Organized by the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, the Institute for Global Tobacco Control, Ministry of Health, P.R. China and World Health organization, Regional Office for the Western Pacific, and the National Conference on Policy Development of Tobacco Control in China in the 21st Century was held in Beijing from May 29-May31, 2000. The working group brought together 50 national and 30 international participants from a wide range of disciplines including health economics, epidemiology, development, health promotion, medicine, health policy, child and adolescent health, and agriculture. The group developed a comprehensive national tobacco control plan for China.

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