Brief Introduction to Sun Yat-sen University 4 History of Development 4

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Center of Public Administration Research

The Center of Public Administration Research, endorsed by the Ministry of Education of the PRC on 25th December 2000, is one of the top 100 research bases on Humanities and Social Sciences. With a team of experts, the Center is the only state key research base of administrative discipline.

Research Institutes

·Institute of Public Administration and Leadership

·Institute of Local Government and Regional Public Administration

·Institute of Government Behavior and Administration by Law

·Institute of Region Governance

·Institute of Human Resource Management

·Institute of Electronical Governance

·Institute of Culture of Local Government and Education Policy

·Institute of Scientific Technology and Public Policy
Exchange and Cooperation

The Center has dynamic international exchange and cooperation schemes with universities and relevant academic institutes, such as the State University of New Jersey, the University of Florida and the University of Tennessee. The Center has also established academic exchange relations with about 10 universities and research institutes in Hong Kong and Taiwan, including the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kao Hsiung Sun Yat-sen University and Chonghsing University, Taiwan.

The Center has held 6 national academic conferences and 2 international academic conferences since 2000. In April 2005, it collaborated with the People's Government of Huangpu District, Guangzhou, to establish a base called the "Sun Yat-Sen University-Huangpu Public Administration Base" to provide consultation to the Government and cultivate human resources.
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Institute of Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage

As an important research base in humanities and social sciences endorsed by the Ministry of Education,

the Institute of Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage has established 3 research sections: Oral Literary Art and Folklore, Traditional Chinese Drama and Protection Strategy of Intangible Heritage. Today, the Institute has an excellent integrated research team. As a result, research studies within the Institute have flourished in fields of textual drama, modality of performance, oral literature and art, folk customs, city culture and intangible cultural heritage protection, etc.
History

In 1920's, 2 well-known scholars, Jiegang Gu and Jingwen Zhong initiated the research on oral literary art and folklore. Their studies resulted in the founding of a research institute, Oral Literary Art, in 2000, headed by Professor Chunsheng Ye, a postgraduate student of Jingwen Zhong. Since then, outstanding achievements have been made at the Institute.

In 1950's, 2 celebrated drama experts, Jisi Wang and Meikan Dong, working at the Chinese Language and Literature Department, Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU), laid the foundation for studies in Chinese traditional drama. As a result, the Traditional Chinese Drama Research Center was established in the early 1980’s, headed by Jisi Wang. Later in 1987, Ancient Literature (the essence of traditional Chinese drama) of SYSU was recognized as one of the nation's top educational disciplines. The Center was subsequently renamed by the University as the Institute of Traditional Chinese Drama in 1998. Over the years, research conducted at the Institute has been widely acknowledged.
In December 2002, the 3 research centers--Traditional Chinese Drama, Oral Literary Art and Intangible Heritage amalgamated to form the Institute of Chinese Traditional Drama and Immaterial Heritage. In the same year, an application made to the Ministry of Education (MOE) to establish the newly amalgamated Institute as a core research institute was endorsed. Another application was made in 2003 to the Department of Education of Guangdong Province and was approved in the same year. In order to comply with the regulations set by MOE, 2 research directions that were not relevant to the research path of the Institute were eliminated in April 2004, and the Institute was given its present name--the Institute of Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage, SYSU.
Achievements

In 2002, Series of Playbooks on the Yuan Dynasty edited by Professor Jisi Wang won the first prize for Excellent Humanities and Social Science Studies.

In 2004, Study on the Chinese Ancient Theatrical Costumes and Clothes, written by Junhua Song (Associate professor), won the prize of National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation. In 2005, the doctoral dissertation written by Guotao Li was nominated for the same prize. And Professor Tianji Huang, Chengxue Wu, Xaokang Gao, Yuping Peng, etc, were respectively awarded the Special Academic Success, the first and second prize for the "1st Guangdong Philosophy and Social Science Achievement".

