Chinese ambassador to Nigeria Cui Jianchun met with Nigerian Minister of health ehanil in Abuja on the 19th. The two sides signed the letter of intent between the National Health Commission of China and the Ministry of health of Nigeria on establishing a cooperation mechanism for counterpart hospitals, and exchanged views on strengthening cooperation between China and Nigeria in the field of medical and health care. Cui Jianchun said that in order to implement the spirit of the special summit on China Africa solidarity against epidemic diseases, the people's Hospital of Peking University in China and the Affiliated Hospital of Abuja University in Nigeria have established a counterpart hospital cooperation mechanism to further strengthen exchanges and cooperation in the field of health between the two countries. China is willing to work with Nigeria to take this cooperation as an opportunity to accelerate the implementation of the outcomes of the eighth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China Africa cooperation, jointly implement the development and progress strategy of China Nigeria cooperation in all fields, and constantly enrich the achievements of bilateral practical cooperation. Ehanil said that it is heartening that the "nine projects" of China Africa cooperation have listed health projects as the first one. It is believed that the establishment of a counterpart hospital cooperation mechanism is only the beginning. In the future, Nigeria is willing to strengthen communication and coordination with China, learn from China's relevant technologies and experience, and constantly improve the level of cooperation between the two countries in the fields of health infrastructure construction and health management experience exchange, so as to better benefit the two countries and the two peoples. (news agency)