Quotable

"The Belt and Road Initiative creates a win-win situation for China and Africa. The underlying values and principles include nonintervention in internal affairs, mutual benefits and peaceful coexistence, which are all similar to those of the United Nations Charter."

Arkebe Oqubay, special adviser to Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn

"Xinjiang is building itself into a medical center that could also cover Central Asian countries. Staff at these hospitals can speak languages such as Russian and Kazakh. Moreover, Xinjiang has built telemedicine platforms that could connect with hospitals that are overseas or in other parts of China, so that they could treat patients remotely."

Peng Yong, deputy Party chief of the Health and Family Planning Commission of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region

"Homemade medical imaging equipment is going to be a future direction. Medical imaging is a core technology of diagnosis, especially for cases such as cancer screening. In fact, more foreign companies are investing in Chinese firms that make domestic medical imaging equipment."

Zhang Jiang, general manager of Ping An Ventures, a venture capital firm specializing in various sectors including healthcare

(China Daily Africa Weekly 06/02/2017 page24)