英语新闻丨中国提名世卫组织总干事候选人

The Foreign Ministry confirmed on Thursday China's nomination of Dr Song Li as a candidate for director-general of the World Health Organization, marking Beijing's support for multilateralism and global health cooperation.

外交部周四确认，中国提名宋莉博士参选世界卫生组织总干事，此举体现中方对多边主义与全球卫生合作的支持。

Song, who has worked in the field of maternal and child health for over 20 years, currently serves as a member of the secretariat of All-China Women's Federation.

宋莉从事妇幼健康领域工作 20 余年，现任全国妇联书记处书记。

Earlier, she served as director-general of the Department of Maternal and Child Health at China's National Health Commission.

此前，她曾任国家卫生健康委员会妇幼健康司司长。

The nomination "reflects China's aspiration to work with all parties for a global community of health for all", Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said at a daily news conference in Beijing. It also "demonstrates China's firm support for multilateralism and the WHO", she added.

外交部发言人毛宁在北京例行记者会上表示，此次提名 “体现了中方愿同各方一道，推动构建人类卫生健康共同体的愿景”。她补充称，这也 “展现中国对多边主义和世界卫生组织的坚定支持”。

As of Thursday afternoon, a page on the WHO website revealed the names of six candidates proposed by Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Belgium, Spain, Indonesia and Botswana. The WHO will release the complete list of nominees after final regional committee meetings, expected in early November, Reuters said.

路透社称，截至周四下午，世卫组织网站页面已公布卡塔尔、沙特阿拉伯、比利时、西班牙、印度尼西亚、博茨瓦纳推荐的 6 名候选人名单。世卫组织将在各区域委员会最后会议结束后，预计于 11 月初发布完整候选人名单。

In November 2006, Margaret Chan Fung Fu-chun, a public health official from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, was elected director-general of the WHO, going on to serve two five-year terms from 2007 to 2017.

2006 年 11 月，香港特别行政区公共卫生官员陈冯富珍当选世界卫生组织总干事，2007 至 2017 年任职，连任两届五年任期。