21st medical team to aid DRC(1/4)

Members of the 21st batch of medical team pose for group photos in Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province before departure for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Jan. 3, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Zhai Yujia)

Twenty-one medical teams with a total of 545 medical personnel have been dispatched to the DRC from Hebei Province since 1973.

Officials confer a flag to the medical team in Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province before their departure for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Jan. 3, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Zhai Yujia)

Members of the 21st medical team hold an oath-taking ceremony in Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province before departure for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Jan. 3, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Zhai Yujia)

Members of 21st medical team attend a departure ceremony in Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 3, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Zhai Yujia)