Institutions from the United States and China co-hosted a healthcare meeting on Saturday to help technology innovation and push forward cooperation between the two countries.

Around 200 participants, including technology experts, representatives of health industry associations, entrepreneurs and investors from both countries, had face-to-face talks during the event, in which telemedicine and medical device cooperation, biotechnology innovation and food safety were the main topics.

Chinese Consul General in Chicago Zhao Jian told the opening ceremony that the meeting will promote the coupling of innovation resources, advance management and development models and tap potential for cooperation between the two countries' health industries.

John Zhang, secretary general of the organizer, the Beijing-based International Technology Transfer Network, said he hoped closer cooperation and an expanding network with its US partners.