The Xiamen West China Hospital of Sichuan University has got approved as a National Regional Medical Center, a pilot project of the second batch of Rregional Medical Centers.

The status of a pilot project of the second batch of National Regional Medical Centers means a lot to West China Hospital. It is of great significance to improving the diagnosis and treatment level, scientific research and innovation ability, talent training quality and domestic and international influence of the affiliated hospitals under the umbrella name of West China Hospital. It will also provide a strong driving force for the "West China Medicine as a whole to become world-class".

What’s next? The university’s West China Medical Center will cooperate with the affiliated hospitals to further strengthen the cooperation between the university and the local area in accordance with the requirements of "real support from the local government, hard work from the exporting hospitals and genuine cooperation from the importing hospitals". We will strive to build the Xiamen West China Hospital into a model pilot project of national regional medical centers and a benchmark of inter-provincial medical cooperation so as to make greater contribution to the healthy China strategy.