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On January 5, 2018, the 29th Chinese medical team to Equatorial Guinea arrived in Malabo. The medical team is consisted of 27 medical staff from Guangdong Province. According to the Guangdong Provincial People's Government, while in the country, the Guangdong medical team received 7,689 outpatients and 9,147 inpatients. They performed 116 emergency treatments, 1,349 operations, 635 anesthesia procedures, 1,420 acupuncture treatments, and 11,039 assays and examinations. On February 6, 2018, Chinese Ambassador Chen Guoyou visited the 29th medical team to send them Spring Festival blessings and greetings. The Ambassador also visited the team on February 10-11 to mark the eve of the Chinese New Year. The 29th Medical team conducted free clinics in the 8 villages, which is recorded in projects ID#86713, 88591, 86721 (第29批援赤道几内亚医疗队的故事：上班要面对艾滋病，下班要开荒种菜). A handover ceremony from the 29th to the 30th Chinese medical team was held on July 9, 2019, and the 29th team arrived back in China on July 22, 2019. China has been sending medical teams to Equatorial Guinea since 1971.