On July 21, 2017, the national health and family planning commission and the health bureau of the logistics and protection department of the military commission jointly organized the " major special organization and implementation promotion meeting for new drug discovery and science and technology for major infectious disease prevention and control " in Beijing. The meeting aims to implement the spirit of the major special promotion meeting of the state Council held in June this year and speed up the deployment of the " 13th five-year plan" key tasks. Ceng Yixin, the deputy director of the national health and family planning commission, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. Relevant responsible comrades of the Ministry of science and technology and other organizations and implementation departments also attended the meeting. Academician Sang Guowei, who is the chief technical officer of the two special general expert groups, and various experts, accompanied with other experts, the responsible comrades of the health and family planning commissions of some provinces, regions and cities, responsible comrades of relevant departments and units directly under the national health and family planning commission, responsible persons of some subject-bearing units and scientific research teams, and Dr. Ning Zhiqiang, who is the vice president of CHIPSCREEN BIOSCIENCES research and development, was invited to attend the meeting.

Zeng Yixin pointed out that in the past 10 years since the implementation of the major national science and technology projects, China's central government has invested 21 billion yuan in the deployment of nearly 2,000 major new drug discovery and major infectious disease prevention and control projects, which has achieved a large number of landmark results. In addition, under the promotion of major scientific and technological projects, our country has promoted the upgrading and development of its industry with innovative pharmaceutical products. Our ability to participate in international pharmaceutical competition and cooperation has been continuously strengthened, and the ability to develop and innovate new medicines has been increasingly recognized internationally. When talking about the historical achievements, Director Zeng especially mentioned the stronger originality of CHIPSCREEN BIOSCIENCES and Chidamide's spirit. He said CHIPSCREEN BIOSCIENCES had undertaken many major special tasks in the past and had done better, which was a good example of the implementation results of major special projects.

At the meeting, Dr. Ning Zhiqiang made a speech as the representative of key supported enterprise. He expressed the hope that the state would continue to support original new drug enterprises such as CHIPSCREEN BIOSCIENCES and give stronger support to original new drug research and development. CHIPSCREEN BIOSCIENCES would continue to make greater contributions in the industry with the support of the national innovation policy. I hope to be consistent with major projects and colleagues in the industry, to promote the improvement of the national drug innovation system, and to accelerate the transformation of our country from imitation to creation and from a large pharmaceutical country to a powerful country.