The Current Situation of Health in China the 2012 Harvard China Fund Symposium
Led by Faculty Chair Arthur Kleinman, the 2012 symposium was held May 8-9 at the Harvard Center Shanghai and focused on “The Current Situation of Health
in China.” Attendees included 24 faculty panelists from Harvard and Greater China, along with 62 local academics and special guests, and 11
members of the Harvard China Advisory Group.
See below for the full program. Names that appear in blue have their powerpoint presentations attached.
Click here for a program summary.
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
9:10 – 9:50 AM Keynote Speech CHEN Zhu, Minister of Health, China
9:50 – 11:00 AM Panel #1: The Lessons of China’s Health System Reforms for the World
Moderator: William C. Hsiao, Harvard School of Public Health
Progress and challenges of China’s rural health reforms XU Hengqiu, Health Department of Anhui Province
Developments of health information systems in China LIU Yuanli, Harvard School of Public Health
Summary of Chinese lessons for the world William C. Hsiao, Harvard School of Public Health
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM Panel #2: Major Health Challenges
Moderator: Barry Bloom,
Harvard School of Public Health
The Unfinished Agenda of Infectious Diseases WANG Lixia, National Center for Tuberculosis
and Prevention, Chinese CDC Megan Murray, Harvard Medical School/Harvard School of Public Health Joseph D. Tucker, University of North Carolina
The Coming Agenda of Non-Communicable Diseases David Christiani, Harvard
School of Public Health/Harvard Medical School WU Tangchun, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
1:00 – 2:30 PM Luncheon Keynote Health System Design and Natural Disasters: Lessons from Haiti Paul Farmer, Harvard Medical School
2:30 – 4:00 PM Panel #3: Mental Health in China
Moderator: Arthur Kleinman,
Harvard Medical School/Harvard University Asia Center
Panelists: Michael Phillips,
Shanghai Mental Health Center XIAO Zeping, Deputy Director General,
Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau XIE Bin, Shanghai Mental Health Center
4:30 – 6:00 PM Panel #4: Aging Challenges in China
Moderator: Joan Kaufman, Harvard Medical
School/Harvard Kennedy School
Panelists: CHEN Hongtu, Harvard Medical School PAN Tianshu, Fudan University PENG Xizhe, Fudan University Jeanne Shea, University of Vermont/Fudan University ZHAO Yaohui, Peking University
7:30 – 9:30 PM Dinner Keynote Challenges Confronting Asian Nations in Reforming Their Health Systems William C. Hsiao, Harvard School of Public Health
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
8:30 – 10:00 AM Panel #5: Ethics in Medicine, Public Health, and Biotechnology
Moderator: Arthur Kleinman, Harvard Medical School/Harvard University Asia
Center
Discussant: NIE JingBao, University of Otago,
New Zealand
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM Breakout Sessions of Five Panels
12:00 – 1:00 PM Breakout Summaries and Plenary Session
1:00 – 2:30 PM Luncheon Keynote SUN Chao, Party Secretary, Shanghai Minhang District
