New Era, New Technology: Xi’an Forum on China-Japan Cooperation in Intelligent Rehabilitation and Healthcare Successfully Held

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama attended the opening ceremony of the “New Era, New Technology: Xi’an Forum on China-Japan Cooperation in Intelligent Rehabilitation and Healthcare” and delivered a speech.

① On June 11, the “New Era, New Technology: Xi’an Forum on China-Japan Cooperation in Intelligent Rehabilitation and Healthcare” grandly opened. The event was co-hosted by the China Food and Drug Corporation Quality and Safety Promotion Association and Xi’an International Medical Center Hospital, and organized by Chinese Cultural Figures magazine. Co-organizers included the China Association of Rehabilitation Technology Transformation & Promotion, the World News Union, the Chinese Water Resource and Electric Power Medical Science and Technology Society, the International Health and Medical Promotion Association (Japan), Shohka Co., Ltd., Kawai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., and Kang Rui Biotech.

② At the forum’s opening ceremony, former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama met with Zhou Zhandong, President of the China International Wellness and Healthcare Science Association and Chairman of Xi’an International Medical Center Hospital. The two engaged in a warm and friendly exchange.

③Yukio Hatoyama also posed for a commemorative photo with Zhou Zhandong.Reported and photographed by Wang Baosheng (Editor-in-Chief of Chinese Cultural Figures), Ma Jiangping, Zhang Dongli, Su Qing, and Li Peng.

④Yukio Hatoyama attended the opening ceremony of the “New Era, New Technology: Xi’an Forum on China-Japan Cooperation in Intelligent Rehabilitation and Healthcare” and delivered a speech.

⑤ Ma Peihua, Vice Chairman of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), delivered a video address to the opening ceremony of the forum.

⑥ Ma Wenpu, former Vice Minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee and former Deputy Director of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the 11th National People’s Congress, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech.

⑦ Chen Xiaohong, former Vice Minister of Health and former Deputy Director of the National Health and Family Planning Commission, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech.

⑧ Kiyomizu Seno, President of the Japan-China Society, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech.

⑨ Mao Zhenbin, President of the China Food and Drug Corporation Quality and Safety Promotion Association, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech.

⑩ Zhou Zhandong, President of the China International Wellness and Healthcare Science Association and Chairman of Xi’an International Medical Center Hospital, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech.

⑪ Toshinao Arai, Founder of DC-BIOTECH Co., Ltd., Director of the Stem Cell Cultivation Base, and Chairman of the Public Interest Incorporated Foundation Japan Future Foundation, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech.

⑫ Dang Minghai, President of Xi’an International Medical Center Hospital, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech.

⑬ Shin Kawai, President of the International Health and Medical Promotion Association (Japan), attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech.

⑭ Government officials, leading experts and scholars, as well as corporate representatives from both China and Japan extended their congratulations on the successful convening of the forum.

⑮ During his visit to Xi’an International Medical Center Hospital, Yukio Hatoyama personally experienced the hospital’s cutting-edge medical equipment and high-quality services, and offered sincere praise for its excellence.

⑯ During the forum, Yukio Hatoyama and his wife Miyuki Hatoyama, Ma Wenpu, Chen Xiaohong, Qin Zhigang, Su Shishu, Sang Fujin, Kiyomizu Seno, Chen Yanwei, Toshinao Arai, Mao Zhenbin, Liu Yanshen, Lyu Hailin, Huang Dongfeng, Wang Baosheng, Tian Ou, along with more than 50 Chinese and Japanese medical experts, visited Xi’an International Medical Center Hospital. They were accompanied by Zhou Zhandong, Chairman of the hospital, and Dang Minghai, President of the hospital.

⑰Yukio Hatoyama and his wife toured Xi’an International Medical Center Hospital under the guidance of Zhou Zhandong and Dang Minghai.

⑱Dang Minghai introduced the hospital’s state-of-the-art medical equipment to Yukio Hatoyama and his delegation.

