China News Service, Shanghai, November 17th (Reporter Xu Jing) On November 17th, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan and the 100th anniversary of the founding of Shanghai University, a Sino-Japanese medical cooperation and exchange platform was established to further promote cooperation with Tokyo. The Shanghai University-Tokyo University Medical Exchange Day was held in Shanghai, sponsored by Shanghai University and Tokyo University, co-organized by Shanghai University School of Medicine, Tokyo University School of Medicine, and Shanghai University China-Japan Friendship Medical Research Institute. The participating experts shared the latest scientific research results and discussed the frontier medical hotspots on topics such as cellular medicine, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular repair and regeneration, medical-industrial cross-innovation and transformation, and innovative drug research.
The Medical Exchange Day event set up four sub-forums, which were held online and offline. Nobel Prize winners Professor Carol W. Greider, Professor Randy W. Schekman, Professor Thomas C. Südhof, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Wang Hongyang, Zhang Yingze, Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Su Guohui, Chen Hongyuan, Professor Noboru Mizushima, Professor Jun Yamashita, Professor Daichi Ito, Professor Masatomi Minami of the University of Tokyo, Professor Yoko Iizuka of the Affiliated Hospital of the University of Tokyo, Professor Huangtian Yang of the Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences 18 international and domestic top scholars and experts including Prof. Zou Yunzeng from Zhongshan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Prof. He Chuanglong from Donghua University, Prof. Wu Chengtie from Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Prof. Li Cong from Fudan University, and Prof. Zhang Ao from Shanghai Jiaotong University were invited to attend and make a report.
Academician Liu Changsheng, President of Shanghai University, said that he looked forward to building a normalized medical cooperation and exchange platform between Shanghai University and the University of Tokyo through this event, so as to promote the development of personnel training, teacher exchanges, scientific research cooperation, and joint medical school joint construction between the two sides. Comprehensive and in-depth cooperation.
Nobuto Saito, executive vice president of the University of Tokyo, hopes that the two universities can share resources in various fields, cooperate and interoperate, cultivate international talents with the ability to adapt to the new era through scientific research cooperation and academic exchanges, and work together to cope with digital transformation, population Aging and other global challenges.
Shigeo Okabe, director of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tokyo, said that on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China, the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tokyo will take this exchange day as an opportunity to deepen the exchanges between the two universities and carry out joint training of undergraduates through the establishment of a joint medical school , strengthen scientific research in interdisciplinary fields, promote academic exchanges between the two universities by holding medical exchange days, and further sign strategic cooperation agreements.
Xu Jianguang, Chairman of the Education, Science, Culture and Health Committee of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress, President of the Shanghai Medical Association, and President of the Shanghai Medical Association, said in a video speech that China and Japan are geographically close, have the same culture, and have similar genes. Able to give full play to their respective expertise and advantages, carry out more extensive and in-depth cooperation in personnel training and scientific research through joint education, medical and other means, and work together to solve common problems faced by mankind, such as population aging, cancer, and the new crown epidemic problems and contribute to the advancement of the health and well-being of the two peoples.
Cheng Danhong, Secretary of the Party Committee of Shanghai University, pointed out in his speech that international cooperation has always been the unswerving development strategy of Shanghai University. The development of medical disciplines is the common dream of generations of adults, and it is also the only way for Shanghai University to become a world-class university. Shanghai University will do its best Support all-round and in-depth cooperation with the University of Tokyo, including medicine, and jointly promote substantive cooperation between the two sides in personnel training, teacher exchange, scientific research, hospital construction, etc., to achieve win-win cooperation and common development, and to further strengthen Shanghai- The friendly exchanges between the two cities of Tokyo have made beneficial contributions to the lives and health of the people of the two countries.
Wang Ping, director of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, pointed out that Shanghai and Tokyo are both international metropolises, and it is of practical significance to strengthen educational cooperation and exchanges between the two places and realize mutual learning. The Shanghai Municipal Education Commission will continue to create favorable conditions for the construction and development of Shanghai University and provide better services and build more cooperation platforms for the development of medical education.
It is expected that Shanghai University will take this Medical Exchange Day event as a new starting point to form a richer and more comprehensive exchange and cooperation mechanism with the University of Tokyo to promote the coordinated development of medical talent training and medical industry reform, and jointly train students with internationalization, specialization and high quality. innovative talents, and make greater contributions to the promotion of people-to-people and cultural exchanges between China and Japan.
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