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Guangdong Medical College Zhang Jiankai

Guangdong Medical College (GDMC), the former Zhanjiang Branch of the Sun Yatsen Medical College and now one of the key institutions of higher learning in Guangdong province, was established on May 23, 1958. In February 1964, with the approval of the State Council, the college was renamed Zhanjiang Medical College with a five-year program. In September 1992, with the approval of the Provincial Government of Guangdong, it was renamed the present Guangdong Medical College (GDMC).

GDMC is the chief medical science education and research centre in the joint area of Guangdong province, Guangxi province, and Hainan province. GDMC now has two campuses. Zhanjiang campus is situated in Zhanjiang, a beautiful seaport city. The campus covers an area of 137,862 square meters, and the buildings cover an area of 142,000 square meters. Dongguan campus is situated in the scenic Songshan Lake Science and Technology Industry Park in Dongguan City, with an area of 784,706 square meters. It is now under speedy construction and have admited its first students in this SeptemberC2003. The campus will be able to admit 12,000 students after it is completed.

GDMC, authorized to confer bachelor and master degrees, offers 11 specialties for undergraduate studies: Clinical Medicine, Clinical Laboratory Test, Medical Imaging, Anesthesiology, Stomatology, Ophthalmology & Otorhinolaryngology, Plastic Medicine, Medical Psychology, Medical Information Management & Information System, Dermatology & Venereology and Nursing Care. The college also offers 13 Masterfs programs to students from all over the country. Since 1996, GDMC, together with Osaka College of Medical Technology, Osaka College of High Technology and Osaka College of Health Care and Welfare, has been offering five-year undergraduate programs in Clinical Laboratory Test, Medical Information Management& Information System, Medical Psychology and Nursing Care. There are now about 9,470 students in the college, including 237 graduate students.

There are 2113 staff members in the college and the affiliated hospital, among whom 667 are engaged in teaching and research work. There are 74 professors and 201 associate professors accounting for 41% of the total teaching and research staff. There are 21 persons with doctoral degree and 156 persons with masterfs degree. Some outstanding experts, who are famous home and abroad, have played an important part in the country and the province. GDMC has a group of high-quality teachers as faculty for teaching, scientific research and medical treatment. Commendable achievements have been made in teaching, medical care and scientific research in recent years. Since the 9th "Five Year Plan" more than 550 researches have been taken on with 13.861 million RMB. More than 3600 articles have been published in academic publications home and abroad. The college has achieved 108 awards for achievements in scientific research at state, provincial and college levels. In 2001, it has achieved 1 award for achievements in excellent teaching, 4 persons have been named as provincial experts with outstanding contributions and 10 as municipal experts with outstanding contributions.

The college comprises 4 departments2minstries, 43 teaching sections, 8 research institutions, 19 research offices, 5 comprehensive affiliated hospitals and 62 hospitals for internship. There are 2 key subjects and 2 key laboratories accredited by Guangdong Province. There is the Analysis Center for Institutions of Higher Learning in Western Guangdong, the Zhanjiang Connecting Center of Guangdong Education and Research Network at the College, the Animal Experiment Center and a center of education with electrical audio-visual aids. The college is equipped with advanced instruments and facilities for teaching, scientific research and medical treatment, of which the total value amounts to 66.37 million RMB. There is a closed-circuit television system and 17 multi-media classrooms with 2000 seats. The library, with an area of 4434 square meters, has a collection of 410,880 volumes of books and can seat 600 readers at a time. The library is equipped with an electron reading-room and perfect computerized managing system. The main publications of the college are gJournal of GDMC.

Since the establishment of GDMC 40 years ago, the college has trained about 200 post-graduates, 14,000 undergraduates and 3,000 nurses, who have played an important role in the field of medical and health care. Many of the post-graduates have become leaders in different scientific fields.

In recent years, GDMC has strengthened the contact with foreign institutions of higher learning, scientific research institutes and medical institutions. Academic exchanges have become more and more frequent events for the college. More than 200 specialists, professors, young and middle-aged teachers have been sent to U.S., U.K., Japan, Singapore, Australia, Canada, Israel, Hong Kong and Macao for investigation, lectures, further training and overseas research. Meanwhile, many foreign experts and scholars have been invited to teach and give lectures. Academic exchanges have been undertaken in many fields and at different levels.

In the new century, GDMC will be dedicated to the same cause of fulfilling tasks of the 10th "Five Year Plan" and strive to become a university of medical sciences.