Journal of Folklore, the academic publication published by the Institute, has been renamed as Chinese Intangible Culture Heritage and the publication was enlarged by the end of 2005. The Institute also intends to edit and publish a series of books, for example, Chinese Intangible Culture Heritage Series, Folklore Rendition Series, Literature Ecology and Tradition of the Folk Culture Series.
In recent years, the Institute has organized a series of influential academic meetings, such as the International Symposium of the Development and Stratagems of Chinese Ancient Drama, Multidimensional Vision of Cultural Research, the International Symposium of Chinese Folklore after the Era of Jingwen Zhong (Nov, 2004 in Guangzhou), the Forum on Protection and Research of Chinese Intangible Culture Heritage (May, 2005 in Beijing), the International Symposium on Chinese Traditional Opera in Conjunction with the Conference Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Professor Jisi Wang and Professor Meikan Dong (Mar, 2006 in Foshan).
Projects

The main ongoing scientific study projects in the Institute are as follows:

·The projects of the National Social Sciences Foundation: Study on Ancient Drama's Modalities and the "211 Project" of Sun Yat-sen University, Collection of the Ming Dynasty's Zaju Books, by Professor Tianji Huang

·The project of the Ministry of Education: the Chinese Shadow Play, the Past and the Present; the Principles of Editing the Maps of Chinese Intangible Heritages, by Professor Xiaokang Gao; the Historical Transition and the Local Trait of Chinese Spring Festival, by Professor Chunsheng Ye; Study on the Disappearing Operas in Lingnan, such as Zhengzi Opera, Baizi Opera and Xiqin Opera

·The project of Guangdong Province: the Lingnan Intangible Culture Heritage and the Cultural Identity of Guangdong, Hong kong and Macao, by Professor Baocheng Kang; Study on the System of Ancient Chinese Stylistics, by Professor Chengxue Wu In summer 2005, volunteers led by members of the Institute conducted a field trip to study the Chinese Shadow Play, The Past and The Present. The field trip lasted about 2 months and included studying tours to about 11 provinces in the country.
Exchange and Cooperation

The Institute has also established cooperation with organizations at home and abroad, such as the Kun Opera Troupe from Hunan Province and the Kanagawa University in Japan. The Institute was successful in assisting the Bureau of Culture of Guangzhou Municipality in the declaration of 2 national intangible cultural heritages. Furthermore, the Institute's "Lingnan Troupes", sponsored by Lingnan Foundation, USA, has led various successful and highly praised performances.

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Library

The Sun Yat-sen University Library was opened in 1924 by Dr. Sun Yat-sen. By 1953, its collection had greatly increased due to the amalgamation of several universities including Lingnan University. The merging resulted in the multidiscipline collection of the Library. The Library was designated as one of the 16 Social Science Information Centers in China by the State Educational Commission in 1991. As one of the 8 Regional Centers of CALLS (China Academic Library and Information System) since 1998, Sun Yat-sen Unviersity Library has assumed the role of planner, organizer and coordinator of informational resources in South China. Over the past few decades, renowned academicians who have successively served as dean of the Library include Mr. Dingyou Du, Mr. Tongli Yuan, Mr. Yibai Chen and Mr. Duoyuan He, etc.

Currently, the University Library is a system of libraries, which are comprised of the main library on the South Campus in Guangzhou; the Medical Library on the North Campus in Guangzhou; two Fundamental and Reserved Libraries (one on the East Campus, another on the Zhuhai Campus) and the other 3 subject libraries. The Libraries boast the richest collections in South China and are among the most prestigious throughout the country. By 2005, its collection had totaled 4,500,000 volumes, of which there are 300,000 ancient books, 3,160,000 Chinese books and periodicals, 930,000 books or periodicals in other languages. In 2005, 51,240 new Chinese books have been added, as well as 8,632 new volumes in other languages. In addition, the Library contains 2,000 titles (25,000 volumes) of rare ancient books, the majority of which are block-printed editions from the Ming Dynasty, or the only existing copy in China, or valuable items or pieces with comments by famous figures of stature. It also owns 176 titles (968 volumes) of ancient Korean books, 85 titles (831 volumes) of ancient Japanese books and 35,000 pieces of stone rubbings from different dynasties, which are rarities in China. The periodicals and newspapers published in South China region during the period of late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China are large in number and rich in variety. The Library keeps well-documented collections of Guangdong gazettes, Sun Yet-sen research documents and Hong Kong and Macao research materials.

The Library has inherited its long library tradition and cherish openness, equality and sharing. "Wisdom and Service" is the library's motto. It practices open-shelf, free access and gives high-quality service. The patrons, on or off campus, enjoy services such as check-out, on-site reading, interlibrary loans, online international information retrieval, internet browsing, reference assistance, document duplication, specific entrusted information retrieval, instruction on different topics, CD-ROM or online databases search, OPAC access, etc. The Library serves as a hub in the campus network. The Information Retrieve Hall, the Electronic Reading Room and the Multimedia Instruction Room are equipped with modern facilities. The newly established Dissertation Documents Bibliography Database and the databases on educational documents, Hong Kong and Macao documents, and the Pearl River Delta Region documents have greatly assisted users. Meanwhile, the Library has always emphasized academic research in the field of library research. The published journal of the library, the National Sun Yat-sen University Library Weekly, prior to 1949, used to have an influential impact upon many academic circles throughout the country.

