On 5 October, Consul General Fang Xinwen was invited to attend and deliver remarks at the 1st Australia-China Biomedical Summit 2026, hosted by Monash University.

The event was attended by Steven Chown, Foreign Secretary of the Australian Academy of Science and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science; Melbourne City Councillor Andrew Ross; Wang Huan-ting, Pro Vice-Chancellor of Monash University; Jian Li, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and President of the International Society of Anti-Infective Pharmacology (ISAP); Chen Dong, Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Vice President of Westlake University and Dean of the School of Medicine; Chen Ning, Vice President of the Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute; as well as nearly 100 representatives from universities, medical institutions and biomedical research laboratories in Australia and China.

General Fang actively promoted the Four Global Initiatives and shared the outcomes and consensus reached at the meeting between the Chinese and U.S. heads of state. He noted that health and life sciences are important issues of common concern to the people of China and Australia. The two countries each have their own strengths in the field of biomedicine, with a solid foundation for cooperation and strong complementarity. There is tremendous potential for collaboration in areas such as infectious disease prevention and control, healthy aging, and cancer prevention and treatment.

The Chinese Consulate General in Melbourne stands ready to continue playing its role as a bridge and facilitator, and to support greater exchanges and cooperation between China and Australia in life sciences and health, biomedicine, science and technology, education, and other fields.