On April 25, 2022, when attending the International Forum on the 50th Anniversary of the Discovery of Artemisinin and on Building a Global Community of Health for All, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi read President Xi Jinping's congratulatory letter to the forum and delivered a speech.

Wang Yi said, President Xi Jinping specially sent a congratulatory letter to the forum, demonstrating Chinese leaders' lofty vision of bearing in mind the well-being of the world and the value orientation of putting people first. While successfully eliminating malaria within its borders, China also extended a helping hand to the world by launching large-scale international anti-malaria assistance with artemisinin at the core. By the end of 2021, China had provided billions of doses of artemisinin medicines, trained tens of thousands of anti-malaria professionals for developing countries, assisted in the construction of malaria prevention and treatment centers for 30 countries, and sent 28,000 medical team members to 72 developing countries for malaria prevention and treatment by widely using artemisinin drugs and therapies. When I visited Comoros in Africa this year, I was delighted to learn that thanks to the joint efforts of the two countries, Comoros has realized zero malaria deaths and seen a drop of more than 90 percent in the number of cases. These achievements are miraculous.

Wang Yi pointed out, over the past half century, China's anti-malaria assistance has made remarkable achievements. According to the World Health Organization, in sub-Saharan Africa alone, about 240 million people have benefited from artemisinin-based combination therapies. From Asia to Africa, and from Europe to America, countless lives have been saved and innumerable families have been taken good care of thanks to artemisinin. Artemisinin has become the protector of people in the vast developing countries. Artemisinin embodies success stories of mankind's arduous struggles against diseases, solidarity between China and the vast developing countries in trying times, and China's commitment to benefiting the world through its own development.