Attending the signature ceremony of a MoU between the Liaoning University of Chinese Traditional Medicine and the Gampaha Wickramarachchi University of Indigenous Medicine, in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, Ambassador Dr. Palitha Kohona hailed China's successful management of Covid-19 employing both modern and traditional medicine. Traditional medicine has been widely used in countering Covid-19 and has been praised by President Xi Jinping. President Xi has called Chinese traditional medicine "The Treasure of the Chinese Nation".
China has also called for making Covid-19 vaccines a global public good free from IP constraints. China has donated a large quantity of vaccines to developing countries, including 2.6 million doses to Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka which boasts of a birth to death publicly funded healthcare system could also use traditional medicine to counter the dreaded pandemic.
Ambassador Dr. Kohona and other speakers at the event hoped that the MoU would facilitate the exchange of teachers and students between the two universities and the cross fertilisation of ideas and treatment methods. The Liaoning University of Chinese Traditional Medicine is spread over three campuses and has a student population of 30,000. It is equipped with state of the art research facilities.
Embassy of Sri Lanka
Beijing
29 July, 2021
