Senior HHS Officials Host Visit of Chinese Health Minister to Alaska

The Minister of Health of the People's Republic of China, the Honorable Gao Qiang, with the HHS Counselor to the Secretary for Health Policy Tom Barker, Esq., on Mt. Aleyska in Alaska.

The Minister of Health of the People’s Republic of China, the Honorable Goa Qiang (third from right), with staff from the Chinese Ministries of Health and Finance, including (from left to right) Ms. Han Jianli, Dr. Feng Wen, Ms. Xu Ke, Dr. Yin Li, Dr. Yu Gongbin, and Ms. Tong Aiping on Mt. Aleyska.

May 21, 2007 – ADM John Agwunobi, M.D., Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and other senior HHS officials welcomed the Minister of Health of the People's Republic of China, the Honorable Gao Qiang, and members of his staff to the State of Alaska from May 17-19, 2007.  

In advance of the second, Cabinet-level discussion under the United States-China Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED), scheduled for May 21 and May 22, 2007, in Washington, D.C., Minister Gao visited HHS Indian Health Service rural health-care sites managed in cooperation with Alaska Native tribal communities.  The Minister also saw telemedicine demonstrations between small villages and the Alaska Native Health Center in Anchorage. 

Last revised: October 10, 2007