The Global Health Forum (GHF), co-hosted by the Beijing Municipal People's Government and the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA), will be held in Beijing this July, focusing on innovations in the health industry, according to an announcement at the BFA Annual Conference 2025 on Wednesday.
July's GHF, themed "New Future of Health Industry Driven by Innovation," will address ten crucial topics facing human health development including artificial intelligence (AI), life sciences, cell and gene therapy, synthetic biology, and the silver economy.
"We will jointly explore the international concept of 'global health development' and showcase Beijing's model of high-quality development in health services and the pharmaceutical and health industry," said Jin Wei, vice mayor of Beijing.
Beijing municipality and the BFA have reached a broad consensus on cooperation in promoting global health governance, developing the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors, empowering scientific and technological innovation empowerment, and integrating the health industry.
"The forum will contribute to strengthening global health governance, creating global goals for the health industry, promoting international cooperation in the health field, building a community of common health for mankind, and helping achieve the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals," said Zhang Jun, secretary general of BFA.
The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) 2025 Annual Conference opened in the town of Boao, south China's Hainan Province on Tuesday, with discussions around major topics including global economic trends, economic growth outlooks and new economic driving forces.
Beijing and Boao Forum for Asia to co-host Global Health Forum in July
Rescue efforts in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar's capital, progressed slowly without professional rescue teams following a deadly earthquake on Friday, with daily life heavily disrupted and nearly all shops and restaurants in the city center closed, according to a Chinese national who survived the disaster.
In an interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN), Li Bobo, chairman of the Myanmar-China Exchange and Cooperation Association, recalled being in a government building in Nay Pyi Taw for a meeting when the earthquake struck, saying the powerful tremor made it impossible for anyone to remain standing.
"I was attending a meeting inside a government building in Nay Pyi Taw when the earthquake hit. It started with vertical shaking, followed by horizontal movement. People couldn't stay on their feet, and it lasted for about two minutes. The roof collapsed, and all the attendees dropped to the floor, unable to stand," he said.
Li said rescue efforts were progressing slowly in the capital.
"I'm now in Zawtika Market, in the city center of Nay Pyi Taw, the busiest area of the capital. I am just passing by and see a corner of a building that has collapsed. It happened about two hours ago, and so far, the pace of rescue efforts is very slow. There are no professional rescue teams, just a few cranes. Nearly all businesses in the city center, including stores and restaurants, are closed. I went out at noon to get something to eat but couldn't find any open shops. Everyone is busy with their own rescue efforts, and almost every household has suffered some kind of loss," he said.
A total of 1,644 people died, 3,408 were injured, and 139 remained missing in the powerful earthquake in Myanmar, according to the Information Team of the State Administration Council on Saturday night.
The 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit the southeast Asian country on Friday, with Mandalay, Bago, Magway, the northeastern Shan state, Sagaing, and Nay Pyi Taw among the hardest-hit regions.
Rescue work progresses slowly in Myanmar capital after earthquake: survivor
