In 2017, Anthony Fauci invited the head of China’s CDC, George F. Gao, to tour the NIAID. They discussed research on emerging infectious diseases. China’s CDC director George F. Gao then invited Anthony Fauci to China in 2018 to discuss emerging infectious diseases with Chinese partners. source: https://web.archive.org/web/20200531105847/https://www.chinacdc.cn/gwswxx/ghc/201709/t20170928_153873.html