited the Medicine Technology Transfer and Innovation Center.

Jiangsu has ushered in opportunities for the development of the health sector – the key industrial direction of Taizhou – Zhu Lifan said. He also called for solid support from the PKU Health Science Center to provide Taizhou with strong technical and talent resources.

Qiao Jie, director of the PKU Health Science Center, said he hoped their pharmaceutical and health industry innovation center in Taizhou would pave the way for more scientific research achievements in the city.

Party Secretary Zhu Lifan leads a delegation to visit the PKU Health Science Center. [Photo by Zhang Weibing, Pan Rongjin]

The team then visited China National Offshore Oil Corporation, which has invested 3.8 billion yuan ($555.56 million) on a Phase II plant. It will produce high-end lubricating oil and special oil, to be used in new energy vehicles and in animal husbandry vaccines, helping fill a supply gap in China.

In addition, Zhu visited the president of Beijing's Tsinghua University to conduct in-depth talks on potential areas of cooperation such as building offshore innovation centers, personnel training and other matters.

Wan's delegation visits the Ministry of Science and Technology on Feb 13. [Photo by Zhang Weibing, Pan Rongjin]

Mayor Wan Wenhua's team visited the Ministry of Science and Technology and the National Medical Products Administration on Feb 13. There it discussed several major projects and gave a briefing on the latest developments in Taizhou's health industry.