Chinese Cultural Figures (Editor-in-Chief: Wang Baosheng; Reporters: Ma Jiangping, Zhang Dongli, Su Qing, Li Peng) — On June 11, 2025, the “New Era, New Technology: Xi’an Forum on China-Japan Cooperation in Intelligent Rehabilitation and Healthcare” was successfully held in Xi’an. The event was co-hosted by the China Food and Drug Corporation Quality and Safety Promotion Association and Xi’an International Medical Center Hospital, organized by Chinese Cultural Figures magazine, and co-organized by the China Association of Rehabilitation Technology Transformation & Promotion, the World News Union, the Chinese Water Resource and Electric Power Medical Science and Technology Society, the International Health and Medical Promotion Association (Japan), Shohka Co., Ltd., Kawai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., and Kang Rui Biotech.
Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, who also serves as Director of the East Asian Community Institute, and his wife, Miyuki Hatoyama; Ma Wenpu, former Vice Minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee; Chen Xiaohong, former Vice Minister of the Ministry of Health of China; Qin Zhigang, former Vice Chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles; Kiyomizu Seno, President of the Japan-China Society; Su Shishu, Honorary Chairman of the China Calligraphers Association; Mao Zhenbin, President of the China Food and Drug Corporation Quality and Safety Promotion Association; Lyu Hailin, former President of the International Forum on Women under the United Nations; Zhou Zhandong, President of the China International Wellness and Healthcare Science Association and Chairman of Xi’an International Medical Center Hospital; Dang Minghai, President of Xi’an International Medical Center Hospital; Sang Fujin, former Vice President of the China Health Culture Association; Daisuke Haga, Director of Yukio Hatoyama’s Office; Tian Ou, former Vice President of the China Health Association; Chen Yanwei, Academician of the Engineering Academy of Japan; Liu Yanshen, Deputy Director of the National Engineering Research Center for E-Learning; Zhu Bingren, Master of Chinese Arts and Crafts; Xuan Weiqi, Chairman of the Board of Macau Fire Phoenix Film and Culture Group; Huang Dongfeng, Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Rehabilitation; Zhang Hongmao, President of the Theoretical and Practical Innovation Branch of the Chinese Research Hospital Association; Wang Baosheng, President of Chinese Cultural Figures magazine; Toshinao Arai, Founder of DC-BIOTECH Co., Ltd.; Rong Tie, Deputy Dean of the Central Academy of Fine Arts of the China Democratic League; Li Shuanghui, Member of the Economic Committee of the Central Committee of the China Zhi Gong Party; Masahiko Watanabe, Honorary President of the Japan Society for Endoscopic Surgery; Jiang Yongyu, Deputy Director of the Social Services Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the China Democratic National Construction Association; Takashi Kondo, M.D., Ph.D., from the Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University; Kenjiro Fukuda, Professor at Osaka University; Tomoyuki Yokota, Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo; Choi Heetae, Board Member of the International Health and Medical Promotion Association (Japan); Takahiro Mikami, Assistant Professor at Showa University School of Medicine; Yoshiaki Saegusa, Director of DC-BIOTECH Co., Ltd.; Yusaku Tagawa, Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo; and Kiyotaka Takakuwa, Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Tokyo; Shin Kawai, President of the International Health and Medical Promotion Association (Japan); Guo Ruiqi, Special Research Fellow at the Center for Emergent Matter Science, RIKEN (Japan); Mika Matsuno from NPO Life Link; Liao Qizhi, Chief Representative in China of the Fondation Mérieux (France); Zhuang Mingzheng, Council Member of the China Artists Association; Leng Jinhua, Head of the Regenerative Medicine Discipline and Chief Health Advisor; Xu Qinsheng, Deputy Secretary-General of the China Health Association; Jiang Mei, President of the Chinese Water Resource and Electric Power Medical Science and Technology Society; Tang Miao, President of the International Health and Medical Promotion Association (Japan); Zhang Wei, President of the China Commission of Promotion of Publicity for the Undertakings of Chinese Disabled Persons; Xu Ye, Special Commissioner to Japan of the China Association of Rehabilitation Technology Transformation & Promotion; Zhang Yunzeng, former Deputy President of the Armed Police General Hospital; Huang Jia, Executive Vice President and Secretary-General of the International Health and Medical Promotion Association (Japan); He Xueyou, member of the International and Asia-Pacific Society for Men’s Health; Liang Yuzhen, Chief Advisor of Kang Rui Biotech; Zhang Jianjun, Vice President of the Chinese Culture Research Association; Wang Ying, Chief Physician of the International Rehabilitation and Treatment Department at the Urological and Metabolic Rehabilitation Center of Beijing Rehabilitation Hospital, Capital Medical University; Professor Dang Yi of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine; Ma Xianlin, Chief Physician of the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at Beijing Rehabilitation Hospital, Capital Medical University; Fan Jixiang, Executive Vice President and Secretary-General of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Branch of the China Health Culture Association; Professor Duan Chonggao of Peking Union Medical College; Jiang Fang, Assistant to the President of the China Food and Drug Corporation Quality and Safety Promotion Association; Song Chengrun, Founder of the China Association of Rehabilitation Technology Transformation & Promotion; Chen Danqian, Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), USA; Su Sisi, Director of Member Services at the China Association of Rehabilitation Technology Transformation & Promotion; and Chen Wei, President of Qingdao Zhongcheng Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, among the more than 200 government officials, leading experts and scholars, and corporate representatives from both China and Japan, attended the event.
