Conference to tout healthy lifestyles

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People at home and abroad can expect some bold and exciting outcomes from the 9th Global Conference on Health Promotion in Shanghai, according to Bernhard Schwartlander, World Health Organization representative in China, who is also the conference spokesman.

He made the remarks in an interview with China Daily on the eve of the conference, which is to run from Monday through Thursday this week, gathering more than 1,000 leaders in politics, health and development from China and abroad.