The Medical Library of Sun Yat-sen University has a long history of over 100 years. The staff in the Medical Science Library now offer a course entitled "Medical Literature Retrieval and Utilization" to the undergraduates, postgraduates and clinical doctors. The Library has 2 journals, the Collection of Medical Information and the Bulletin of Global Medical Information. Since 1995 the Medical Library has stressed the importance of information retrieval on Internet, CD-ROM network as well as E-mail. Being the center of Guangdong provincial medical literature, the Library has converted much of the information into digital form and now is undertaking a digital program.

The Library stresses cooperation with both domestic and overseas libraries and academic institutions. It is a member of the Pacific Rim Digital Library Alliance (PRDLA). It has started and maintained a friendly cooperation with Lingnan Foundation of America since 1992 and has enjoyed a good reputation. Meanwhile, the Library has close ties with academic libraries in Hong Kong and Macao. Presently. it has already established inter-library loan (ILL) and document delivery relations with nearly 200 domestic and overseas libraries. Many overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, renowned figures at home and overseas organizations have given many donations and much support to the Library.

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The First Affiliated Hospital

The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU) was established in 1910, initially called the Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Public Institution of Medicine. The name of the Hospital has been changed several times. It became the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen Medical College in 1957. In 1985, it was renamed the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences. On October 26th, 2001, Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences merged with Sun Yat-sen University and the Hospital became the First Affiliated Hospital of SYSU.

As a 3A hospital (the top level in China), the Hospital is the largest and the most comprehensive one among all affiliated hospitals of SYSU, as well as one of the largest hospitals in the country. It comprises 2 parts, the headquarter in Yuexiu District of Guangzhou, the Huangpu Division in eastern Guangzhou, which puts emphasis on orthopedics and trauma first aid. The Hospital is also an important base for medical treatment, teaching, research, preventive care and rehabilitation in South China. It is well known for its sophisticated techniques and excellent reputation in China and throughout Southeast Asia.
The Hospital aspires to improve its teaching, research and medical practices through continuous collaboration with institutions and organizations at home and abroad, and takes advantage of China's open policy and Guangzhou's geographic position to develop into a modern unit ranking amongst the top hospitals in China.
Staff

There are 2,365 registered staff members, including 2,124 health professionals, 125 professors, 322 associate professors, 823 attending doctors, 68 supervisors for PhD students and 239 supervisors for students in Master's Degree programs.

Departments and Institutes

The clinical departments are divided into 17 Grade II disciplines and 50 Grade III disciplines. There are 16 departments specializing in key disciplines. The discipline of Nephrology, General Surgery and Neurology are national key disciplines, and Obstetrics, Gynecology, Pediatrics, Urology, Oto-rhino-laryngology and Endocrinology are provincial key disciplines. Many social medical treatment organizations, such as the Rehabilitation Center of the WHO, were established in the Hospital. The Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber boasts the longest history and the largest scale in South China, and the Mega Centers for Hemo-purification, Peritoneal Dialysis and Extracorporeal Counter-pulsation are also the largest in the country. Various ICUs provide reliable guarantees for recuperating patients in critical condition.

The Hospital undertakes approximately 60% of the clinical teaching work in SYSU and has dozens of qualified departments to offer PhD and Master's Degree programs. The Hospital has 1 national on-going medical education base, 14 training bases for the Ministry of Health, 2 research institutes, 6 clinical treatment research centers and 14 clinical research laboratories. Amongst these, the Nephrological Laboratory is the key laboratory of Guangdong Province and the Ministry of Health.

Facilities

The Hospital has 1,850 open beds. The annual average number of outpatients and emergency cases is around 2,760,000; the annual number of operations totals 21,000 and the number of discharges is more than 48,000. The occupancy rate of beds is over 101%. For a long period of time, the Hospital has made full use of its advanced technology and has applied it in diagnosis and treatment to cure and recuperate patients with serious, complicated and rare diseases. These numerous prominent achievements have filled many gaps of medical sciences in the country.
Programs

The Hospital undertakes more than 25 on-going medical education programs every year. It offers clinical training programs for doctors and public health practitioners across the nation and from foreign countries, 1,000 of whom are accepted for medical training every year. At present, more than 600 students are enrolled in graduate programs.

