w88 casino News Network (provided by the w88 casino of International Economics and w88)From September 20th to 21st, the 13th Beijing Humboldt Forum sub-forum-International Forum on Healthy Fiscal Policy was grandly held at the w88 casino.
This forum brings together experts and scholars from well-known domestic and foreign universities and scientific research institutions such as the World Health Organization, National Health Commission, Chinese Academy of Fiscal Sciences, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Asian Development Bank, and Management World Magazine. They gathered together to conduct in-depth discussions and exchanges around a series of global cutting-edge issues such as health tax reform, sustainable fiscal development and healthy human capital accumulation.
Group of guests at the opening ceremony
The opening ceremony of the forum was hosted by Wang Qiang, Vice President of the w88 casino. Representatives from international organizations and government agencies such as Zhao Zhongxiu, President of the w88 casino, Martin Taylor, Representative of the World Health Organization in China, Yang Zhiyong, President of the Chinese Academy of Fiscal Sciences, Jeremias N. Paul Jr., Director of the Health Fiscal Policy Division of the World Health Organization Headquarters, Liang Yangchun, President of Management World Magazine, and other important academic journal managers delivered speeches and keynote speeches respectively. They expressed warm congratulations on the successful convening of the forum and highly affirmed the important role of health fiscal policy research in promoting global public health and economic development.
Leader’s speeches and speeches
The forum held an unveiling ceremony for the World Health Organization Collaborating Center on Health Taxation and Fiscal Policy. In 2015, the World Health Organization officially authorized the establishment of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center on Tobacco Control and Economic Policy in w88 casino. In view of the center's outstanding contribution in expanding research and policy practice in the field of health finance, the WHO decided to officially rename the collaborating center of w88 casino as "WHO Collaborating Center for Health Tax and Fiscal Policy (CHN-156)", and was re-appointed under this new name in January 2025. It is worth mentioning that since its establishment in 2015, the WHO Collaborating Center of w88 casino has always been the only economic policy cooperation center established by the World Health Organization in the world.
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Inauguration ceremony of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center on Health Taxation and Fiscal Policy
The forum also held the founding ceremony of the Health Finance Academic Alliance. The alliance was jointly initiated by experts and scholars from domestic universities, scientific research institutions and international organizations, aiming to build an interdisciplinary and cross-regional high-end academic exchange and policy cooperation platform. The Alliance will focus on the core field of healthy fiscal policy, vigorously promote the integration of finance, public health, economics and other disciplines, and deeply explore effective ways to use fiscal policy to promote health equity and sustainable development.
At the unveiling ceremony of the alliance, officials and economists from the World Health Organization’s Health Finance Division and representatives from the first batch of important member units witnessed this milestone moment. The first batch of members of the alliance include: w88 casino, Shandong University of Finance and Economics, Renmin University of China, Central University of Finance and Economics, Capital University of Economics and Business, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics, Yunnan University and other well-known domestic universities.
The establishment of the Health Finance Academic Alliance marks that health finance research has entered a new stage of systematic and organized development. The Alliance will become a powerful engine to promote theoretical innovation and practical exploration of health finance. Through knowledge sharing, academic cooperation and policy dialogue, the Alliance will be committed to providing high-quality policy advice and intellectual support, serving the construction of "Healthy China", and actively participating in promoting global health governance and public health policy innovation.
Health Finance Academic Alliance is grandly established
The forum conducted in-depth discussions on the main topics of health tax and health fiscal policy. Yang Zhiyong, President of the China Academy of Fiscal Sciences, delivered a keynote speech on "Deepening the Reform of the Fiscal and Taxation System and Health Financing". Ma. Teresa Habitan, deputy director of the Local Government Finance Institute of the Philippine Taxation Institute, shared the Philippines' international experience on how to achieve a win-win situation for health and finance through health taxes. Vasoontara Yiengprugsawan, a senior expert on universal health coverage at the Asian Development Bank, introduced global cases of health taxes promoting economic growth and sustainable development. Mark Goodchild, an economist at the Health Fiscal Policy Division of the World Health Organization Headquarters Analyzing WHO’s technical recommendations based on the global practice of health taxation, Zheng Rong, director of the WHO Collaborating Center on Health Taxation and Fiscal Policy, shared the research framework for China’s tobacco taxation and explained in detail the current situation and prospects of China’s tobacco taxation. Hu Xiao from Nanjing University of Finance and Economics shared the research results on the affordability of China’s tobacco products.
Experts and scholars from academia, government departments and professional institutions also conducted four in-depth roundtable discussions on topics such as "Global experience and Chinese practice in healthy fiscal policies", "Development of healthy fiscal disciplines", "Achieving a win-win situation for health and finance in the current consumption tax reform" and "Study on the multi-dimensional impact of tobacco tax".
Roundtable Discussion 1: Development of Health Finance Discipline
Roundtable discussion 2: Achieving a win-win situation for health and finance in the current consumption tax reform
Roundtable Discussion 3: Global Experience and Chinese Practice of Healthy Fiscal Policy
Roundtable Discussion 4: Research on the Multidimensional Impact of Tobacco Taxes
Opening Ceremony of the 13th Beijing Humboldt Forum
This Humboldt Forum focuses on the three core topics of "green economy, health management, and cooperation in the global South". The successfully held International Forum on Healthy Fiscal Policy is one of the nine important sub-forums of the 13th Beijing Humboldt Forum.
The successful convening of the International Forum on Health Fiscal Policy not only established a high-level dialogue and exchange platform for domestic and foreign health fiscal policy research, but also brought two landmark results: the official unveiling of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center on Health Tax and Fiscal Policy, and the announcement of the establishment of the Health Fiscal Academic Alliance, marking that China's international cooperation depth and discipline construction level in the field of health fiscal policy have reached a new historical level, and will effectively promote global public health governance and the implementation of the "Healthy China" strategy.(Written by: Zheng Rong Reviewed by: Xue Yi Song Xiyong)
