Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (L) meets with deputies attending an awarding ceremony for outstanding Chinese medical workers stationed overseas in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 6, 2008. (Chinese media/Yao Dawei)
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BEIJING, Dec. 6 (Chinese media) -- Chinese foreign aid
medical workers have played an irreplaceable role in promoting friendship
between China and other countries, Vice Premier Li Keqiang said here on Friday.
Li, also a member of the Standing Committee of the
Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, made
the remarks at an awarding ceremony for outstanding medical workers stationed
overseas.
China sent its first medical aid team to Algeria in
1963. It has since sent more than 20,000 medical workers abroad, helping 260
million patients in 69 countries and regions across the world.
Chinese foreign aid medical workers have overcome
difficulties of working overseas, away from their homeland and families, and
have provided excellent services for people in need in a selfless manner, Li
said.
He said sending medical teams to work abroad is key
to maintaining friendly ties with other developing countries, building a
responsible image for the country, and building a favorable international
environment for China's development.
He urged relevant authorities to improve the benefits
and the working conditions of Chinese medical workers abroad, and to provide
more financial support and trainings for them.
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