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WHO Director-General Succession and China's Candidacy
China has nominated Song Li for WHO director general amid a funding crisis triggered by the US withdrawal, a bid that would make him the first mainland Chinese national to lead the agency.
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China has nominated health official Song Li to run for director general of the World Health Organization, the foreign ministry confirmed October 8 (SCMP, October 8). If elected, Song would be the first person from mainland China to lead the agency; China previously backed Margaret Chan, a Hong Kong-born doctor who served as WHO director general from 2007 to 2017. The nomination comes as the WHO faces a major funding shake-up following the US exit from the organization.