In September 2026, a high-level delegation from Spain’s Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII) visited several Chinese institutions, successively visiting the Peking University Health Science Center (PKUHSC) and the State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease (SKLRD), with the aim of exploring scientific cooperation in areas such as public health, epidemiology, and respiratory diseases.
I. Visit to the Center for Health Sciences of Peking University (September 18)
The president of the ISCIII, Marina Pollán Santamaría, led a delegation that visited the Peking University Health Science Center. They were received by Hao Yuantao, Secretary of the Party of the School of Public Health, and Li Xiaojia, Deputy Director of the Office of International Cooperation. Hao Yuantao pointed out that the ISCIII is the national reference public research institution in health in Spain, with a solid capacity in epidemiology, chronic diseases, oncology, healthy aging and public health emergencies, and that its research lines fully coincide with those of this institution.
Photo: Visit of the ISCIII to the Peking University Health Science Center
President Pollán explained that the ISCIII combines functions of conducting research, funding projects, and national coordination of health research, and that high-level exchanges between China and Spain have further consolidated the consensus on scientific cooperation. During the seminar, both parties presented the profile of PKUHSC, the general situation of the School of Public Health, and the progress of the CKB project (Chinese Prospective Study of Chronic Diseases). The ISCIII presented its institutional positioning, its scientific funding system, the Spanish network of health research institutes (IIS), national scientific infrastructures, and its international cooperation network. After the meeting, the delegation visited the National Institute of Health Data Research.
II. Visit to the State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease (September 23)
The vice president of the ISCIII, Professor María José Buitrago Serna, and the senior researcher Luis Mariñas Pardo visited the laboratory, accompanied by Adrián GUTIERREZ, advisor of the Embassy of Spain in China. Accompanied by the deputy director of the laboratory, Yang Kai, the delegation visited the bank of biological sample resources, the shared instrumentation platform, and the P2 laboratory, getting acquainted with the construction and operation of the platforms and the biosecurity standards.
Photo: Visit of the ISCIII to the State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease
Deputy Director Yang Kai presented the strategic position, research lines, and representative achievements of the laboratory. Professor Buitrago Serna presented the profile of the ISCIII, its key research areas, and its international cooperation network, mentioning that the ISCIII has a scholarship program for international students, inviting young Chinese researchers to apply for it. Both parties exchanged views on possible models of cooperation such as joint research, the exchange of results, and data sharing, reaching a preliminary consensus.
Photo: Visit of the ISCIII to the State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease
This series of visits has strengthened mutual understanding and laid the foundation for expanding practical cooperation between China and Spain in the fields of public health, epidemiology, and research on respiratory diseases.Note: The photos and content have been compiled from information on the website of the University of Beijing Medical Sciences and the website of the Key State Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases.
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