Hengqin is accelerating its rise as a new medical highland in the Greater Bay Area.
In just one month, Zhong Nanshan, winner of the "Medal of the Republic" and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, visited Hengqin twice; Eight academicians, including Zhang Boli and Li Lanjuan, gathered together to participate in the first China Respiratory Health Conference held in Hengqin...... Today, Hengqin has quietly walked in the forefront of the world's medical and health field.
What attracted Zhong Nanshan to visit Hengqin twice in a month? Why was the first China Respiratory Health Conference located in Hengqin? What are the highlights of the conference? Nandu reporters will interpret them for you one by one.
Big names gathered
Hengqin's medical services have reached a new height
On October 12, the first China Respiratory Health Conference opened in Hengqin, and several features of the conference attracted special attention.
First, the specifications are high. The conference was guided by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China and the National Health Commission, and co-sponsored by Guangzhou National Laboratory, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, National Key Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine Creation, Executive Committee of Guangdong-Macao Intensive Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, Guangdong Chest Disease Society, and Guangdong Respiratory and Health Society.
Second, there are many big coffees. In addition to Zhong Nanshan, Zhang Boli, Li Lanjuan, Rao Zihe, Zhang Yun, Yang Baofeng, Liu Liang and Xu Tao, a total of 8 academicians, as well as Zhao Xingcun, president of Guangzhou Medical University, and more than 2,000 well-known experts and scholars in the field of respiratory medicine and representatives of leading pharmaceutical enterprises.
Third, the results have been fruitful. The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, National Key Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases, Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Haihe Laboratory of Modern Chinese Medicine jointly initiated the establishment of the "Community of Respiratory Health Development of Traditional Chinese Medicine". At the same time, the early screening of lung tumors and the Tubeless Minimally Invasive Technology Alliance, the Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Cosmetics Association of the Qin-Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone were also established, and the release ceremony of the respiratory image AI and smart respiratory platform was held.
Nandu reporters learned that in addition to the opening ceremony, the conference also set up a number of parallel forums, focusing on the development and application of new vaccines and antibody drugs, evidence-based research on respiratory diseases of traditional Chinese medicine, respiratory health of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine, thoracic tumors and intervention, chronic respiratory diseases and lung infections, lung transplantation, severe Greater Bay Area, construction of intelligent equipment for traditional Chinese and Western medicine and transformation of achievements in the Greater Bay Area, etc., fully demonstrating the latest progress and research achievements in the field of respiratory in the mainland.
A number of medical characteristic products and advanced technologies also made a blockbuster appearance at the conference, the most eye-catching of which is the research and development, filing, and application for registration in the cooperation zone, which was approved by the State Drug Administration for marketing in September this year and was recognized as the "international first" innovative medical device product - "navigation and positioning microwave ablation system".
According to reports, the product innovatively integrates navigation and positioning technology, breath tracking technology and microwave ablation technology, which can be used for microwave ablation of adult solid tumors, which will effectively improve clinical puncture accuracy, ablation accuracy, surgical efficiency and success rate.
According to the analysis of industry insiders, this high-level conference settled in Hengqin, attended by many academicians, and achieved a series of achievements, which has become a vivid footnote to the comprehensive leap in Hengqin's medical services and the attraction and increasing attraction of top medical talents.
Zhong Nanshan visits twice a month
The construction of the national medical center model has been accelerated
For Zhong Nanshan, this is his second visit to Hengqin in a month.
On September 12, the Hengqin Hospital of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University held a topping out ceremony for the main structure. Zhong Nanshan not only witnessed this important moment on the spot, but also placed great expectations on the project with great emotion: "In my lifetime, I hope to see our regional medical center become a model for medical centers in the country, in fact, it will not be long, at most 5 years can be developed." In the future, it will not only serve patients in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, but also attract more Macao residents and patients from Southeast Asia and other countries to come for treatment. ”
According to reports, the construction of the new hospital of Hengqin Hospital of the First Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University began in September 2020 and was successfully selected as the fifth batch of national regional medical centers last year. The project covers a total area of 60,000 square meters, with a total construction area of 191,000 square meters and 1,000 beds, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2025 and put into use in mid-2026.
At the same time as the construction of the new hospital is in full swing, the Hengqin Hospital of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University has been officially opened on January 1 this year, and has successively introduced the "Academician Ward Round" sub-venue project led by Academician Zhong Nanshan, Professor He Jianxing's chest tumor and lung transplantation team studio, Professor Zhang Nuofu's team of the National Center for Respiratory Medicine and other national-level well-known expert teams and projects.
Some media published articles saying that with more and more well-known experts sitting on the clinic, the treatment of early lung cancer in Hengqin is faster than a cold. Many patients usually need to take a plane across provinces and cities to set alarm clocks and fight to grab the number quickly, but they can quickly get the number in Hengqin.
This is just a microcosm of the rapid development of Hengqin's medical and health industry. According to statistics, as of July 2024, Hengqin has 4 public medical institutions and 45 private medical institutions, including 3 wholly-owned medical institutions and 5 joint venture medical institutions, providing diversified and high-quality medical services for the public.
With a total investment of more than 20 billion yuan, the third phase of Science City is advancing rapidly
Hengqin to build a biomedical valley
Behind the favor of many academicians such as Zhong Nanshan, Hengqin not only promotes the development of medical and health care to run out of "acceleration", but also continues to make efforts in the pharmaceutical innovation industry and strives to build a biomedical valley.
In 2011, the foundation stone of the Guangdong-Macao Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Industrial Park was officially laid, which opened a new page in the development of Hengqin's traditional Chinese medicine industry. After years of development, it has gradually grown into a comprehensive industrial park integrating R&D, manufacturing and service, with a "national science and technology business incubator", and is the first batch of "national traditional Chinese medicine service export bases" jointly awarded by the Ministry of Commerce and the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. As of the end of August this year, there were 237 registered enterprises in the park, including 83 Macao enterprises, involving traditional Chinese medicine, cosmetics, health products, medical devices, biomedicine, medical services and other fields.
In January this year, the main structure of the first tower of the Hengqin Science City (Phase III) project was successfully capped, marking another big step forward in Hengqin's construction of a biomedical valley.
Hengqin Science City Phase III is a key project in Guangdong Province, with a total investment of 21.5 billion yuan, covering an area of 220,000 square meters and a construction area of 1.28 million square meters.
In April this year, the Guangdong Provincial Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine officially signed a contract to land in the industrial park, and plans to lay out five major research tasks such as the development of the "Tiandun" of human immune defense of traditional Chinese medicine.
Just next to Hengqin Science City, the high-profile Hengqin and Macao Innovation Industrial Park is advancing rapidly. The project will plan to build emerging industries such as health care products, food, biomedicine, and medical devices, and attract high value-added enterprises such as Macao's brand industry, traditional Chinese medicine, and biomedicine to continue to settle down.
The rapid development of the medical and health and pharmaceutical industry is a microcosm of Hengqin's butterfly changes. With the completion of the above projects, it is foreseeable that more and more advanced medical products will go from Hengqin to the world in the future, and there will be more and more excellent medical teams from all over the world into Hengqin.
Produced by the "Speaking Bright Words" column
Written by: Nandu reporter Yang Liang