MYANMAR delegation led by Union Minister for Health Dr Thet Khaing Win attended the opening ceremony of the Seventh China-ASEAN Summit for Drug Development and Cooperation in Fanchenggang, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the People’s Republic of China yesterday.

Speaking at the event, the Union minister said the China-ASEAN Summits for Drug Development and Cooperation plays a key role in promoting the cooperation for medical development. This year’s theme is “Conveying the Voice of Traditional Chinese Medicine to the World, ushering in a new future for traditional medicines”.

He added that the summit will focus on quality assurance, assessment, capacity building and strategic related matters and exchange the policy and regulations for traditional medicines. International cooperation is key to overcoming the challenges in traditional medicine sectors.

He then highlighted the systematic duties of the Food and Drug Administration (Myanmar) that assure the quality and safety of traditional medicines, medical-related materials, health supplements, foodstuffs, public health and registration of food and medicines.

Then, the heads of China and ASEAN traditional medicine sources coordinated the discussion and Dr Su Su Dwe, Director-General of the Traditional Medicine Department of the Ministry of Health presented the progress in the traditional medicine sector of Myanmar, its policies, research and Withama traditional medicine for COVID-19 treatment.

At noon, the Myanmar delegation attended the opening ceremony of the China-ASEAN drug control officials training course, a discussion on policy for traditional drug development and China-ASEAN medicine production and export-related events.

MNA/KTZH

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