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During the run, the two athletes visited numerous clinics, met patients in treatment, and helped to promote local running events over shorter distances to get people in different parts of the country involved. “Shortly before the end of the long-distance run, they asked me if I would like to accompany them for the last hour. It was a real honor to do so,” says de Wit. “The run is a positive story. And people in China love positive stories. That’s why we managed to reach so many of them.”
However, Fresenius Medical Care’s China strategy also includes setting up new production sites. A plant in Beijing that manufactures dialysis concentrates began operations in August 2018. In late 2018, Fresenius Medical Care presented its first dialysis machine in India that has been developed specifically for the requirements of emerging markets. The machine, which the Company also intends to roll out in China, is characterized by particularly robust materials and lower production costs. “We are focusing on reducing production costs as a way of reaching as many patients as possible who cannot currently obtain treatment,” says de Wit.