1.          GHSP Launching Meeting was held on January 16 in Beijing, which formally declared the programme’s initiation. 

2.          The 2^nd SOM Meeting was held on February 6 in Beijing. The meeting defined the programme’s logic framework and the first batch of Technical Advisory Group (TAG) experts.

3.          The Programme Management Agreement (PMA) was signed between PMO and DFID China on March 6.

4.          Tendering procedures for principal agencies of ‘Global Health Core Research’ under the programme’s output 1 have been initiated by PMO on June 26. NIPD of China CDC, Global Health Study Institute (GHSI) of Fudan University and School of Public Health of PKU were selected as the successful tenderers on September 30.

5.          Tendering procedures for principal agencies of ‘Health Development Aid’ under the programme’s output 2 and ‘Global Health Policies Making and Governance’ under output 3 have been initiated by PMO on July 26. NIPD of China CDC, School of Public Health of PKU, National Health Development and Research Center and School of Public Health of Fudan University were selected as the successful tenderers on November 8.

6.          The 3^rd SOM Meeting was held on October 14 in Beijing. The meeting reviewed and approved the Programme’s Semi-annual Progress Report and Programme Management Manual, etc. 

7.          ITAD, a UK-based consulting company, has been selected as the programme’s external evaluation group through international open tendering by DFID and PMO in November.