Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention

The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CCDC; Chinese: 中国疾病预防控制中心) is an independent agency of the National Health Commission, based in Beijing, China. Established in 1983, it works to protect public health and safety by providing information to enhance health decisions, and to promote health through partnerships with provincial health departments and other organizations. The CCDC focuses national attention on developing and applying disease prevention and control (especially infectious diseases), environmental health, occupational safety and health, health promotion, prevention and education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the People's Republic of China.[1][2][3]

Not to be confused with Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Simplified Chinese中国疾病预防控制中心
Traditional Chinese中國疾病預防控制中心

George F. Gao is the current director general. He has made contributions to the study of inter-species pathogen transmission. He organized the first World Flu Day on November 1, 2018, commemorating the centenary of the Spanish flu. It was also the 15-year commemoration of the severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak, which led to China prioritising investment in the public health system.[4]

The CCDC administers a number of laboratories across China, including the biosafety level 2 facility at the Wuhan Centre for Disease Control (sometimes confused with the nearby Wuhan Institute of Virology);[5] which received global media coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic for its research into SARS-like coronaviruses of bat origin.[6][7][8]

See also

References
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  2. "China CDC". ianphi.org. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  3. "Centers Disease Control Prevention". globalhealth.gov. Archived from the original on 29 April 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  4. "World Flu Day: momentum from China for influenza control". Lancet. 3 November 2018. Archived from the original on 5 October 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  5. Beaumont, Peter (1 May 2020). "Where did Covid-19 come from? What we know about its origins". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 4 May 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  6. "Wuhan Lab Denies Any Link to First Coronavirus Outbreak". Bloomberg News. 20 April 2020. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  7. Rincon, Paul (1 May 2020). "Coronavirus: Is there any evidence for lab release theory?". BBC News. Archived from the original on 16 April 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  8. "Exclusive: Coronavirus began 'as an accident' in Chinese lab, says former MI6 boss". Telegraph Media Group Limited. 3 June 2020.



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