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Guangdong Party Secretary Chunhua Hu visited GIBH

On the 2nd of April, Politburo member and Guangdong Party Secretary Chunhua Hu visited GIBH.

 

A progress report meeting was organized during Mr Hu’s visit. During the meeting, Mr Hu listened to a detailed presentation on the achievements of stem cell research and new drug discovery as well as Internationalization of qualified personnel, Research and institutional innovation, construction of research base facilities at GIBH. After the meeting, Mr Hu was given a tour in the stem cell culture chamber and he also observed pluripotent stem cells induced from human urine cells, neural stem cells and neurons under a microscope.

 

After the meeting and the tour, Mr Hu is extremely satisfied with GIBH’s scientific achievements in the recent years. Mr Hu especially inquired about the domestic and international status of GIBH in the field of stem cells research and new drug discovery, and he is very pleased to know that scientists at GIBH have already successfully obtained pluripotent stem cells and neural stem cells from human urine cells as well as the new achievements in the development of anti-alzheimer’s and anti-diabetic drugs made by DDP. Mr Hu expressed his expectations on stem cell research and new drug discovery. He pointed out that GIBH should accelerate the speed in clinical studies in order to provide benefit for public health and cultivate new economic growth in a very near future. During his visit at GIBH, Mr Hu also had brief conversations with scientist representatives and encouraged everyone to make persistent efforts to strive for greater achievements.

 

Vice Governor of Guangdong Province Mr Shaochun Lin, Guangzhou Mayor Mr Jianhua Chen and director of Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Department Mr Ningsheng Huang have accompanied Mr Hu during his visit at GIBH.

 

        
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