URUMQI -- Medical assistance teams sent to China's Xinjiang and Tibet have significantly elevated local healthcare services over the years, the National Health Commission (NHC) said on Wednesday.

In 2015, China initiated a national program of sending teams of medical and education personnel to offer support to Tibet Autonomous Region and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Since then, more than 3,100 high-caliber personnel from provinces relatively advanced in the medical sector have been dispatched to these two regions as members of assistance teams, Xing Ruoqi, an NHC official, told a press conference held in Kashgar, Xinjiang.

These personnel, encompassing medical practitioners and managers, have provided guidance to over 1,000 local medical teams and trained more than 7,600 medical personnel, Xing said.

As part of the program, over 4,300 healthcare professionals from the assisted hospitals have received education and training in regions with relatively advanced medical resources.

Management capacities are also an integral part of the assistance, said Xing, adding that new medical services models, such as multidisciplinary diagnosis and treatment, have been implemented at these hospitals.