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The seventh China Maternal and Child Health Development Forum and Kunming International Maternal and Child Health Industry Exhibition concluded successfully at Kunming International Convention and Exhibition Center on November 18, 2016. A total of 120 enterprises participated in this edition, with 20,000 square meters of exhibition and conference space. Exhibits covered maternal and child medical devices, internet plus mobile medical technologies, medicines, diagnostic reagents, maternal and baby food, products, service institutions and other categories, involving manufacturing, services, technology research and development, academic exchange, professional technologies and business models.
Lucky Visa flower-collection activity
Unlike previous medical academic exhibitions, CIMC prepared many interactive activities between doctors and exhibitors. The Lucky Visa flower-collection activity was very popular among doctor visitors.
Product introduction meetings
Exhibitors added product introduction meetings for doctor visitors. These sessions helped doctors learn about the latest products and technologies for maternal and child health while also strengthening links between professional maternal and child doctors and industry practitioners.
Germany's NUK held thematic exchanges with visiting medical workers on maternal and infant health and oral care and solutions for feeding special children. Pigeon presented a special lecture on breastfeeding low-birth-weight infants, premature infants and children with cleft lip and palate. Philips launched an on-site demonstration of Sonicare sonic toothbrushes and Avent natural rhythm electric breast pumps. Nanjing Vishee introduced pelvic floor magnetic stimulation technology as a new tool for postpartum pelvic floor rehabilitation and a plan for building and operating postpartum pelvic floor rehabilitation services. Guangdong Hybribio presented an integrated solution for thalassemia prevention and control and new molecular testing technology for pre-pregnancy eugenic screening. Five Stones held a special seminar on birth-defect prevention for medical workers. A total of 120 exhibitors, including General Electric, Lelch, Happy Pregnancy, Medlander, Kingbell Medical, Beijing Taihe, Hunan Shiao and Sanyuan, jointly created this maternal and child health industry exhibition and worked to support healthy development of China's maternal and child health industry.
InnovAction new product zone
Different from previous editions, this year's CIMC created the InnovAction Maternal and Child Product Innovation Center for the first time. InnovAction is a combined word: Innov takes the meaning of innovation and creativity, while Action emphasizes action and behavior. CIMC insists on innovative and creative action. This activity is committed to providing a concentrated display opportunity for advanced maternal and child technologies from China and abroad, and to offering colleagues in China's maternal and child health sector a distinctive platform for close contact with new trends in maternal and child medical technology. The zone covered 110 square meters and displayed 30 new products. Its innovative concept and strong promotion of internet plus maternal and child healthcare received unanimous praise from visitors.
Ophthalmology zone
It is worth noting that under the influence of the internet plus and big data era, the health services industry, especially the maternal and child health industry, has entered a new round of change. Mobile healthcare has become the most popular exhibitor category after traditional medical devices and maternal and baby enterprises. A total of 20 mobile healthcare companies participated in this exhibition, covering applications such as digital telemedicine, mobile payment, pregnancy nutrition management, pregnancy weight control, pregnancy exercise, newborn care knowledge and online consultation. These companies presented their development achievements to more than 3,000 professional visitors from across China.
To help more children with eye diseases and give every Chinese child bright eyes, this edition specially set up a children's eye health zone. More than 10 ophthalmology enterprises participated on site, displaying the latest research achievements and screening technologies in children's vision.
Forum
The forum invited Song Li, deputy director of the Department of Maternal and Child Health of the National Health and Family Planning Commission; representatives from the World Health Organization, the United Nations Population Fund and UNICEF, including Ron Pouwels from child protection; leaders from the Yunnan Provincial Health and Family Planning Commission, Yunnan Eugenics and Maternal and Child Health Association, Yunnan Maternal and Child Health Hospital and Kunming Maternal and Child Health Hospital; news media; and representatives of maternal and child health related enterprises. More than 3,000 representatives attended, including standing council members, council members and member organizations of the China Maternal and Child Health Association, leaders of maternal and child health institutions and medical workers.
The conference was chaired by Yu Xiaoqian, executive vice president and secretary-general of the China Maternal and Child Health Association. Zhang Wenkang, lifetime honorary president of the association, and Chen Ziquan, current president, delivered remarks. Leaders from the Yunnan Provincial Health and Family Planning Commission and Ms. Basuya from the United Nations Population Fund also addressed the opening ceremony.
President Zhang said that the health of women and children is related to the happiness and well-being of thousands of families, the sustainable development of society and the economy, the future rise and fall of the country, and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Healthy women and children are the foundation and prerequisite of a healthy China. The maternal and child health cause must be understood and pursued from such a strategic height. Only then can practitioners fully recognize the arduous and sacred responsibilities they shoulder, and only then will they be inspired to overcome difficulties and do all work in maternal and child healthcare well.
Song Li, deputy director of the Department of Maternal and Child Health of the National Health and Family Planning Commission; Qiao Jie, vice president of the China Maternal and Child Health Association; and Ron Pouwels from UNICEF child protection delivered keynote speeches at the main forum.
The conference consisted of a main forum and 26 sub-forums. Professional committees, branches, expert committees and working committees of the association held related professional forums to exchange and share experience on how to advance Healthy China construction in the maternal and child health field, deepen medical and health system reform, improve public service levels in reproductive health and maternal and child healthcare, and address hot and difficult issues, innovative concepts and innovative methods in maternal and child healthcare. Ten sub-forums invited multiple overseas experts to speak, bringing international perspectives and ideas and broadening the exchange platform for maternal and child healthcare.
China's maternal and child health cause is developing rapidly and has broad prospects. The China Maternal and Child Health Development Forum and Maternal and Child Health Industry Exhibition will continue innovating and aims to become a multi-dimensional platform that brings together maternal and child health forces, serves medical technology needs and promotes maternal and child health development.
The successful holding of the 2016 exhibition gives us full expectations for 2017. Let us welcome another outstanding event for China's maternal and child health industry.
China Maternal and Child Health Development Forum and Maternal and Child Health Industry Exhibition, November 2017, www.cimc-expo.com.
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