TUNIS FORUM ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SINO-AFRICAN MEDICINE

Friday, November 21, 2025

15h00

Welcoming participants

17h30

Opening ceremony & speeches

The Chairman of the Scientific Committee - Pr Ahmed LAATAR

Mrs Ministers of Health of African countries

His Excellency the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Tunisia - Mr Wan LI

His Excellency the Dean of Ambassadors of African Countries

The Representative of Africa CDC

The Representative of Huawei

Speech by the Chinese Minister of Health - Mr Lei HAICHAO

Speech by the Tunisian Minister of Health - Mr le Pr Mustapha FERJANI

18h30

Signing of Protocols & Proposal of Joint Projects

Saturday, November 22, 2025

8h30

Panel No. 1 - Traditional Medicine & Innovative Phytotherapy

Moderators : Pr Mohamed BEN DHIEB, Pr Yu JINBAO, Pr Rchid CHAMLI, Pr Yan ZHIHONG

8h30 - Acupuncture in the service of health: integrating tradition and modernity - Pr Saoussen MILADI & Pr Ahmed LAATAR

9h00 - Traditional Chinese Medicine: for a dynamic approach to health in Africa - Mr Yan XIAOJUN

9h30 - Medicinal Plants from Tunisia and North Africa: Cross-Valuation - Pr Kamel BOUKEF

10h00 - The place of traditional Chinese medicine in the Chinese healthcare system - Pr Guo WEI

10h30

Visit to the Stands

11h00

Panel No. 2 - Interventional Cardiology & Advanced Cardiac Surgery

Moderators : Pr Lu CHUANZHU, Pr Wafa FEHRI, Pr Wei JIE, Pr Salem ABDESSALEM

11h00 - Advances in heart valve and coronary intervention: Pr Cai XINYONG & Pr Sami MOURALI

11h30 - Clinical application of pulsed field ablation for atrial fibrillation - Pr Lai HENGLI

Advanced interventional cardiology: Complexes electrophysiology, procedures: Pr Sana OUALI

12h00 - Management of Advanced Heart Failure: Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) and Heart Transplantation: Pr Jalel ZIADI & Pr Raouf DENGUIR

12h30 - Congenital heart disease: Medical and surgical management: Pr Fatma OUARDA & Pr Faker GHEDIRA

13h00

Visit to the Stands

14h00

Panel No. 3 - Digital Health & AI Integration in Medical Diagnosis

Moderators : Pr Aymen BEN SLIMANE, Pr Wang YU, Pr Mourad HADJ SLIMEN, Pr Du YAHONG

14h00 - Artificial intelligence and medical diagnosis: towards predictive and precision medicine - Pr Chiheb ROMDHANI

14h30 - Construction of Digital Healthcare: Primary-level hospital experience - Pr Zhang KAI

15h00 - Virtual Hospital & Connected Medical Cabins: The Tunisian Experience - Pr Seif BOUKRIBA

15h30 - Clinical Value of Da Vinci Xi in Gastrointestinal Surgery - Pr Yi BO

16h00

Visit to the Stands

16h30

Panel No. 4 - Biomedical research, health sovereignty & genome

Moderators : Pr Huang KAI, Pr Iheb LABBENE, Pr Lamia BEN JEMAA, Pr Hajer BATTIKH

16h30 - The Chinese path to industrializing genetic technology - Dr Du YUTAO

17h00 - How precision Medicine impacts clinical development nowadays? - Dr Moez BEN ALI

17h30 - Medical genomics and personalized medicine - Pr Neila BELGHITH & Dr Yosr HAMDI

18h00 - Local production of biotechnological medicines and health sovereignty - Dr Sameh BENT KHAYAT

18h30

Forum Closing

Director General of Health