The Gates Foundation announces a donation of $50 million to collaborate with China on research and development. Bill Gates visits China globally | Pharmaceuticals | Bill Gates

Release time:Apr 13, 2024 21:49 PM

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced on June 15 that it will continue to work with the Beijing Municipal Government and Tsinghua University to support the Global Health Drug Research and Development Center in drug research and development, which is used to treat infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria, reduce their impact on the world's poorest people, and improve global health.

90% of the global burden of infectious diseases is borne by low - and middle-income countries, but only 10% of global drug research and development expenditures help these countries cope with infectious diseases. With the joint support of the Beijing Municipal Government, Tsinghua University, and the Gates Foundation, the Global Health Drug Research and Development Center was established in 2016. It is the first new non-profit research and development institution in China to cooperate with the government and social capital.

To further strengthen the drug development capabilities of the Global Health Drug Development Center, on June 15th, the Gates Foundation pledged to donate $50 million to the center over the next five years. The Beijing Municipal Government promises to provide funding support of equal scale. Tsinghua University will continue to support the development of the center in areas such as research platform construction and sharing, achievement transformation, and talent cultivation.

At present, the Global Health Drug Research and Development Center is committed to developing new drugs to treat infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria. Over the past six years, the Global Health Drug Development Center has established advanced research centers and an extensive global drug discovery network to establish preclinical and clinical drug pipelines. At present, the preclinical pipeline of the center covers more than ten projects, including a preclinical candidate malaria drug developed in collaboration with the Malaria Drug Association and the Malaria Drug Accelerator, which has shown good potential in reducing drug resistance risk, reducing dosage, and preventing malaria. The Global Health Drug Research and Development Center has also cooperated with several international research and development institutions and found a series of new compounds that can synergize with existing tuberculosis drugs, which is expected to significantly shorten the course of treatment of tuberculosis.

Zheng Zhijie, Chief Representative of the Gates Foundation Beijing Representative Office, stated that he is pleased to see that the Global Health Drug Research and Development Center has continuously increased its development potential in the global health drug innovation ecosystem. He hopes that the center will continue to make breakthroughs in research and development with the support of a new round of funding, and improve the possibility and accessibility of drug use for people in need around the world.

Officials from the Beijing Municipal Commission of Science and Technology and the Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park Management Committee stated that they will continue to work closely with the Gates Foundation and Tsinghua University to jointly support innovative drug research and development at the Global Health Drug Research and Development Center. We hope that the center will continue to focus on public health diseases and other major disease challenges, introduce global innovative resources, explore models and pathways for drug conversion research, and generate more original achievements that originate from Beijing and benefit the world.

Vice President of Tsinghua University, Wang Hongwei, stated that over the past six years, with the joint support of the Gates Foundation, the Beijing Municipal Government, and Tsinghua University, the Global Health Drug Research and Development Center has established a new drug research institution with efficient operation, complete functions, and outstanding biopharmaceutical research and transformation capabilities. Through in-depth cooperation among all parties in the new stage, we believe that the center will continue to move towards new heights of development and make greater contributions to the global health cause.

Two women were stabbed to death and reported to have committed a crime 4 days before the follow-up visit for schizophrenia. Suspect of a bloody murder case in a Hong Kong shopping mall appeared in court today. Male | Last Friday | Murder case
Two women were stabbed to death and reported to have committed a crime 4 days before the follow-up visit for schizophrenia. Suspect of a bloody murder case in a Hong Kong shopping mall appeared in court today. Male | Last Friday | Murder case

According to Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po, a bloody knife stabbing case occurred at Hollywood Square in Diamond Hill last Friday. The police arrested a 39 year old man on suspicion of stabbing two young women, one of whom was stabbed over 30 times. The suspect appeared in the Kwun Tong Magistrates Court this morning. The police at the Kwun Tong Magistrate's Court temporarily charged the suspect with two counts of murder last Sunday. The suspect appeared in court this morning at the Kwun Tong Magistrate's Court. Acting Chief Magistrate Zheng Jihang, after listening to the opinions of both the prosecution and defense, decided to postpone the hearing for two weeks until 9:30 am on June 19th, waiting for two psychiatric expert reports to be obtained. The defense did not object. Zheng Jihang approved the application, and the defendant needs to be temporarily detained at Xiaolan Mental Hospital. When the suspect appeared in court, he wore black framed glasses, a light gray shirt, and camouflage green shorts, and was able to answer the judge's questions normally. accordingly

Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee: The focus of Henan's "summer harvest" has shifted to agricultural machinery in the northern region of Henan Province. | Support | Science | Organization | Province | Northern Henan | Summer Harvest | Rush Harvest
Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee: The focus of Henan's "summer harvest" has shifted to agricultural machinery in the northern region of Henan Province. | Support | Science | Organization | Province | Northern Henan | Summer Harvest | Rush Harvest

Currently, the highly anticipated summer harvest work in Henan has shifted its focus to the northern region of Henan. According to the Henan Daily client, on June 4th, Lou Yangsheng, Secretary of the Henan Provincial Party Committee, presided over a special video scheduling meeting on the "Three Summers" work in the province, listened to the situation report, analyzed and judged the situation, and arranged and deployed the next steps of work. Governor Wang Kai made specific arrangements. On the evening of May 31, 2023, in Xiafutou Village, Xuliang Town, Boai County, Jiaozuo, Henan Province, villagers braved light rain in the wheat fields to harvest wheat. Visual China Map Lou Yangsheng pointed out that the current summer harvest battle in the province has entered the decisive stage. Doing a good job in summer harvest in northern Henan Province is related to the summer grain yield and seed safety. We should focus on seizing opportunities and make every effort to organize the wheat harvesting work in the northern Henan region, minimize losses, and protect the interests of farmers to the greatest extent possible. Accurate forecasting is essential

Xinhua All Media+| Welcome home! What innovative technologies are protecting the return journey of Shenzhou 15? Spaceship | Shenzhou | Technology
Xinhua All Media+| Welcome home! What innovative technologies are protecting the return journey of Shenzhou 15? Spaceship | Shenzhou | Technology

On June 4th, the return capsule of the Shenzhou-15 manned spacecraft successfully landed at the Dongfeng landing site. Astronauts Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming, and Zhang Lu all safely and smoothly exited the spacecraft, and the Shenzhou-15 manned flight mission was a complete success. What innovative technologies are there to safeguard the return journey of Shenzhou 15 in this mission? On June 4th, the return capsule of the Shenzhou-15 manned spacecraft successfully landed at the Dongfeng landing site. Xinhua News Agency reporter Lian Zhen photographed that "the sky and the ground" ensure the high-precision return of spacecraft. For the Shenzhou series spacecraft, the return and re-entry GNC technology is directly related to the life safety of astronauts. Taking the success of this return mission as a symbol, China has comprehensively upgraded its GNC system since the Shenzhou-12 manned spacecraft, which features autonomous rapid rendezvous and docking, autonomous adaptive prediction and re-entry return guidance, and has completed a comprehensive update and replacement

The Chinese naval fleet has arrived! Assembly | Navy | Chinese Fleet
The Chinese naval fleet has arrived! Assembly | Navy | Chinese Fleet

At noon today, a Chinese naval fleet consisting of Zhanjiang and Xuchang ships arrived at the assembly area of the "Comodo-2023" multinational maritime joint exercise. It is understood that the assembly anchorage for this exercise is 3 nautical miles long and 1.5 nautical miles wide, capable of anchoring up to 50 ships. Naval vessels from various countries participating in the exercise will also arrive at the anchorage today to complete the assembly of the "Komodo 2023" multinational maritime joint exercise, which is held every two years by the Indonesian Navy. This year is already the fourth edition of the exercise. The exercise will be held from June 5th to 8th in the city of Jakarta, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, including the port and sea phases. In the coming days, participating navies from various countries will participate in ship reading style search and rescue exercises, maritime interception and damage management exercises, aerial exercises, and other course objectives exercises

New comment: Donkey like "morale" limit pulls US debt "bomb" fuse hard to dismantle US | debt | morale
New comment: Donkey like "morale" limit pulls US debt "bomb" fuse hard to dismantle US | debt | morale

On the evening of June 1st, the US Senate passed a bill on the federal government's debt ceiling and budget, and the flame of the US debt bomb was temporarily extinguished at the last moment. The two parties in the United States have staged an extreme tug of war over the US debt bomb. Some experts believe that the US debt crisis is the result of the reckless politics promoted by the US dollar hegemony, and the underlying cause of this crisis is the highly polarized political system of the US. Since the end of World War II, the US Congress has adjusted the debt ceiling more than a hundred times. The recurring debt crisis will not only have a catastrophic impact on the US economy and people's livelihoods, but also continuously erode the value of US dollar assets such as government credit and US bonds, bringing significant and far-reaching impacts to the global economic landscape. 【