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:-History
China Medical University
(CMU) was the first medical school established by the Chinese
Communist Party. Its precursor was the Chinese Workers’-Peasants’
Red Army Military Medical School and Chinese Workers’-Peasants’
Red Army Health School founded in Ruijin city, Jiangxi province
in 1931. After the Long March with the red army, it moved
to Shan-bei. In 1940, proposed by comrade Mao Ze-dong and
approved by the central committee of Chinese Communist Party,
the name of the school was changed to China Medical University.
In July, 1946 the university was ordered to enter north-east
China with the army and reached Xin-shan city(now He-gang
city),Hei-long-jiang province. In November, 1948 the whole
north-east China was liberated and the university was ordered
to move to Shenyang. It merged the former national Shenyang
Medical College founded in 1911 and the former private Liaoning
Medical College founded in 1892 (both in Shenyang city).
Over 50,000 senior specialized medical personnel have been
educated by CMU since its establishment. Its graduates are
all over China and some countries and regions of the world.
It nurtured so many famous medical experts and leaders of
national health administration and education.
CMU now has 18 colleges, faculties and sections,
130 departments, 34 disciplines(specialties) were authorized
to grant doctor degrees and 49 were authorized to grant master
degrees; 11 specialties for undergraduates and 10 specialties
for higher professional techniques; one affiliated health
school; a center for Japanese language training and a center
for rural doctors training (both directly under the Ministry
of Health); 2 national key laboratories and 3 (health) ministerial
laboratories;1 national clinical study base for drug development
and 1 national laboratory for research of traditional Chinese
medicines; 3 post-doctoral mobile stations; 10 provincial
key disciplines, 8 provincial research and treatment centers,
3 municipal research centers; 21educational and research institutes
or centers, 8 central laboratories of the university or its
colleges; 15 independent research laboratories; 3 companies
of science and technology. There are 2856 beds in CMU’s
3 affiliated comprehensive hospitals and one specialty hospital.
The total staff of CMU now is 6138, and
80% are professionals of different specialties. Among them
are: one academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, 350
professors, 545 associate professors, 188 tutors for doctoral
and 460 tutors for masters students. 2 are members of evaluation
group of academic degree committee of the state council, 15
are chairman or vice-chairman of national academic societies.
Among young and middle-aged teachers 16 have been granted
national young talents or other funds, 86 were chosen for
provincial training plan for outstanding personnel, 38 were
named as provincial young leaders of discipline or distinguishing
key teachers.
The total number of registered students
is now 15,107, among them are 581 doctoral postgraduates,
2013 masters students, 3899 undergraduates, 1088 for professional
training. 2056 are for undergraduate and professional training
by tele-education, 4935 are receiving adult education for
undergraduate and professional training, 461 are for secondary
professional training. 74 are from foreign countries and Hong
Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
CMU occupies a total land area of 1,930,000
square meters with 743,000 sq.m of building area. The library
with its more than 600,000 volumes of collection is the northeast
regional center of National Medical Literature Resources Sharing
Network of the Ministry of Health, northeast knot of China
Medical Information Network, a national health science and
technology referee unit for checking novelty. The laboratory
animal center of CMU is also the provincial centers of laboratory
animals and their quality control, breeds 23 species and strains
of experimental animals for teaching and research.
So far CMU has established good exchange
and co-operation relations with 45 universities, institutes
and institutions in Japan, USA, UK, France, Russia, Korea
and Canada etc. 195 internationally famous scientists have
been conferred honorary titles of CMU, 3487 teachers have
been sent abroad for research or advanced training. 48 international
co-operative projects have been conducted recently.
Since its establishment, over 52,000 senior
specialized medical personnel have been educated by CMU, and
its graduates are all over China and some countries and regions
of the world. It nurtured many famous medical experts and
leaders of national health administration and education, including
a hundred above vice-ministry rank, nine ministers or vice-ministers
of the Health Ministry, more than 40 generals, and twelve
academicians of China Science Academy and Chinese Academy
of Engineering.
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