The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Thursday announced it would donate 50 million U.S. dollars to the Beijing-based Global Health Drug Discovery Institute (GHDDI) over five years.
比尔和梅林达·盖茨基金会周四宣布，将在五年内向总部位于北京的全球健康药物发现研究所(GHDDI)捐赠5000万美元。

The funds will support the development of drugs for infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis and malaria, that disproportionately affect people living in low and middle-income countries, thus working to improve global health, the foundation said.
该基金会表示，这些资金将用于支持针对传染性疾病（如结核病和疟疾）的药物开发，这些疾病严重影响低收入和中等收入国家居民的健康，以此来改善全球健康状况。

A non-profit research organization in China, the GHDDI was jointly founded by the foundation, Tsinghua University and the Beijing municipal government in 2016.
GHDDI是一家中国非营利性研究机构，于2016年由该基金会、清华大学和北京市政府共同创立。

The municipal government will provide financial support of the same scale, and Tsinghua University has pledged continued support for research platforms, achievement transformations and talent training.
北京市政府将提供同等规模的财政支持，清华大学承诺继续为研究平台、成果转化和人才培养提供支持。

Ding Sheng, head of the GHDDI and a professor at Tsinghua University, said the new round of financial and professional support is of great significance as the center aims to tackle global health challenges by accelerating new drug development.
清华大学教授、GHDDI主任丁胜表示，新一轮的资金和专业支持意义重大，因为该中心旨在通过加速新药开发来应对全球健康挑战。