Achievements

In the past 10 years, the Hospital has won 86 prizes for scientific advancement from the nation or Guangdong Province, and has undertaken 694 research projects, the majority of which are granted by the National Natural Science Foundation. The Hospital also edits and publishes works in national key medical journals, including the Chinese Journal of Nephrology, the Chinese Journal of Microsurgery, the Chinese Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, the Chinese Journal of Neurological and Psychological Diseases, the Journal of Image and Interventional Radiology and Modem Clinical Nursing, etc. The number of undertaken projects, as well as the number of published papers, both rank top amongst all hospitals in the country.

Currently, 30 experts in the Hospital are appointed as senior leaders, members of standing committees or vice-chairmen of various specialized branches in the China Medical Association, or chairpersons of specialized branches in the Guangdong Medical Association.
Exchange and Cooperation

At present, the Hospital has established academic exchange and collaboration with hospitals in more than 20 countries or regions, including USA, Canada, Australia, Japan, Holland, Sweden, Hong Kong, and Macao. The Hospital holds numerous national academic meetings and more than 10 international academic conferences each year.

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The Second Affiliated Hospital

The Second Affiliated Hospital, also named the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, is situated on the picturesque bank of the Pearl River in downtown Guangzhou. It was initially founded as an ophthalmic hospital in 1835 by Dr. Peter Parker, an American medical missionary and diplomat who graduated from Yale College in 1831. It was the first hospital to offer western medicine and one of the birthplaces of modern medical sciences in China. For 170 years, the Hospital's medical advances have been associated with the pioneering and innovation of health care in the country.

The nationally renowned 1,320-bed medical center offers a full range of sophisticated diagnostic and therapeutic care in medicine and surgery specialty & sub-specialty. During the past few years, the Hospital has entered an exciting period of exponential growth. It has consistently ranked high in medical fields and it enjoys a distinguished reputation for excellent health care, with an extensive range of services provided to the community.
Faculty

There are now over 2,100 employees in the Hospital, including 800 nurses. In addition, there are 600 medical staff members, including 50 professors, 182 associate professors and many other specialists. The skilled medical and nursing staff, together with their cutting-edge technology, makes the Hospital a recognized institution in patient care, teaching and research.

Mission

The mission of the Hospital is to serve as a major academic medical center with state-of-the-art facility committed to the needs of local, national and international community and to provide the best possible health care and medical services. The staff members are dedicated to achieving this goal through continuous pursuit of excellence in service, education and research.

Specialty and Achievements

The Hospital's specialty areas, including endocrinology, cardiology, gynecology, pediatric care, hepato-biliary surgery, orthopedics, urological surgery, otolaryngology, dentistry and maxillofacial surgery, rank at the forefront both in Guangdong Province and South China in recent years. As a hospital affiliated to Sun Yat-sen University, it conducts many hospital-based research programs, with over 10 million RMB research funds annually from all levels of public research supports. It provides education and training for future health care practitioners at home and abroad.

Each year, the hospital accepts approximately 30,000 inpatients and receives almost 1.2 million clinical visits in its outpatient programs on the main campus and its branch center in Haizhu District of Guangzhou. Its emergency service handles nearly 100,000 visits annually. Each year the surgical staff performs more than 10,000 operations, and the obstetric service delivers approximately 1,000 babies.
In the last decade, many recognitions and awards have been granted to the Hospital. It is the first hospital in the region to be categorized as a 3A Hospital by the Ministry of Health in China. It appears frequently on the "Model Hospitals" lists of the province and the country. The Hospital has also been granted the recognition as one of the Advanced Units in the medical field by the Ministry of Health in China.
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The Third Affiliated Hospital

Founded in 1971, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University is a general hospital that offers a full spectrum of inpatient and outpatient healthcare services and is dedicated to teaching and scientific research. The Ministry of Health awarded the Hospital for achieving the status of a 3A Hospital, National Infant-Specialist Hospital and Highest Standards Hospital in Guangdong Province.

