The China-Pakistan Joint Research Center for Nutrition and Health unveiled in Beijing and Karachi respectively on the sideline o
f the 2021 Sino-Pakistan Conference on Research and Application of Food and Medicinal Resources held last week, both online and offline.
According to China Economic Net, the center is launched jointly by the Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST) o
f the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) and International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi, Pakistan.
At the launching ceremony, Wang Fengzhong, Direct
or of IFST, expressed that IFST would carry out projects under the MOU of Sino-Pakistan science and technology agreement signed this year, and research the medicinal and food plant resources and its benefits to human, to strengthen the traditional friendship between the two iron brother nations.
Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary, Dean of ICCBS, hoped to have more cooperation with China in the medicinal and food plant resources and education and training, on the basis o
f the foundation of Sino-Pakistan Cooperation Center on Traditiona
l Chinese Medicine (SPCCTCM). Choudhary expected that a public academic platform could be established to strengthen the two nations’ synergy in sci-tech innovation and draw more y
oung scientists to take part in.
Dr. Atta ur Rahman, Chairman of Pakistani Prime Minister’s Task Force on Science and Technology, pointed out that the two nations have established SPCCTCM. He hoped the cooperation would boost the development of Traditiona
l Chinese Medicine in China and Pakistan.
Awais Ahmad Khan, Counsell
or of Embassy o
f the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Beijing said, “China and Pakistan’s cooperation in the field of food and medicinal plant resources is very important, which is conducive to the social and economic development o
f the two countries.”
China and Pakistan have strengthened cooperation in traditional medicine Traditiona
l Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Traditional Unani Medicine (TUM).
The Sino-Pakistan Cooperation Center on Traditiona
l Chinese Medicine have been set up respectively in University of Karachi, in Pakistan and Hunan University of Medicine in Hunan province, China.
SPCCTCM will carry out various cooperation between the two nations, including R&am
p;D of drugs and healthy and nutritious foods, academic and cultural exchanges, talents training, medical treatment, and industrial cooperation.
The 2021 Sino-Pakistan Conference on Research and Application of Food and Medicinal Resources is organized by Wang Qiong, vice direct
or of SPCCTCM, profess
or of IFST o
f the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
The launch o
f the China-Pakistan Joint Research Center for Nutrition and Health is part o
f the two iron brother nations’ cooperation in traditional medicine.
Dr. Atta ur Rahman, Chairman of Pakistani Prime Minister’s Task Force on Science and Technology and Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary, Dean of International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi, Pakistan attend the launching ceremony of The China-Pakistan Joint Research Center for Nutrition and Health on December 22, 2021.