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This year marks the 60th anniversary of China dispatching its first medical aid team abroad. Since China sent the first overseas medical team to Algeria in 1963, a total of 30,000 medical personnel have treated 290 million patients in 76 countries and regions. China has established twinning relations with 46 hospitals in 41 countries and helped 22 countries set up 25 key specialist centers to institutionalize and systematize the use of medical and technological assistance. Currently, Chinese medical teams are working round the clock at 115 places in 56 countries around the world.