The order of the year changes, and the Chinese chapter is new day by day; on the bank of the Gan River, guests gather. On the morning of January 12, the founding conference of the China (Jiangxi)-Cuba Higher Medical Education Alliance was held at our Rongjiang Campus.
Dr. Yoandra Muñoz Valle, President of Havana Medical University in Cuba, Ms. AILEEN DIAZ BERNAL, Third Secretary (Education) of the Cuban Embassy in China, Member of the Education Work Committee of the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee, Provincial Education Wang Yong, deputy director of the department, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. Zhang Xiaokang, secretary of the Party Committee and principal of the school, delivered a welcome speech. Sheng Yaohuan, Liu Zhiping, Huang Xiaotian and Lai Chuanjing, members of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the school, relevant departments of Ganzhou City, member colleges and universities of the alliance and comrades in charge of the foreign affairs departments of sister colleges and universities attended the meeting. Liu Zhiping, a member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and vice president of our school, presided over the meeting.
Dr. Yoandra Muñoz Valle said in his speech that this event marks a new stage of academic cooperation between the two sides, reflecting the common will to work together to promote high-quality medical education, serve the health cause of the people of both countries, and meet global health challenges. The common vision of Cuba and China's adherence to the common concept of health as a fundamental human right has prompted the alliance. With rich experience in international health talent training, Havana Medical University will work with Gannan Medical University to carry out in-depth cooperation in joint talent training, strengthening clinical technology exchanges, and creating a scientific research and innovation platform, so as to establish a model of cooperation in medieval medical education and further consolidate the long-standing friendship between the two countries.
MS. AILEEN DIAZ BERNAL delivered a speech on behalf of the Cuban Ministry of Public Health. She reviewed the fruitful achievements of educational cooperation between the two countries in the 66 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations. Erin pointed out that 2026 is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Fidel Castro Russ, the historical leader of the Cuban revolution and the main promoter of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. On this occasion, the establishment of the alliance is of special significance and a vivid example of the expansion of bilateral cooperation between ancient China. In the face of various challenges in the process of globalization, the alliance will create more equal and mutually beneficial exchange opportunities for higher medical education and help build a community of shared future between the two countries. The Cuban Embassy in China will always fully support the development of this noble cause.
Wang Yong warmly congratulated the establishment of the alliance in his speech. He pointed out that in the 66 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, educational cooperation and exchanges have always been an important link for friendship between the two countries. Jiangxi Province attaches great importance to the opening up of education to the outside world. In the field of higher medical education, it has built a complete talent training system covering the master's degree, forming a distinctive discipline cluster. As the leading party of the alliance, Gannan Medical University has rich experience in international cooperation. Cuban medical education has a deep background and obvious advantages in tropical disease prevention and control, public health emergency response and other fields. The cooperation between the two sides has a natural fit and a broad space. Wang Yong stressed that the alliance should build a talent training community. Focus on clinical medicine, nursing and other advantageous majors, jointly build a curriculum system and practice base, send teachers and students to exchange, and cultivate medical talents with both international vision and professional literacy. We should build a collaborative platform for scientific research and innovation. Focusing on the prevention and control of major diseases, public health emergency response and other fields, we will share scientific research resources and achievements to help the development of medical and health undertakings in the two countries. It should be a bridge between people's hearts. Through academic seminars, cultural exchanges and other activities, we will enhance the mutual understanding between teachers and students of the two countries, so that the friendship of the Middle Ages can be passed down from generation to generation in medical education cooperation.
Zhang Xiaokang expressed his warm welcome and heartfelt thanks to Cuban friends, leaders and guests from afar, and introduced the development overview and characteristics of the school. He pointed out that Cuban health care enjoys a high reputation in Latin America, and Havana Medical University has trained a large number of outstanding talents as a leading university in medical education in Cuba. In recent years, the school has formed a deep friendship with Havana Medical University. From the signing of the memorandum of cooperation in 2024 to the school representatives who went to Cuba twice to negotiate the alliance in 2025, the cooperation between the two sides has been deepening. The establishment of this alliance is not only a sublimation of the past friendly cooperation, but also a pragmatic measure to respond to the national education opening-up strategy and serve the construction of the Belt and Road Initiative. It is an important milestone in deepening cooperation in the field of medieval medicine education. As the Chinese chairman unit and leading university of the alliance, Gannan Medical University will anchor the three major development points of improving the mechanism, maintaining integrity and innovation, and enriching friendship, and promote the deepening and practical cooperation, and making it stable and far-reaching.
Under the joint witness of the guests on the scene, Dr. Yoandra Muñoz Valle, Zhang Xiaokang and Nanchang University, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinggangshan University, Yichun College, Nanchang Medical College, Fuzhou Medical College, Jiujiang College, Gannan Health Vocational Representatives of the College of Industry and other units jointly signed the signing confirmation of the China (Jiangxi)-Cuba Higher Medical Education Alliance member units.
Dr. Yoandra Muñoz Valle, Ms. AILEEN DIAZ BERNAL, Wang Yong and Zhang Xiaokang jointly unveiled the China (Jiangxi)-Cuba Higher Medical Education Alliance. The red silk slowly fell, marking the official establishment of the China (Jiangxi)-Cuba Higher Medical Education Alliance.
At the meeting, Liu Zhiping, member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice President of our university, Ping Weiying, member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and vice president of Nanchang University, Yang Changxin, director of the International Cooperation and Exchange Office of Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Liang Bin, director of the International Cooperation and Exchange Office of Jinggangshan University, Huang Cheng, member of the Party Committee and vice president of Yichun College, Lai Guo, member of the Party Committee and vice president of Nanchang Medical College Written by Xu Zeyu, a member of the Party Committee and vice president of Fuzhou Medical College, He Guang, director of the International Cooperation and Exchange Office of Jiujiang College, Liu Hui, deputy secretary of the Party Committee and dean of Gannan Health Vocational College, etc., introduced the basic situation and medical education characteristics of their respective schools.
After the conference, the participating leaders and guests also visited the Red Health History Museum of our school.
The establishment of this alliance not only builds a new platform for education cooperation between Jiangxi and Cuba, but also a vivid practice for Jiangxi to integrate into the "Belt and Road" education cooperation and deepen the opening up of education to the outside world. The smooth operation of the alliance will promote the joint improvement of the quality of medical education and the scientific research and innovation capabilities of both sides in the Middle Ages, and make greater contributions to the promotion of the health and well-being of the people of the two countries and the construction of a human health community.
Some representatives of teachers and students of our school attended the meeting.
