中美两国在传染病应对以及其他公共卫生问题等领域面临着相同或相似的挑战,疾病无国界,公共卫生问题对全人类的健康乃至全球政治和经济发展的影响不容质疑,两国疾控中心的紧密合作有利于双方共同应对疾病对人类的挑战,也符合国际社会的期待。自2002年中 Both China and the United States face the same or similar challenges in areas such as response to infectious diseases and other public health issues. Without disease, the impact of public health on the health of all mankind and even global political and economic development can not be questioned. The close cooperation of the center will help both parties to jointly cope with the challenge to humans of the disease and is in line with the expectation of the international community. Since mid-2002