From December 12 to 14, a delegation from the Nikiforov Radiation Medicine Center of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations visited China at the invitation of the Ministry of Emergency Management of the People's Republic of China. The two sides conducted in-depth discussions on the coordinated development of emergency medicine and psychological rescue, and jointly committed themselves to enhancing the comprehensive rescue capacity for regional natural disasters and emergencies. The exchange featured rich content and a tight schedule. Led by Academician Sergei Aleksanin, Director of the Center, the Russian delegation participated in the 2025 International Forum on Emergency Medical Rescue, the Meeting on Emergency Medicine of the Emergency Disaster Relief Departments of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, as well as other relevant exchange activities. Representatives from the Psychological Assistance Center of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations attended the events online. Academician Sergei’s Insights on Russia’s Advanced Emergency & Nuclear Radiation Medical Rescue Practices At the Emergency Medicine Meeting of the Emergency Disaster Relief Departments of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Liu Xiaochuan, Vice President of the Emergency General Hospital, introduced the construction achievements of the "China-SCO Cooperation Center for Emergency Medical Rescue of Emergency Disaster Relief Departments" and proposed the joint establishment of an SCO Emergency Medicine Expert Database. Academician Sergei of Russia shared Russia's experience in extreme environment rescue, aeromedical services, and equipment research and development. The Deputy Director of Russia's Psychological Assistance Center gave an online introduction to the country's legal system and practical experience in disaster psychological assistance. Representatives from the International Exchange and Cooperation Center of the Ministry of Emergency Management of the People's Republic of China, Iran, Afghanistan and other countries also expressed their common willingness to strengthen practical cooperation. The meeting reached multiple consensuses on personnel exchanges, technical exchanges, the construction of the expert database, and cooperation in psychological assistance. Liu Shunzhang, Deputy Director-General of the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Emergency Management, pointed out that deepening cooperation in emergency medicine and psychological assistance is an important measure to practice the "Shanghai Spirit" and build a community with a shared future for mankind. "Let us continue to carry forward the Shanghai Spirit, adhere to the principles of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits, and work together to weave a tighter and more solid emergency medical rescue safety network in the region," he said. During the exchanges, the Russian delegation visited the Emergency General Hospital of the Ministry of Emergency Management at the invitation of the latter. The two sides conducted in-depth discussions on specific topics such as emergency rescue in plateau and alpine regions, aeromedical evacuation, physical and mental rehabilitation of rescuers, the application of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in emergency treatment, as well as the system construction and personnel training of disaster psychological crisis intervention. They also explored cooperation paths for joint scientific research, training and drills. Academician Sergei invited the Chinese side to participate in relevant international forums to be held in Russia in 2026. "Those who share the same aspirations are not deterred by mountains and rivers." This exchange activity yielded fruitful results, mapped out a clear and practical cooperation prospect, reflected the high mutual trust between China and Russia in the field of emergency management, and also demonstrated the firm determination of SCO member states to unite and cooperate to jointly safeguard regional security and people's health. The two sides will continue to promote the implementation of consensus and inject new impetusbuilding an efficient, professional and humanistic regional emergency rescue system. Relevant Links: The "2025 International Forum on Emergency Medical Rescue" is a grand international event on emergency medicine co-hosted by the Emergency General Hospital and the International Exchange and Cooperation Center of the Ministry of Emergency Management. Xu Jia'ai, Member of the Party Leadership Group and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Emergency Management, relevant responsible comrades from the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Red Cross Society of China, the China Occupational Safety and Health Association, and the Beijing Municipal Health Commission, as well as representatives from the SCO Secretariat, the Regional Delegation for East Asia of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and the Regional Delegation for East Asia of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) attended the opening ceremony and delivered speeches. A signing ceremony for a cooperation agreement between the Emergency General Hospital and Tianjin University was held during the meeting. Heavyweight guests at home and abroad, including Fan Daiming, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Yang Saini, Executive Director of the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk Program of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), Donald A. Donohoe, President of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM), and Academician Sergei Sergeyevich Alexanin from the Nikiforov Radiation Medicine Center of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, delivered speeches at the keynote forum to jointly discuss the high-quality development of international emergency medical rescue. Visit to Emergency General Hospital  

On December 12, the "2025 International Forum on Emergency Medical Rescue" opened in Beijing with the theme "Emergency Medicine: Forging a Smarter Future". Xu Jia'ai, Vice Minister of Emergency Management, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech. Xu Jiaai pointed out that emergency medical rescue constitutes an integral part of the disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief system, serving as a crucial line of defense for safeguarding lives. The Ministry of Emergency Management has resolutely implemented the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, always prioritizing the protection of people's lives and taking emergency medical rescue as a key driver for advancing the modernization of the emergency management system and capabilities. Centered on the National Emergency Medicine Research Center, an nationwide emergency medical rescue alliance network has been established. In accordance with the requirements of "combining specialized and regular capabilities, being responsive, maintaining a strong work ethic, and possessing high professional competence", the Ministry has relied on the Emergency General Hospital to strengthen the National Emergency Medical Rescue Team and the Medical Detachment of the China Rescue Team. It has also maintained