Of its 1,800 staff, 839 are healthcare professionals and over 180 have senior academic titles. The Hospital has 40 clinical departments, 9 medical technology sections and 29 inpatient departments. With nearly 1,000 beds, the outpatient and emergency flow in 2005 reached 1,150,000, the annual discharge cases add up to 19,000, and the annual inpatient surgical treatments surpass 13,000, with an average 15.5-day hospital stay. In addition, the average daily outpatients and emergency flow totals over 4,000.
Being a major teaching base responsible for clinical training, the Hospital undertakes clinical teaching work in various specialties for undergraduates, graduates as well as advanced students from different parts of the country. The staff members for postdoctoral studies include 17 qualified supervisors for PhD programs, 90 for Master's programs. Moreover, the Hospital has 4 national drug clinical research bases, 4 provincial scientific research centers, 3 key disciplines in Guangdong Province, 1 key junior discipline and 4 hospital key disciplines. It also has a key research laboratory in Guangdong Province - the Liver Disease Research Laboratory.
As a primary medical institution specializing in treatment of liver diseases and scientific research in South China, the Hospital has cultivated a unique practice, both domestically and internationally, which combines internal medicine with surgery, and integrates western medicine with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). It therefore treats liver patients in different stages with "integrated" medical practices. The Liver Transplant Center is the leading unit of both the Organ Transplant Center in Guangdong Province and the Organ Transplant Research Institute of Sun Yat-sen University. The Center has performed nearly 1,000 liver transplant operations, taking the nationwide leading position in terms of quantity, success and survival rate, which is almost aligned with that of developed countries.
The Hospital attaches great importance to cultural system building. All staff members are dedicated to healing and caring for the sick, the wounded and the dying, utilizing its integrated approach and striving for excellence. Its motto - "Supreme Medical Morality, Excellent Professional Prowess" reflects a scientific concept and takes ethical principles into consideration. The staff spares no efforts to offer the best and the most efficient healthcare service and strives to build the Hospital into a modern general hospital.

Departments

·Department of Infectious Diseases

--The training base of the Ministry of Education for domestic visiting scholars

--The national pharmaceutical clinical research base in the specialties of liver diseases, anti-infection and anti-parasites

--The Clinical Viral Hepatitis and Experiment Research Center of Guangdong Province

--The New Drug {anti-infection) Clinical Trial Research Center, as well as the key program of Guangdong Province

--With affiliated sections of the Department of Viral Hepatitis, the Department of Anti-infection and Anti-parasite Drug Research

·Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery

--The national training base for endoscopic sinus surgery, which is listed as one of the key disciplines approved by the Department of Education and the Department of Health of Guangdong Province

--With affiliated sections of the Otorhinolaryngology Research Institute, the Anatomical Morphology Research Laboratory, the Clinical Audiology Research Laboratory and the Sleeping Asphyxia Research Laboratory
·Department of Rheumatology

--The founding and the chairing unit for Rheumatology Division of Medical Society of Guangdong Province

--The center for rheumatology postdoctoral studies, teaching and research in Guangdong Province

--The only national drug clinical research base in the field of immunology in Guangdong Province

--With affiliated sections of the Rheumatology Immunity Research Center
·Department of Orthopedics

It covers the fields of joint surgery, spinal column surgery, traumatology, microsurgery and hand surgery, osteoma surgery, etc.

·Department of Urinology

--The first institution in China to carry out laparoscopic radical prostatectomy and B-ultrasonic guided percutaneous nephrolithotripsy, and hand-assisted laparoscopic kidney transplant donated by a family member

·Department of Psychotherapy and Consulting

--The biggest and the strongest psychology department in Guangdong Province, the earliest to conduct treatment and counseling

--The appointed agency for appraisal of psychiatric diseases

--With affiliated section of Psychological Rehabilitation and the Mental Hygiene Association

·Department of Rehabilitation

--The chair of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Association of Guangdong Province

--Offering computer-assisted evaluation and training of dysmnesia rehabilitation to patients suffering from a stroke, cranium trauma, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury, osteoarticular injury, etc.

·Other Departments

--Department of Invasive Treatment

--Department of Neurology, specializing in demyelinating disease, cerebrovascular disease and central nervous system infectious disease

--Department of Cirrhosis & Traditional Chinese Medicine, the key unit supported by the TCM Drug Administration of Guangdong Province

--Department of Dermatology, the exclusive unit approved by the Ministry of Health for the diagnoses of cosmetic-caused cutaneous diseases in Southern China

--Department of Stomatology

--Pituitary Adenoma Treatment Center

--Children Development & Behavior Center