Ma Peihua, Vice Chairman of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and Chairman of the China Tongxin Warmth Project Foundation, delivered a video address at the forum’s opening ceremony. Keynote speeches were also delivered by former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama; Ma Wenpu, former Vice Minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee and former Deputy Director of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the 11th National People’s Congress; Chen Xiaohong, former Vice Minister of the Ministry of Health and former Deputy Director of the National Health and Family Planning Commission; Kiyomizu Seno, President of the Japan-China Society; Mao Zhenbin, President of the China Food and Drug Corporation Quality and Safety Promotion Association; Zhou Zhandong, President of the China International Wellness and Healthcare Science Association and Chairman of Xi’an International Medical Center Hospital; Toshinao Arai, Founder of DC-BIOTECH Co., Ltd., Director of the Stem Cell Cultivation Base, and Chairman of the Public Interest Incorporated Foundation Japan Future Foundation; and Shin Kawai, President of the International Health and Medical Promotion Association (Japan), among other distinguished guests from China and Japan.
Yukio Hatoyama, Ma Wenpu, Chen Xiaohong, Qin Zhigang, Su Shishu, Sang Fujin, Kiyomizu Seno, among the 24 distinguished guests from China and Japan jointly pressed the forum launch screen, symbolizing the official commencement of a new chapter in China-Japan medical cooperation.
At the subsequent signing ceremony, Xi’an International Medical Center Hospital signed a number of important cooperation agreements with Japanese medical institutions. Additionally, the hospital entered into agreements with Olympus, Topcon, Shimadzu Corporation, and other organizations to collaborate on the clinical application and technological promotion of medical equipment.
At the opening ceremony, the warmth of China-Japan cultural exchange was also on full display. Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama graciously inscribed the calligraphy piece “Healing with Friendship” for Xi’an International Medical Center Hospital, expressing his heartfelt congratulations through elegant brushstrokes. Meanwhile, Su Shishu, Honorary Chairman of the China Calligraphers Association, presented the hospital with a plaque bearing its name, “Xi’an International Medical Center Hospital”, along with a calligraphy work reading “Life First, People First”, embodying the humanistic spirit and sense of mission that underpin the medical profession.
In addition, Chinese representatives used diverse artistic expressions to highlight the profound cultural ties between China and Japan. Qin Zhigang, former Vice Chairman, Deputy Party Secretary, and Executive Secretary of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, personally presented a calligraphy piece of his own creation to Yukio Hatoyama. Zhuang Mingzheng, Council Member of the China Artists Association, captured the friendship in a vivid portrait painting. Zhu Bingren, Master of Chinese Arts and Crafts, gifted a finely cast bronze seal, while Rong Tie, Council Member of the Xiling Seal Art Society, presented a traditional Chinese painting. Dong Zhu, Director of the Zhu Bingren Art Museum, contributed a pair of couplets. Furthermore, Huang Jia, Executive Vice President and Secretary-General of the International Health and Medical Promotion Association, and Xu Ye, Special Commissioner to Japan of the China Association of Rehabilitation Technology Transformation & Promotion, presented a carved seal on behalf of Fang Li to Mrs. Miyuki Hatoyama. The stone engraving symbolized a lasting vision of friendship between the two nations, etched in the elegance of traditional craftsmanship.
During the keynote session of the forum, Chen Xiaohong, former Deputy Director of the National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China, delivered a keynote speech titled Life First: Meeting the Needs for Rehabilitation and Wellness. Chen Yanwei, Academician of the Engineering Academy of Japan, gave a keynote address on The Current State and Future Trends of Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging. Huang Dongfeng, Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Rehabilitation, presented a keynote titled Integrative Innovation of Brain Science, Artificial Intelligence, and Rehabilitation: Global Practices and Bay Area Approaches to Building a Future Health Ecosystem. During the interactive session, participants engaged in lively discussions on topics such as medical data sharing and mutual recognition of cross-border medical qualifications.
During the high-level dialogue session, Professor Takao Someya of the University of Tokyo and President of the Materials Research Society (USA) delivered a video address. Experts from China and Japan engaged in in-depth exchanges on a range of topics, including medical innovation technologies, hospital management, and the application of wearable devices.
During the forum, Mr. Yukio Hatoyama and his wife Miyuki Hatoyama, along with Ma Wenpu, Chen Xiaohong, Qin Zhigang, Su Shishu, Sang Fujin, Kiyomizu Seno, and more than 50 medical experts from China and Japan, visited various departments of Xi’an International Medical Center Hospital—including the Emergency Department, Radiology Department, Ophthalmology Department, and the Vision Center—to view the hospital’s state-of-the-art medical equipment. During the visit, Yukio Hatoyama personally experienced the hospital’s cutting-edge medical technologies and high-quality services, expressing sincere praise for its excellence. Chinese and Japanese experts also held in-depth discussions on the clinical application and technological collaboration of the equipment, expressing admiration for the widespread use of internationally advanced medical technologies and giving high recognition to the hospital’s diagnostic environment, technical capabilities, and comprehensive service capacity.
This forum served as an effective platform for China-Japan medical cooperation through multi-dimensional exchanges, including policy interpretation, technology demonstrations, and project signings. As Yukio Hatoyama remarked at the opening ceremony, “Science knows no borders, and medical cooperation is an important bridge of friendship between China and Japan. We look forward to working together in innovation to contribute our wisdom to the health and well-being of the people of both nations—and the world.”

(Editors: Zhang Yan, Liu Sheng)