close coordination and conducted joint training and exercises with the Red Cross Society of China and other forces, which have withstood the tests in major domestic and international rescue operations. Meanwhile, the Ministry has actively supported the development of the "Belt and Road" international cooperation mechanism for natural disaster prevention and emergency management. Through hosting foreign aid training programs, it has provided emergency medical capacity - building support to over 500 participants from 46 countries. A signing ceremony for a cooperation agreement between the Emergency General Hospital and Tianjin University was held during the opening ceremony. Parallel events during the forum included an expert seminar on the 15th Five - Year Plan for the national emergency medical system and a themed roadshow under the title "Emergency Medicine: Forging a Smarter Future". Co - hosted by the Emergency General Hospital and the International Exchange and Cooperation Center of the Ministry of Emergency Management, the forum saw the attendance and speeches of responsible officials from the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Beijing Municipal Health Commission, as well as representatives from the Secretariat of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the Regional Delegation for East Asia of the International Committee of the Red Cross, and the Regional Delegation for East Asia of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

Recently, the "Belt and Road" Emergency Medicine Training Course for National Emergency Response — hosted by the International Exchange and Cooperation Center of the Ministry of Emergency Management and co-organized by the National Research Center for Emergency Medicine (Emergency General Hospital) — was successfully concluded in Beijing. A total of 36 senior officials and experts in emergency medicine from 12 countries, including Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Micronesia, Kiribati, Moldova, Namibia, Nepal, Palestine, Panama, Rwanda, South Africa and The Gambia, successfully completed the 14-day training program in China. Mi Jianying, Deputy Director of the International Exchange and Cooperation Center of the Ministry of Emergency Management, and Liu Zhi, Director of the Emergency Medicine Development Office of the National Research Center for Emergency Medicine, attended the closing ceremony and presented certificates to the participants. During the training workshop, the National Research Center for Emergency Medicine has systematically designed a theory-practice integrated curriculum system focusing on key areas including emergency medical system construction, emergency incident rescue, aeromedical evacuation, and smart healthcare. It has fully demonstrated China’s innovative achievements in cutting-edge emergency medical technologies, community early warning, aeromedical rescue, and smart healthcare. At Beihang University, Professor Liu Hu, Director of the Innovation Research Center for Aeromedical Emergency Rescue, led his team to introduce digital sand table deduction teaching for the first time. By leveraging platforms such as the multi-UAV collaborative mixed reality mission cabin and the joint command seminar hall, the trainees carried out realistic simulation training, which effectively enhanced their capabilities in emergency coordination and command decision-making under complex environments. To fully showcase the achievements of China’s reform and development as well as the progress in the construction of its emergency medical system, the training workshop specially organized the trainees to conduct a field visit to the Shenzhen Base of the National Research Center for Emergency Medicine. The People’s Government of Longgang District, Shenzhen City, attached great importance to this activity; Zhang Yuqing, Deputy District Mayor, attended and delivered a speech at the relevant event. He stated that Longgang District resolutely implements the national deployment, regards the construction of the Shenzhen Base as an important platform for serving national strategies and deepening international cooperation, and looks forward to strengthening experience sharing and practical collaboration with the Belt and Road cooperation partners to jointly improve the regional emergency medical response capacity. Xu Yiqun, Director of the Health Bureau of Longgang District, and Yu Jianbo, Director of the Shenzhen Base of the National Center for Emergency Medical Research and Secretary of the Party Committee of Shenzhen Longgang Central Hospital, accompanied the visit and discussions. During the visit, the trainees of the workshop made an on-site inspection of the Shenzhen Base of the National Center for Emergency Medical Research – namely, Shenzhen No.9 People’s Hospital (Longgang Central Hospital). They observed aeromedical rescue drills on site, and inspected the efficiently operating emergency treatment system, standardized low-altitude rescue procedures, as well as advanced intelligent emergency medical equipment. From the proposal of the concept to practical combat verification, the Shenzhen Base has successfully achieved the normalization of "low-altitude rescue" in a short period of time, and recently completed its first aeromedical rescue mission. This milestone marks the initial completion of the "15-minute emergency rescue circle" in eastern Shenzhen, and this leapfrog development left a profound impression on the trainees. Le Youwei, Director of the Translational Medicine Platform, delivered a special presentation focusing on industry-academia-research collaboration for translational medicine in the medical and engineering fields. The base specially arranged an "Exhibition of Emergency Medical Equipment of Longgang District" for the training workshop. A total of 16 key local medical emergency enterprises including Jingfeng Medical and YHLO Biotech showcased their cutting-edge achievements in intelligent equipment, smart systems, and rescue services. This fully demonstrated the distinct characteristics and strong strength of Longgang’s "integration of healthcare and enterprises, and industrial empowerment", enabling experts from various countries to directly perceive how technological innovation is transformedimmediate combat effectiveness for emergency rescue. The training workshop was praised unanimously by the participants for its substantial content and practical orientation. Frans Mupulua, a participant from Namibia, and Tariq Abu Omar, an official from the Palestinian Civil Defense Authority, delivered speeches on behalf of all trainees at the closing ceremony. They spoke highly of China’s achievements in the field of emergency medicine and stated that they would translate the learning outcomesconcrete practices to advance the development of relevant sectors in their respective countries. "A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near." The National Research Center for Emergency Medicine will actively deepen practical cooperation with countries along the Belt and Road in emergency medicine and humanitarian rescue, and contribute to the development of the international cooperation mechanism for natural disaster prevention and emergency management under the Belt and Road Initiative.

