On September 18, the opening ceremony of the 5th National Leadership of Blood Services Forum was held in Zunyi, Guizhou Province. This forum was organized by CSBT, jointly hosted by the Committee on Development of Middle and Small-Sized Blood Station, Zunyi Regional Blood Bank and Shenzhen Blood Center. Nearly 500 leaders from domestic blood establishments attended the forum.

This forum was themed on Construction and Development of Blood Establishments in the New Era, focusing on coming issues in the industry, exchanging and discussing experience and strategies, adopting the demands and offering advice to the superior departments. Moreover, fresh concepts and measures around the topics such as construction and development of blood establishment , non-remunerated blood donation, voluntary services as well as quality management were shared by directors attending the forum. 

At the closing ceremony, the flag of the forum was handed over to the city of Wuhai, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, where the next forum will be held in 2021, indicating a successful conclusion of the 5th National Leadership of Blood Services Forum.

Source: Secretariat of CSBT

(Translated by WANG Yawu; Reviewed by ZHU Shanshan, JIANG Nizhen)