“Tianjin Hospital, Tianjin University”as Cooperation Launched

On July 2, Tianjin University (TJU) and Tianjin Hospital signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement, with the Tianjin Hospital officially renamed as "Tianjin Hospital, Tianjin University". 

Li Jiajun, the Party Secretary of TJU, Zhong Denghua, the President of TJU, Xiong Xiangbo, the Party Secretary of Tianjin Hospital, Ma Xinlong, the Director of Tianjin Hospital, and 19 academicians and representatives from TJU and Tianjin Hospital attend the forum and witness the historic moment. 

Zhong Denghua and Ma Xinlong signed the comprehensive cooperation agreement on behalf of both sides. Li Jiajun and Xiong Xiangbo deliver speeches during the signing ceremony. The ceremony is hosted by Yuan Yingjin, the Vice President of TJU. The comprehensive cooperation between Tianjin University and Tianjin hospital starts the new development path of university-hospital cooperation, also marks the Tianjin University medical development entering a new journey.

Both sides will improve the international competitiveness of medical education and clinical research in the city of Tianjin, and further promote the construction of "world-class university with Chinese characteristics". Also, we will expand the development of medical discipline systems in Tianjin, and strengthen the medical engineering transformation. Based on the principles of "develop interdisciplinary research, take complementary advantages, promote win-win cooperation and common development ", two sides will establish comprehensive and long-term cooperative relations in terms of science and technology research, education, personnel training, and scientific and technological development.

According to the agreement, TJU and Tianjin Hospital will mainly carry out in-depth cooperation in the following six areas: 1. jointly promote sharing mechanism of the scientific research platform and clinical base, build national key laboratories in the relevant fields; 2. carry out comprehensive cooperation in scientific research, and encourage both sides to carry out cooperation in technological research and scientific transformation; 3. establish "Tianjin University Translational Medical Center", give priority to conduct cooperation in biomedical engineering, biological information and medical information engineering, new medical equipment, materials and medicinal development, and clinical base construction; 4. jointly commit to cultivating medical innovative engineering talents, focusing on the training of high-level clinical medicine, medical engineering and transformation of medical personnel; 5. in academic exchanges area, two sides will jointly organize international conferences and international academic organizations, and actively explore the long-term integration mechanism in the medical field; 6. both sides will exchange academic leaders, project leaders, young teachers/doctors, researchers to other units for personal training, as well as jointly enroll and cultivate graduate students.

Tianjin Hospital is composed of Hexi, Heping, and Nankai districts. Characterized by orthopedics, trauma first aid, vascular surgery, geriatric medicine, and rehabilitation medicine, it integrates medical, teaching, scientific research, rehabilitation and preventive health care. The comprehensive strength of Tianjin Hospital ranks the leading level in China. 

During the speech, Li Jiajun enumerates the “fate” of Tianjin University and Tianjin Hospital, he also points out that the cooperation between the two sides completes “medical dream” of Tianjin University, and also new development opportunity for Tianjin Hospital. 

Li Jiajun points out that Tianjin University, formerly known as Peiyang University, is the oldest institute of higher education in the modern history of China. Founded in 1895, it has a long history and cultural heritage, the 121-year history is the epitome of the progress of modern Chinese higher education. Tianjin Hospital has a deep historical background, its predecessor can be traced back to 1861, and it was the first full-scale Western-style hospital in China’s modern history. After the outbreak of the Pacific War in December 1941, Peking Union Medical College Hospital was forced to stop, Fang Xianzhi, Zhu Xianyi and other original doctors came to Tianjin, established Tianhe Hospital and Tianjin Orthopedic Hospital (the first orthopedic hospital in China), after several merges and adjustments. In 1972, the hospital was finally named as "Tianjin Hospital", and it became the largest orthopedic hospital in Asia at that time.

Li Jiajun also points out that the establishment of medical, and the combination of medical and engineering has been persistent pursuit and goal for Peiyang University and Tianjin University. In history, there have been two attempts and planning to set up medical. In 1979, under the advocacy of Tianjin University President Li Shusen and Tianjin Medical College (now Tianjin Medical University) President Zhu Xiany, Tianjin University created biomedical engineering. In 1980, the first batch of five-year undergraduate students for the major were enrolled, 10 from Tianjin University, and 10 from Tianjin Medical College. It was considered to be the precedent to medical-engineering cooperative establish the program.

Xiong Xiangbo proposes cooperation vision in his speech. She points out that both sides should cherish the opportunity, develop interdisciplinary research, take complementary advantages to promote win-win cooperation, and establish a comprehensive and long-term development relationship. She also proposes that the cooperation of two sides will contribute to the development of Tianjin. 

It is reported that over 19 academicians participated in the second Trauma and First Aid Academician Forum. The forum is aiming at promoting the academic exchanges of emergency medicine, trauma treatment, and emergency medicine. 

Before the signing ceremony, Li Jiajun, Zhong Denghua, Yuan Yingjin and representatives from TJU visited Tianjin Hospital. 

By: Qin Mian

Editor: Christopher Peter Clarke

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