At the 4th Soochow International Humanitarian Forum held in September 2025, the National Research Center for Emergency Medicine (Emergency General Hospital) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) jointly showcased the project Humanity in the Digital World, which drew the active participation and interaction of numerous attending leaders and distinguished guests. In 2024, the National Research Center for Emergency Medicine successfully co-hosted, for the first time, the event Chinese Humanitarian Traditions and International Humanitarian Concepts—An Exploration of Emergency Rescue Ethics in collaboration with the Relief and Ambulance Department of the Red Cross Society of China and the Regional Delegation for East Asia of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). In 2025, the organizers further expanded their research scopethe digital realm, and co-launched the project Humanity in the Digital World together with the ICRC Regional Delegation for East Asia, focusing on the risks and opportunities brought by digital technologies to humanity. Three key initiatives were put forward, namely "enhancing awareness of risks in conflict settings", "supporting the concept of digital responsibility", and "adopting principle-based digital transformation". During the event, the National Research Center for Emergency Medicine (Emergency General Hospital) showcased its latest achievements in Artificial Intelligence + Medical Rescue: the initiative themed "AI Empowerment for Emergency Medical Rescue: Building a Multi-dimensional New Ecosystem for Rescue Operations" demonstrated the practices of intelligent rescue, intelligent diagnosis, intelligent deployment, intelligent transportation, and intelligent training in emergency medical rescue; the "AI-assisted Diagnosis and Treatment" program presented the outcomes of the hospital’s newly completed national key R&D program project — an app based on the GPT large language model, which provides frontline rescue teams with the capabilities of AI-assisted diagnosis and intelligent cloud-based scheduling of emergency medical resources. This event marked a new exploration by the National Center for Emergency Medical Research in the humanitarian field, contributing to the further construction of a humanitarian ethics discourse system for emergency medicine with Chinese characteristics. Moving forward, the project will be showcased at the World Internet Conference and exhibited at renowned universities including Tsinghua University and Fudan University.

On September 2, at the conclusion of the SCO Tianjin Summit, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs released the List of Deliverables of China’s Chairmanship of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (2024–2025). Among the 313 deliverables, two achievements from Emergency General Hospital (China-SCO Collaborative Center for Emergency Medical Rescue of Emergency Relief Departments) were included. This marks a milestone achieved by the hospital with the full support of the Ministry of Emergency Management and under the strong leadership of its Party Committee, and also stands as a model of practical cooperation for China in advancing youth capacity development and emergency medical governance within the SCO framework. As the first youth emergency medical education program under the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), it aims to cultivate and enhance young people’s ability to respond to emergencies through a series of well-designed emergency medical training sessions and practical activities covering emergency care and aeromedical rescue. It also helps strengthen their safety awareness and self-rescue and mutual-rescue capabilities, and promotes sound cooperation among SCO member states in the field of emergency medicine as well as the development of youth emergency response capacity. Ambassador Yerimbekbayev, Secretary-General of the SCO, personally presented completion certificates to the young participants and delivered a brief speech. Centered on the theme of emergency medical management, the seminar shared China’s experience in such areas as emergency medical management systems and mechanisms, new models of smart emergency medicine, the development of emergency medical rescue systems and capabilities, and psychological adjustment for emergency rescue personnel through a combination of theoretical lectures, case studies, field visits, on-site inspections and discussion sessions. Both initiatives mentioned above are specifically advanced by the China-SCO Collaborative Center for Emergency Medical Rescue of Emergency Relief Departments. Established in 2024 by the Ministry of Emergency Management and relying on the National Research Center for Emergency Medicine (Emergency General Hospital), this center is the first professional cooperation platform focused on emergency medical rescue under the SCO framework. It actively conducts international cooperation in areas such as emergency medical rescue, occupational health, and psychology, and has become an important bridge for promoting regional emergency medical cooperation. Looking ahead, Emergency General Hospital will strive to implement the Global Development Initiative, Global Security Initiative, Global Civilization Initiative, and Global Governance Initiative proposed by General Secretary Xi Jinping. Guided by the Shanghai Spirit, it will contribute to deepening emergency medical cooperation among SCO member states, demonstrate responsibility in advancing the improvement of young people’s emergency medical capabilities, and set an example for promoting the modern governance of emergency medical management. With efficient actions, the hospital will continuously promote the implementation of more practical cooperation projects, leverage Chinese wisdom and solutions to support the development of the international cooperation mechanism for disaster risk reduction and emergency management under the Belt and Road Initiative, and forge ahead steadily toward the bright future of building a global community of shared future.