The 2022 4th Belt & Road Initiative Global Health International Congress & 2022 University Alliance of the Silk Road Health Forum 

17 -19 June 2022:  Xi’an, China

Interdisciplinary international collaboration • Addressing human challenges • Promoting health for the globe

The 2022 congress aims further to strengthen the interdisciplinary and extensive international exchanges and cooperation, provide a communication platform for health-related policymakers, researchers and other relevant personnel from China and abroad, and help address major health problems faced by relevant countries.

The conference will be jointly hosted by the Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, the Global Health Institute, the School of Public Health, and the Health Sub-Alliance of the University Alliance of the Silk Road. Organisations co-organising or supporting the event include the Chinese Preventive Medicine Association, the Chinese Nutrition Society, the International Diabetes Federation, the China Health Policy and Management Society and the International Chinese Nutrition Young Scholar Network.

Many senior scholars and leaders from China and overseas will attend the conference and give presentations, including senior officials of the World Health Organization, academicians, presidents of relevant important domestic and international societies, leaders of the Chinese National Health Commission, leaders of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, presidents of universities and hospitals, and editors of top academic journals.  

Conference sessions

These will cover about 20 topics related to significant global health issues, with a keynote speech forum, various thematic forums, a youth forum and a poster exhibition. Details of various sessions are listed below.

• Response to major global health problems and challenges (co-organised with the Chinese Preventive Medicine Association-Chinese Society on Global Health)
• Prevention and control of infectious disease: drawing lessons from the COVID‐19 pandemic
• "University Alliance of Silk Road Health Sub-Alliance" Annual Meeting: Training of interdisciplinary health talent (co-organised with the Health Sub-Alliance of the University Alliance of the Silk Road)
• Chronic disease prevention and control (co-organised with the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Nutrition and health (co-organised with the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Chinese Nutrition Society)
• Health ageing and gerontology
• Prevention and control of obesity (co-organised with the Obesity Prevention and Control Society of the Chinese Nutrition Society)
• Prevention and control of diabetes (co-organised with the International Diabetes Federation)
• Prevention and control of environmental and endemic diseases
• Health, intelligent wearable devices and bigdata
• Health literacy and health promotion
• Research and practice of "Health China 2030", health poverty alleviation and rural revitalisation
• Dialogue with the editors-in-chief of top international journals: research paper writing training

Important dates

• Submission deadline: 29 April 2022
• Notification of acceptance: Before 1 June 2022
• Registration and sub-forum: 17 June 2022 (14:00-21:00)
• Opening ceremony, keynote, sub-forum: 18 June 2022 (8:00-21:00) 
• Keynote, sub-forum: 19 June 2022 (8:00-21:00)
• Private session for invited guests: 20 June 2022 (8:00-12:00)

Review and selection of abstracts

The Academic Committee of the conference will organise an expert review meeting to review all the abstracts submitted (abstracts without confirmation of registration will not be accepted). Selected abstracts will be included in the Conference Abstract Brochure, and excellent abstracts will be selected for poster and oral presentations.

Presentation awards

Excellent presentations will receive a certificate and a prize.

Registration

Registration fee

Please scan the QR code below to fill in the participation receipt (including billing information, payment screenshots and student certificate upload).

Transfer Information

Account Name: Xi'an Jiaotong University (西安交通大学)
Bank of Deposit：Huzhu Road Branch, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) of Xi’an (西安市工商行互助路支行)
Bank Account: 3700023509088100314
Bank Code: 102791000162

Please specify “BRC fee +Name”, and upload the payment screenshot in the participation receipt.

Contact us

Tel: +86-29-82655108 (office)

Email：XJTU_GHI_BRGHC@163.com

We look forward to welcoming you to the conference!

Conference background

Health is an essential cornerstone for public well-being and happiness. It is an important symbol of a country's prosperity and social civilization. The outbreak of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in early 2020 has posed a significant and far-reaching threat to many countries. Meanwhile, the burden of chronic diseases is escalating across all regions of the world. The resolution of these health problems, including COVID-19 and chronic diseases, typically requires interdisciplinary and transnational cooperation to build a community of a shared future for mankind.

The Global Health Research Institute (GHI) of Xi'an Jiaotong University, cooperating with other well-known institutions from China and abroad, successfully held three Belt & Road Initiative Global Health International Congresses in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Well-known experts and leaders from WHO, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), NHC, Health Commission of Shaanxi Province, CCDC, Asia Pacific Clinical Nutrition Society, CPMA, Chinese Nutrition Society, Shaanxi Provincial Health Committee, prestigious universities at home and in abroad, and other health institutions participated and shared their ideas and views. 

More than 100 authoritative experts including the leaders from WHO, WOF, IDF, NHCC, CCDC, CPMA, CNS, Nobel Prize winners, academicians, editors-in-chief of well-known academic journals, university presidents and hospital deans will participate in the 2022 conference and conduct academic exchanges.

Honorable presidents of the congress

Presidents of the congress

Invited experts