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Since first appearing in 2013 in China, the number of human cases of H7N9 avian influenza in each of the first four seasonal outbreaks had been steadily declining. With each outbreak, China intensified efforts to monitor and control the virus, working with provincial and local authorities to improve sanitation at...

To celebrate International Women’s Day, Dr Vincent Martin, Representative of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in China, and staff from FAO China visited the “One Square Meter Gardening” project in Hujialou Center Primary School in Beijing on the afternoon of March 8. Ma Jie, principal of the school,...

FAO and WHO in China organised in Beijing the meeting of the United Nations Theme Group on Agriculture(UNTG-AG) – sub working group on Diseases at the Human-animal-environment interface to discuss influenza A(H7N9) disease situation in China. The meeting objective was to provide an update on the influenza A(H7N9) situation in...

The CFETPV has made significant progress since it was launched in 2010, by training more than 140 epidemiologists in government agencies all over China. However, it is a quite small number comparing with half million government veterinary staff in the country. There is still a strong need of veterinary epidemiology...

On Sunday, the Central Government released its Number One Central Document, the first policy statement of the year, and as in the previous 13 years, it focused on agriculture and rural development. While previous Number One Documents have included mentions of sustainability measures, this year’s had a particularly strong focus...