China News and Feature Archive

2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002

2008

• 12/04/2008—United States and China Renew Protocol on Cooperation in the Science and Technology of Medicine and Public Health
• 11/18/2008—HHS Opens Offices of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in China
• 11/18/2008—Secretary Leavitt to Hold Three Roundtables with the Private Sector in China
• 11/13/2008—HHS Announces Latest Efforts with China to Further Improve Cooperation on Food Safety
• 10/16/2008—HHS Preparing to Open FDA Offices in China, India, Europe, and Latin America This Year
• 10/06/2008—HHS/FDA Detects Melamine Contamination in Flavored Drink
• 10/03/2008—FDA Issues Interim Safety and Risk Assessment of Melamine and Melamine-related Compounds in Food (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
• 09/26/2008—HHS/FDA Updates Health Information Advisory on Melamine Contamination
• 09/20/2008—HHS/FDA Updates Health Information Advisory on Melamine Contamination
• 06/18/2008—United States and China Outline Progress on Agreement on Food and Feed Safety
• 06/16/2008—HHS Secretary and Chinese Minister of Health Sign Memorandum of Understanding on Traditional Chinese Medicine Research
• 05/16/2008—HHS Secretary Concludes Week-Long Visit to the People's Republic of China
• 05/13/2008—HHS Secretary Meets with Chinese Minister of Health, Visits Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• 05/12/2008—HHS Secretary Begins Third Visit to the People's Republic of China
• 03/13/2008—HHS/FDA to Establish Permanent Presence in China

2007  

• 12/14/2007—HHS Renews Memorandum of Understanding with the People’s Republic of China on HIV/AIDS
• 12/14/2007—HHS Concludes Agreements with the People’s Republic of China on the Safety of Food and Drugs
• 12/10/2007—HHS Secretary Opens Multi-Day Visit to the People's Republic of China; Import Safety Tops Agenda
• 12/03/2007—HHS Secretary Addresses U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Import Safety
• 11/21/2007—United States and People's Republic of China to Hold Third Meeting Under the Strategic Economic Dialogue in China Next Month
• 10/12/2007—FDA Commissioner Meets with Chinese Minister of Health and Other Senior Chinese Government Officials on Import Safety, Discusses How They Can Work Together to Beat Disease, Ensure Safe Food, Effective Drugs (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
• 07/31/2007—HHS Delegation Heads to China for Fact-Finding Mission on Safety of Food, Feed, and Drugs
• 05/24/2007—HHS Secretary Michael O. Leavitt and USDA Secretary Mike Johanns Discuss Food- and Drug- Safety Issues with Chinese Minister of Health Gao Qiang and Minister of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine Li Changjiang
• 05/22/2007—Chinese Health Minister Gao Qiang and HHS Secretary Michael O. Leavitt Open Second United States-China Health-Care Forum
• 05/21/2007—Senior HHS Officials Host Visit of Chinese Health Minister to Alaska

2006

• 12/13/2006—HHS Secretary Michael O. Leavitt Inaugurates Office for the U.S.-China Collaboration in Emerging and Re-Emerging Diseases
• 12/13/2006—HHS Secretary Participates in First U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue
• 04/18/2006—HHS Expands Cooperation in Health and Medical Science with People’s Republic of China
• 03/28/2006—United States and China Meet to Plan Program on Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases
• 03/24/2006—HHS/NIH-Sponsored China AIDS Research Project

2005

• 12/22/2005—U.S., China Sign Amended MOU on Biomedical and Behavioral Research
• 11/04/2005—HHS and People’s Republic of China Partner to Combat Infectious Diseases

2003

• 12/08/2003—HHS Reaffirms Health Commitments Between U.S. and China
• 10/19/2003—Secretary Pledges Cooperation With China, Urges Openness
• 05/06/2003—U.S., China Develop Plan for Improved Disease Surveillance
• 04/04/2003—Secretary Thompson, Chinese Health Minister Vow to Cooperate on SARS

Last revised: December 30, 2008