Overview_WSO China Center_World Stroke Organization China Center,Stroke Prevention and Treatment

The World Stroke Organization China Center (WSO China Center) is an authorized professional working group jointly initiated under the guidance of the National Health Commission of China and in collaboration with China’s Million Disability Reduction Project. Established in 2025, it serves as the official branch of the World Stroke Organization (WSO) in China. Led by Academician Ji Xunming of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the WSO China Center is an international academic and medical collaboration platform dedicated to advancing the standardization of stroke prevention and treatment systems in China, enhancing clinical care quality, reducing disease burden, and contributing to the achievement of the "Healthy China 2030" strategic goals and President Xi Jinping’s vision of building "a global community of health for all." The Center systematically elevates China’s stroke prevention capabilities while promoting global stroke care development.

Core Missions
1. Standardized System Development
Aligning with WSO’s international certification standards, the Center establishes a nationwide tiered stroke center management system to optimize care processes, narrow regional disparities in medical quality, and achieve "homogenized, standardized" stroke treatment.

2. End-to-End Capacity Building
Through WSO-certified training programs, the Center provides technical empowerment across the full continuum of care—from prehospital emergency response to post-stroke rehabilitation. A quality control monitoring platform dynamically tracks critical metrics (e.g., door-to-needle time compliance rate, endovascular therapy rates) to drive continuous improvements in service quality.

3. Multidimensional Disability Reduction
Leveraging China’s Million Disability Reduction Project, the Center prioritizes addressing gaps in primary prevention and promotes scalable interventions, including stroke unit management models, high-risk population screening and intervention, and thrombolytic/thrombectomy therapies. It aims to achieve an average annual reduction of 1.5% in stroke-related disability, supporting rural revitalization and health equity.

4. Global Governance Engagement
Actively integrated into WSO’s global network (currently encompassing 147 member countries), the Center leads the development of Asian regional stroke prevention standards, fosters international academic collaboration, advances evidence-based traditional Chinese medicine research, and establishes a model for disseminating "Chinese solutions" to global stakeholders.

Organizational Structure

Committee

Constitution

Chapter I: General Provisions
Article 1 The full name of this working group is the "Chinese Working Group of the World Stroke Organization" (hereinafter referred to as the "Working Group"). It is an official collaborative body established by the World Stroke Organization (WSO) in China, aiming to align China's stroke prevention and treatment efforts with international standards and improve the quality of stroke medical services and research.
Article 2 The Working Group is a non-independent legal entity and a non-profit collaborative platform. It operates under the guidance of the World Stroke Organization (WSO) and consists of voluntary participation from relevant domestic institutions in the field of stroke prevention and treatment (including medical institutions, research institutes, enterprises, etc.).
Article 3 The purposes of the Working Group are:
(1) To establish internationally recognized stroke prevention and treatment standards in China, aligned with WSO international standards;
(2) To promote international certification, quality control, and data sharing for stroke centers;
(3) To facilitate academic exchanges and technical cooperation in the field of stroke between China and other countries;
(4) To support the implementation of the national "Million Disability Reduction Project" and the Healthy China strategy.
The Working Group adheres to the guidance of Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory, the "Three Represents", the Scientific Outlook on Development, and Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. It fully leverages the political core and leading role of the Party organization, upholds the principle that science and technology are the primary productive forces, complies with the Constitution, laws, regulations, and national policies, practices the core socialist values, promotes patriotism, maintains social morality, and consciously strengthens integrity and self-discipline.
Article 4 The Working Group upholds the comprehensive leadership of the Communist Party of China and carries out Party activities in accordance with the provisions of the Party Constitution, providing necessary conditions for Party activities.
Article 5 The Working Group accepts the guidance and supervision of its governing institution, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University.
Article 6 The domicile of the Working Group is in Beijing.

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