China
Summary of Past and Present NIAID-Funded Research
For several years, NIAID has had a robust intramural and extramural relationship with China focused on biomedical research and training. Many of the research grants with China involve HIV/AIDS, other sexually transmitted infections, SARS, parasitic diseases (e.g., malaria and schistosomiasis), dengue fever, and influenza. In 2006, about 135 visiting scientists from China were working as collaborators and trainees in NIAID intramural laboratories.
NIAID has a full-time medical officer assigned to Beijing to manage and oversee the NIAID-supported Comprehensive International Program of Research on AIDS with the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and to facilitate other NIAID research projects, including avian influenza studies. NIAID also supports Centers for AIDS Research activities in China. NIAID, through a contract awarded to one of the Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, is collaborating with Hong Kong University/China, Indonesia, and Thailand on basic research activities regarding avian influenza. Chinese research institutions continue to be key partners and collaborators in addressing growing global health concerns related to emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, such as avian influenza and multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis.
U.S. – China Science and Technology Agreements
An umbrella agreement between the U.S. Government and the government of the People's Republic of China on cooperation in science and technology, originally signed in 1979, was extended for another 5-year period by mutual written agreement on April 18, 2006.
An agreement between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China was signed on April 18, 2006, to enhance and expand cooperative efforts in health and biomedical sciences.
A memorandum of understanding between HHS and the Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China was signed in 2005 to promote closer cooperation, capacity building, and exchange of information in the field of infectious diseases.
A memorandum of understanding between HHS and the Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China was signed in 2002 to foster cooperation on HIV/AIDS prevention, research, treatment, and care.
Since 1983, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has had an agreement with the Chinese Academy of Sciences for cooperation in the basic biomedical sciences.
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