By Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
China Daily-July 17
As I travel this week to meet China’s State leaders in Beijing, I’ll fly over a number of countries where China is dramatically changing economic landscapes. With its Belt and Road Initiative, China is promoting global economic integration by building infrastructure and broadening trade with countries such as Kazakhstan, Russia and about five dozen other countries on multiple continents.
Pakistan, for example, is gaining new railways, power plants and highways courtesy of $60billion of Chinese funding and infrastructure expertise. But the partnership also extends to health. Last year, China and Pakistan launched a new emergency medical center in the southern port city of Gwadar, aiming to expand healthcare to those in need.
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First published in: China Daily
