Hangzhou Medical College is a full-time public undergraduate medical college for public service directly under the People's Government of Zhejiang Province.HistoryWith 100 years of history, Hangzhou Medical College was founded in 1925 as Zhejiang Provincial Women's Obstetrics School.The college has since gone through different stages with names as follows:Hangzhou Advanced Medical Vocational School of Zhejiang Province,Hangzhou Health School of Zhejiang Province,Zhejiang Provincial Health School,and Zhejiang Medical College（vocational）. In 2016,it was promoted to a public undergraduate medical college.On the other hand, Zhejiang Academy of Medical Sciences, at its inception in 1928, was known as the Hangzhou Institute of Tropical Diseases.It has also gone through different stages with names as follows: Zhejiang Health Experiment Institute, Zhejiang Academy of Medical Science , Zhejiang People's Health Experiment Institute,and Zhejiang Medical Research Institute. In 1987, the institution was renamed as Zhejiang Academy of Medical Sciences.In 2019, the former Zhejiang Academy of Medical Sciences and the former Hangzhou Medical College merged to form the new Hangzhou Medical College.ResourcesWith three campuses at Lin'an, Huanglong,Binjiang, one scientific innovation center at Qingshanhu, Hangzhou Medical College covers an area of about 959,540 square meters with a gross building area of 403,600 square meters. It possesses teaching and scientific research instruments valued at CNY412 million as well as more than 13 domestic and foreign authoritative databases.The college has one directly affiliated hospital (Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital), 14 indirectly affiliated hospitals,and over 200 off-campus practical teaching and training bases.FacultyHangzhou Medical College has more than 1,140 faculty and staff members, 52% of whom are full-time teachers with doctoral degrees. The college has:·12 national talents selected for Changjiang Scholar Distinguished Professor of the Ministry of Education, the National Project of Hundred, Thousand,and Ten Thousand Talents, National Young and Middle-aged Experts with Outstanding Contributions, National Ten Thousand People Plan Science and Technology Innovation Leaders, National Natural Science Foundation of China Outstanding Youth Fund Recipients, and Ministry of Science and Technology Innovation Talent Promotion Program for Young and Middle-aged Science and Technology Innovation Leaders, National Distinguished Physicians;·223 leading figures and candidates for national awards and programs such as experts who enjoy the State Council's special governmental subsidies, young and middle-aged experts with outstanding contributions to national health, young and middle-aged experts with outstanding contributions to the province, Provincial Higher Education Prestigious Instructor, Distinguished Professors of Provincial Higher Education Institutions Qianjiang Scholars, Provincial High-level Talents Special Support Program Shortlisted Personnel, Provincial Outstanding Youth Science Fund Recipients, Provincial 151 Talents Project of the New Century Training Personnel, Provincial Health High-Level Talents Training Personnel,Provincial Higher Education Leading Talents Training Personnel;·52 title-winning experts and scholars for awards such as Advanced Worker of National Health System, National May 1st Labor Medal,National Outstanding Individuals in the fight against COVID-19, Provincial Model Worker; Provincial Outstanding Instructor of Higher Education,Provincial Model of Instructor's Morality, Provincial Most Beautiful Instructor.Academic DisplinesHangzhou Medical College aims to strengthen the construction of application-oriented disciplines and specialties with medicine as the main focus,while also developing the integration of multiple disciplines such as science and engineering.The college has a total full-time enrollment of 13,488, including junior college students,undergraduates, and postgraduate students.The college has:1 provincial first-class discipline(Category A):Public Health &Preventive Medicine4 provincial first-class disciplines (Category B):Clinical Medicine, Basic Medicine,Pharmacy, and Medical Technology;5 disciplines—Clinical Medicine, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Biology & Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Genetics, and Immunology—ranked among the global top 1 % in ESI, with Clinical Medicine at the 2.8395‰4 national key clinical specialties:Oncology,General Surgery, Department of Urology, and Clinical Nursing;2 provincial key academic clusters: Minimally Invasive Surgery and Biomedicine;3 primary-discipline master’s degree programs including Basic Medicine,Public Health &Preventive Medicine,and Pharmacy; ·4 professional master’s degree programs including Public Health,Pharmacy, Medical Technology and Biomedicine;22 undergraduate programs, including:3 national first-class undergraduate academic discipline construction projects;4 provincial first-class undergraduate academic discipline construction projects;5 national first-class courses (Pharmacy Management, Clinical Molecular Biology Laboratory Technology, Medicinal Chemistry, Rehabilitation Functional Assessment, Nursing Fundamentals)123 provincial first-class courses.Talent CultivationThroughout the long history of Hangzhou Medical College, numerous outstanding alumni who are recognized for their moral integrity and professional excellence have surfaced.These alumni include Academicians of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Star of Self-Improvement Among Chinese College Students, National Excellent Directors of Township Health Center,and National May 1st Labor Medalists,among others.These achievements can be contributed to the