The 110th anniversary of the founding of Zhejiang University School of Medicine cultivates tens of thousands of medical talents

Ren Shaobo, Secretary of the Party Committee of Zhejiang University, delivered a speech. Provided by Zhejiang University School of Medicine

Chinanews.com, Hangzhou, May 29 (Xie Panpan) After a hundred and ten years of seeking the truth, drawing a grand plan and recasting a new medical science. On May 28, the 110th anniversary commemorative meeting of Zhejiang University School of Medicine was held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. From 1912 to 2022, Zhejiang University School of Medicine insisted on cultivating talents and cultivating medical talents worthy of great responsibilities, and has delivered more than 50,000 outstanding talents to the society.

Medicine saves the country, saves the world and builds people, Zhejiang University School of Medicine has taken root and sprouted in the years. Looking back at the predecessor of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, it was in 1912 that Mr. Han Qingquan and other ancestors founded the Zhejiang Medical School with the original intention of saving the country through medicine, which opened the first for the Chinese to run their own medical school.

At the commemorative meeting that day, Chen Zhu, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, said in a video speech that over the past 100 years, Zhejiang University School of Medicine has cultivated a large number of health talents who have taken root in the motherland and are well-known all over the world. and make positive contributions to the high-quality development of regional medical and health services. He pointed out that he hoped that the medical school of Zhejiang University will always put the protection of people’s health in the strategic position of priority development, “walk at the forefront” in talent training, “pursue excellence” in scientific and technological innovation, “stick to the original intention” in social services, and open up development. “head to the World”.

Memorial conference site. Provided by Zhejiang University School of Medicine

Lin Huiqing, chairman of the Medical Education Expert Committee of the Ministry of Education and former vice minister of the Ministry of Education, delivered a speech via video. She believes that Zhejiang University School of Medicine has produced a large number of high-level and high-quality scientific research results in its century-old history, and has provided a series of high-quality and efficient medical services. Health has made an outstanding contribution.

Ren Shaobo, Secretary of the Party Committee of Zhejiang University, said that from 1912 to 2022, Zhejiang University School of Medicine insisted on cultivating students and talents, cultivating medical talents worthy of great responsibilities, and sending more than 50,000 outstanding medical talents to the society. Talents; insist on seeking truth and innovation, climbing the peak of scientific research, and the overall strength ranks first in China.

He emphasized that in the extraordinary 125 years of development of Zhejiang University, medicine has always been a distinctive subject sector and an important growth pole, and it is also an important direction for the school’s future discipline construction. “Being at the forefront” of high-quality medical education, “at the forefront” of cultivating more outstanding innovations, “at the forefront” of gathering more respected medical talents, and creating more dreamy academic peaks “Being at the forefront”, creating a new situation in the construction of first-class medical disciplines and first-class affiliated hospitals.

Liu Zhihong, Dean of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, introduced that at present, all undergraduate majors of Zhejiang University School of Medicine have been selected as national first-class undergraduate major construction sites; +4″ elite training model, and a number of models such as “National Advanced Worker”, “National Medical Ethics Model” and “National Most Beautiful Doctor” have emerged.

“The competition in today’s world is, in the final analysis, the competition of talents and education.” She said that the college should maintain the vitality of the first-class university medical schools in the pursuit of excellence, and strengthen the first-class university medical schools in the interdisciplinary integration. Competitiveness, radiate the creativity of first-class university medical schools in serving the national strategy, and enhance the influence of first-class university medical schools in the global open development.

The conference on that day was presided over by Zhou Tianhua, Vice President of Zhejiang University and Secretary of the Party Committee of the School of Medicine. There were 9 video sessions on the Zijingang Campus of Zhejiang University and the affiliated hospitals of Zhejiang University. Friends from all walks of life watch the conference online through the network platform. (End)