At the turn of each summer and autumn, a special gathering touches countless hearts—the China Rare Disease Summit. Behind this warm and empowering conference, a linguistic bridge silently supports global and local exchanges: Artlangs Translation.
This year, the 14th Cordrare Rare Disease Summit will convene as scheduled in 2025. Under the theme "Guard the Rare, Together We Build Hope," the summit will be held from September 19 to 21 at the Crowne Plaza Wuhan Optics Valley in Hubei Province, China.
Artlangs Translation has been invited to provide simultaneous interpretation services for this summit, facilitating seamless communication between Chinese and international experts and participants. During the conference, our interpreters will be on-site to deliver real-time bidirectional translation, ensuring accurate and smooth information exchange throughout speeches, discussions, and Q&A sessions.
Looking Back: Consistently Empowering Medical Exchange
The China Rare Disease Summit, the largest comprehensive forum in the field of rare diseases in China, launched in 2012. It is worth mentioning that Artlangs Translation has continuously provided professional translation services for the summit for three years!
Looking back at previous conferences, Artlangs Translation has consistently facilitated barrier-free communication among medical experts, patient organizations, policymakers, and pharmaceutical industry representatives from around the world with its professional and precise translation services. Whether dealing with complex terminology in academic presentations or the heartfelt emotions in patient stories, Artlangs Translation strives to convey every message authentically and accurately.
As early as September 2023, during the 12th China Rare Disease Summit held in Changsha, Artlangs Translation served as the simultaneous interpretation provider, delivering professional, efficient, and accurate translation services for the forum. Under the theme "Walk Together on the Rare Path, Meet the Future in Hunan," the summit brought together multiple stakeholders, including government representatives, experts, scholars, pharmaceutical companies, sequencing institutions, and patient organizations.
Leveraging their profound medical expertise and exceptional language skills, Artlangs Translation's interpreters ensured smooth communication on complex topics such as rare disease legislation, healthcare security, and drug market access strategies, playing a vital role in driving innovation and progress in rare disease prevention and control efforts.
Fast forward to September 2024, the 13th China Rare Disease Summit successfully concluded in Shanghai. This grand event, themed "Walking Side by Side on the Rare Path, Building Dreams Together," once again showcased the outstanding performance of Artlangs Translation. As a provider of simultaneous and consecutive interpretation services, Artlangs Translation offered comprehensive language support for the forum, ensuring seamless communication among authoritative medical experts, patients, media representatives, and other participants from around the world.
Throughout the summit, the various sub-forums focusing on topics such as rare disease legislation, diagnosis and treatment, drug innovation, and healthcare insurance, all benefited from the precise translation services provided by Artlangs Translation, contributing to the vigorous development of the rare disease medical field.
Rewind to May 2025, an international gathering focused on rare diseases was hosted in Haikou, Hainan Province—the "2025 International Rare Disease Collaboration Conference (IRDCC)." At this prestigious global event, Artlangs Translation, the official language service partner, whose interpreters demonstrated exceptional professionalism and linguistic expertise. Even when faced with complex medical terminology and academic concepts, they delivered accurate and fluid translations, ensuring in-depth exchanges among participants and earning unanimous praise from both organizers and attendees.
Looking Ahead: Opening a New Chapter in Rare Disease Exchange
This September, Artlangs Translation once again undertakes this critical mission, leveraging language as a bridge to empower borderless healthcare.
Under the theme "Guard the Rare, Together We Build Hope," this year's forum will span three days from September 19 to 21, featuring 16 specialized sub-forums. These sessions will address key challenges and hot topics in the rare disease field, inviting numerous experts to share insights and engage in round table discussions on multidimensional issues such as drug regulation, clinical trials, insurance payment systems, academic advancements, cutting-edge diagnostics, and policy oversight.
The event is expected to bring together over 150 authoritative speakers, more than 500 patients and family members, over 30 mainstream media outlets, and more than 30 domestic and international biopharmaceutical companies. This convergence of diverse stakeholders will foster collaborative dialogue to advance the rare disease cause.
To ensure seamless communication throughout the conference, Artlangs Translation will provide professional simultaneous interpretation services, guaranteeing that every participant can accurately comprehend the proceedings and engage in barrier-free exchange.
On-site, Artlangs Translation will also host a dedicated language consultation booth, where our team will address a wide range of language-related inquiries, including medical document translation, international communication support, and multilingual project collaboration. We hope to help more participants achieve effective communication and information sharing through our professional language services.
We look forward to meeting you at the forum and working together to contribute to the advancement of China’s rare disease initiatives.