BANGKOK - Some 1.2 million tourists from China visited Thailand in February, up 51 percent from the same period last year, a senior government official said on Wednesday.Tourism and Sports Ministry undersecretary Pongpanu Svetarundra told a press conference that Chinese tourists accounted for the largest number of foreign visitors to Thailand last month, especially during the Chinese New Year.Last month saw the number of foreign visitors to Thailand reached 3.5 million, an increase of 19.33 percent compared to the same period last year, Pongpanu said.Most of them came from East Asia, followed by Europe, America, South Asia, Oceania, the Middle East and Africa.They generated some 195.26 billion baht (about $610 million) in tourism-related income last month, up 23.78 percent from the corresponding period last year. youth silicone wristbandssilicon braceletspersonalized rubber band braceletsbracelet maker rubbercustomized bracelets
File Photo: Former Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr. Margaret Chan speaks during a news conference at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Sept 12, 2014. [Photo/IC] BEIJING -- China's capability in preventing and controlling disease emergencies is leading the world, former director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) Margaret Chan Fung Fu-chun said Sunday. In the time of globalization, communicable diseases spread very fast and require every country and region to build their capacity and strengthen their health systems to respond, Chan said on the sidelines of the second session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference that opened Sunday. She added that China's two emergency medical teams were among the first to pass the verification of the WHO, demonstrating their world-leading standards. The WHO has developed the global verification system where emergency medical teams can be classified and ready to be deployed to health emergencies. The former WHO chief also noted China's remarkable contributions to global health cooperation. Chan highlighted a memorandum signed during her stint at the WHO between China and the organization on promoting international health cooperation along the Belt and Road. It demonstrates China's sense of responsibility as a major country, she said.
