Seminar & Forum Secretary-General LEE Hee-sup Addressed The Opening Ceremony of China-Japan- Korea Health and Wellness University Alliance & International Academic Conference 2025
2025-05-17
On May 17, the Opening Ceremony of the China-Japan-Korea Health and Wellness University Alliance & International Academic Conference 2025 was held in Dalian. Over 500 participants, including experts and representatives from 55 universities and institutions across China, Japan, and Korea, attended the event. Chen Shaowang, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Dalian Municipal Committee and Mayor of Dalian; Zhao Lei, Deputy Director-General of the Department of International Cooperation and Exchanges of China’s Ministry of Education; and Wang Qingdong, Director-General of the Liaoning Provincial Department of Education, delivered opening remarks. Secretary-General LEE Hee-sup of the Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat (TCS) was invited to deliver a speech.

▲Group Photo
Secretary-General LEE noted that Northeast Asia is the fastest-aging region in the world, highlighting the urgent need for sustainable and inclusive social support systems. He welcomed the launch of the Alliance as a concrete step toward implementing the outcomes of the Trilateral Summit and Trilateral Education Ministers’ Meeting (TEDMM), and emphasized its importance in promoting university cooperation, public health, and regional sustainable development.

▲Secretary-General LEE Delivering a Speech
The Alliance aims to strengthen collaboration among universities in the field of health and wellness and address demographic challenges through joint research, academic exchange, and capacity building. Initiated by Dalian Medical University with support from China’s Ministry of Education, the Alliance was first proposed at the 2024 China-Japan-Korea University Forum on Health and Wellness.

▲The Opening Ceremony of China-Japan- Korea Health and Wellness University Alliance
Documents
- Joint Statement of the 17th Tripartite Health Ministers Meeting (THMM)
- Memorandum of Cooperation Among The National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China, The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan And The Ministry of Health and Welfare of the Republic of Korea on Health Cooperation
- Joint Statement of the 16th Tripartite Health Ministers Meeting (THMM)
- Joint Statement of the 15th Tripartite Health Ministers Meeting (THMM)
- Joint Action Plan among the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan, the Ministry of Health and Welfare of the Republic of Korea and the National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China on Preparedness and Response against Infectious D
- Joint Statement of the 14th Tripartite Health Ministers Meeting (THMM)
- Joint Statement of the Thirteenth Tripartite Health Ministers' Meeting (Video Conference)
- Joint Statement of the Special Video Conference of Tripartite Health Ministers' Meeting (THMM) on COVID-19 Response