Ambassador of the People's Republic Of China in the Republic of Moldova on a visit to ”Nicolae Testemitanu” University

His Excellency Mr. YAN Wenbin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Moldova, paid a fact-finding visit to Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy on May 17. The delegation had a meeting with representatives of the University's administrative team and heads of departments.

University Rector Professor Emil Ceban made a brief review of the history and achievements of the institution, highlighting the stages of development and evolution through which it was possible to secure a high-profile position at both national and international level.

"Internationalization is one of the strategic goals of our university for the next ten years, so we are open to training young people from other countries. Over time, the University has strengthened its collaboration with medical higher education institutions from China, due to which it has managed to open the Traditional Chinese Medicine Center and create optimal conditions for the study and use of traditional Chinese methods. Kinetotherapy and other additional procedures are widely practiced at the University Center for Medical Rehabilitation ", said the rector.

In this context, Professor Ceban informed that, this year, Nicolae Testemitanu University would launch a new undergraduate program – Physiokinetotherapy and rehabilitation, which has the mission to train qualified specialists for primary, hospital and community care. The rector also mentioned that there are many opportunities to organize academic mobility for teachers, students, resident doctors and doctoral students, who benefit from the exchange of experience in the educational process, in scientific research, and in the area of modern diagnostic methods and treatment.

First Vice-Rector Olga Cernețchi, Vice-Rector for Teaching Activity, presented the history of Moldova's cooperation with the People's Republic of China, emphasizing that health cooperation relations date back to 1961, when the famous Professor Link Cin I visited our country to promote traditional Chinese medicine and his son studied at Chisinau State Institute of Medicine and continued to follow his father's ideas. The professor mentioned that the projects carried out with the support of the People's Republic of China had an essential role for both Nicolae Testemitanu University and the national medicine. The Vice-Rector also gave an account of the impressive experiences of our students in the hospitals of Gansu Traditional Chinese Medicine University and of members of the scientific and teaching staff who visited the People's Republic of China.

"I had the honor to visit China, to benefit from an internship, to collaborate with colleagues and to learn about the enormous potential of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of patients with various pathologies, but also to visit educational institutions endowed with state-of-the-art equipment. It's amazing what we saw there – the services provided to patients by the healthcare system. We want to collaborate in the field of science with Chinese medical institutions from which we have much to learn ", added academician Stanislav Groppa, Vice-Rector for Research Activity.

Ambassador Yan Wenbin was impressed by the warm welcome received at our university, but also by the extensive work carried out by the institution, including in the area of promoting Chinese medicine. The high-level guest said he was willing to support the university, calling for further cooperation with other Chinese medical institutions, especially in the field of research and innovation. "We attach great importance to the long-term partnership established between our institutions and we are open to any proposal of collaboration from you. In addition to the University of Gansu with which you have been collaborating for some time, we will intensify cooperation with other economically developed regions, with education and research infrastructure", the Chinese diplomat emphasized.

Rector Emil Ceban thanked the Chinese delegation for its openness and productive dialogue, noting that the University was honored by the visit of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Moldova and expressing belief that a good start leads to a successful outcome.

During his visit to Nicolae Testemitanu University, His Excellency was accompanied by YE Ting, Third Secretary of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Republic of Moldova. After the meeting, the Chinese guests visited the Museum of Human Anatomy and the University Center for Simulation in Medical Training.