college's vibrant campus culture, state-of-art teaching facilities, and extensive cooperation and exchange programs, which have all worked together to foster a favorable environment for students'growth.The one-year-out employment rate for Hangzhou Medical College graduates has ranked among top six in Zhejiang province for six consecutive years.Research and Social ServiceHangzhou Medical College hosts:6 provincial-level key laboratories:Key Laboratory of Molecular Diagnosis and Individualized Therapy for Tumors;Key Laboratory of Precision Medicine for Head and Neck Tumors;Key Laboratory of Precision Ophthalmic Care;Key Laboratory of High-Level Biosafety and Biomedical Translation;Key Laboratory of Drug Discovery and Safety Evaluation for Inflammatory Chronic Diseases;Key Laboratory of Digital & Intelligent Rehabilitation Equipment for Neurological Disorders.6 provincial-level engineering research laboratories:Zhejiang Engineering Laboratory for Gastrointestinal Tumo Diagnosis, Therapy & Drug Development;Zhejiang Engineering Research Center for New Vaccines;Zhejiang Engineering Research Center for Key Technologies of inspection and diagnosis;Zhejiang Engineering Research Center for Digital & Intelligent Rehabilitation Equipment;Zhejiang Engineering Research Center for Digital Medical Devices for Brain Cognition and Diseases;Zhejiang Engineering Research Center for New Drug Development against Inflammatory Chronic Diseases;1 postdoctoral research station;16 science and technology service platforms, including:National Medical Products Administration (NMPA)-certified GLP facility for drugs, National Seed Bank for Attenuated Live Hepatitis A Vaccine Strains,,and Zhejiang Laboratory Animal Administration Office,among others.Since 2018, Hangzhou Medical College has obtained 613 research projects at provincial, ministerial, and national levels,including 218 national research projects.Other achievements include:19 awards for projects at provincial,ministerial,and national levels;1,062 patents authorized by the national administration;Over 500 research papers published in renowned domestic and international journals each year;Academic·journals publiclypublished and distributed, such as International Journal of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang Practical Medicine,and Zhejiang Medical Education.Intermational Cooperation and ExchangeAdhering to an open and cooperative education policy, Hangzhou Medical College has facilitated international cooperation with 20 world-renowned universities such as Georgia State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States as well as the University of the West of England,University of South Wales,and Ulster University in the United Kingdom to promote international exchange and to broaden students'international horizons.The university has also established cooperative relationships with Georgia State University and other institutions of higher education to promote the construction of overseas training platforms for the teaching staff, while also building links with international experts and  professors from countries like Portugal, Romania, and Japan tofacilitate the the internationalization of the university's faculty. Academic exchange and collaboration have also been strengthened with international organizations and prestigious universities such as the World Health Organization,Harvard TH.Chan School of Public Health, University of Maryland, and University of Southern California.To explore the ways through which exchange and cooperation can be realized with countries and regions along the Belt and Road to continuously improve the internationalization of education, Hangzhou Medical College has signed a Memorandum of Cooperation for Schistosomiasis Prevention and Control. At present,the university has become a member of international platforms such as "Belt and Road"International Medical Education Alliance(BRIMEA),China Education Association for International Exchange, China-CEEC Higher Education Institutions Consortium,and China Association of Higher Education Branch of the Importation of Intelligence from Abroad,and the level of internationalization of the university has been significantly improved.Objectives of DevelopmentThis new era is endowed with new missions,and the new journey calls for new responsibilities. Hangzhou Medical College will always adhere to the original aspiration of education and devotes itself to the training of students'character and virtue.Based in Zhejiang and facing the whole country, the college serves the grassroots and the frontline of health.With the goal of cultivating high-caliber applied medical talents with solid foundation,outstanding practical ability,strong innovative ability,national consciousness,open vision,humanistic care concepts,and truth-seeking spirit,the university aims to build a high-level applied medical university that meets the needs of local economic and social development,synergizes medical education and research,integrates industry,academia,and research,and is distinctive and domestically renowned. The college endeavors to run a good higher medical education to the satisfaction of the people as well as to contribute to the implementation of Zhejiang province's "Double Eight Strategy”(a strategy that identifies eight strengths that Zhejiang possesses as well as eight measures that could be used to further the advantages of these strengths)and the establishment of the“Key Window” (President Xi's goal for Zhejiang to become the window for demonstrating the superiority of the system of socialism with Chinese characteristics).Hangzhou Medical College strives to devote itself to the full advancement of the common prosperity of socialism with Chinese characteristics and to the modernization of the province.