Chinese programme 2019: Part II

Language session
Chairs: R. Chen (Guangzhou (Guangdong), China), C. Suppli Ulrik (Virum, Denmark)
Aims: to present and discuss the new advances in respiratory medicine presented by experienced speakers from the ERS leadership and Chinese leaders in respiratory medicine; to present an overview of respiratory disease research, community-acquired pneumonia, influenza, bronchology and interventional pulmonology in Europe and China.

The global burden of pneumonia in China and the world: a Global Burden of Disease comparison J. Soriano (Madrid, Spain)
Progress in tuberculosis G. Bothamley (London, United Kingdom)
Prevention and control of influenza in China R. Chen (Guangzhou (Guangdong), China)
Severe community-acquired pneumonia in China: epidemiology and clinical practice J. Qu (Shanghai, China)