The NCTS will use networked information to help overcome these obstacles. Medical schools and hospitals in Zinjiang, Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia, and Shaanxi Province will be linked to medical centers elsewhere in China and in the US. Together, they will form a network to provide continuing medical education, telemedicine, and library services.

Users in northwest China, depending on their capabilities, will access these services by telephone, fax, e-mail or the World Wide Web.

Secretary of State Madeleine Albright inaugurated the NCTS in June 1997 when her delegation visited Xi'an Medical University, opened a link to UCSF/Stanford Health Care, and launched the first real-time telemedical consultation over the Internet between China and the United States.

Launch of the NCTS (Stanford's official site)

Commerce Secretary Daley's and State Secretary Alrbright's remarks

Press coverage

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