Kyrgyzstan, China Deepen Healthcare Collaboration

Kyrgyzstan and China are set to strengthen their partnership in the healthcare sector, with China considering major investments in the country.

Plans include building a pharmaceutical plant that will utilize locally grown medicinal herbs and setting up a facility to assemble medical equipment, The Caspian Post reports, citing The Times of Central Asia.

The initiatives, announced by Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Health, aim to boost local healthcare infrastructure and foster long-term medical cooperation between the two nations.

These prospects were discussed during a meeting in Bishkek between Kyrgyz Health Minister Erkin Checheybaev and a Belt and Road healthcare investment coordinator from Xinjiang Medical University in Urumqi.

The talks focused on deepening healthcare cooperation within the framework of China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Key proposals included:

• Supplying high-tech medical equipment to Kyrgyz hospitals and clinics
• Establishing medical simulation centers and equipping Kyrgyz medical universities through grant support
• Offering fully funded bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in China for Kyrgyz students
• Creating a Kyrgyz-Chinese Center for Traditional Medicine

Similar centers currently operate in Pakistan and Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan may soon join this regional network under the “Silk Road for Traditional Medicine” initiative.

China also signaled its willingness to provide educational materials and dispatch specialists to train Kyrgyz medical professionals in traditional Chinese medicine practices.