Chongqing Medical University (CQMU)

Chongqing Medical University, previously referred to as the Chongqing University of Medical Sciences (CQUMS), was established in 1956 in Chongqing, China. CQMU is a state key university under the administration of the Chongqing Municipal Government with an integrated educational system of baccalaureate, masters, doctoral, and postdoctoral programs in medicine as well as other health-related fields.

It is one of approximately 30 medical universities in China that are approved by the Chinese Ministry of Education to enrol foreign students into the English-medium MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery) program. It is recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the ECFMG (Educational Committee for Foreign Medical Graduates) in the United States.

CQMU is now a comprehensive medical university with a diverse offering of Bachelor’s, Master’s, Doctoral and Postdoctoral programs. It is among the first group of universities approved by Ministry of Education in China to accept international students to study medicine in English. Since 2001, the university has accepted over 1,000 international students from over 20 countries and regions. The university is listed in W orld Directory of Medical Schools of WHO and recognized by ECFMG of USA.

Academic programs and research

CQMU offers five postdoctoral programs, 26 doctoral programs, 53 masters programs, and 46 specialities for undergraduates. It has four state key disciplines and 43 municipal key disciplines.

CQMU has accomplished several large-scale research projects including some state-level projects supported by the National Key Technology Research and Development Program in the 6th to 9th Five-year Plan for National Economic and Social Development, Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation, National Basic Research Program (known as ‘973 Program’), and the National Hi-Tech Research and Development Program (known as ‘863 Program’).

The High-intensity Focused Ultrasonic Therapy System (HIFU), which was initiated by CQMU, is the first large-scale medical equipment system with completely independent intellectual property rights in China. It has been put into use in over 30 major hospitals in China and exported to about ten foreign countries, such as the EU, Russia, Japan, Korea, and Singapore.

The university publishes eight academic journals with international distribution.

Since 2008, CQMU has twice won the National Prize for Progress in Science and Technology, once won the National Award for Technological Invention once, and won over 80 municipal awards. There are many international students from India, Indonesia, Republic of the Congo, Mauritius, Vietnam, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, etc.

Chongqing

Western China

The term ‘Western China’ refers to the following provinces (in a random order), namely Yunnan, Sichuan, , Shaanxi, Qinghai, Guizhou, and Gansu. It also includes the three autonomous regions (in a random order) of Xinjiang, Tibet, and Ningxia besides the sole municipality of Chongqing.

The nomenclature ‘Western China’ in Chinese is shown as 中国西部; in traditional Chinese, it is scripted as 中國西部; while in Pinyin, it is written as zhōngguó xībù. However, this term should not be confused with the term ‘West China.

In this section, we shall take into cognizance the prominent universities in Western China. We start with the municipality of Chongqing.

Chongqing

The municipality of Chongqing in Western China (not West China’) is a principal urban center in central region of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). It is also one of the main five national central cities of China. This sole municipality in the inland portion of China, Chongqing along with Tianjin, Shanghai, and Beijing, is administratively one of PRC’s four direct-controlled municipalities.

Chongqing, located on the upstream catchment region of the basin of the Yangtze River, has been a principal cultural, commercial and political hub of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), besides being a significant transportation and manufacturing epicenter. The Economist Intelligence Unit in its 2012 survey selected Chongqing among the 13 promising emerging megalopolis or megacity.

Chongqing has a significant history and culture and serves as the economic centre of the upstream Yangtze basin. It is a major manufacturing centre and transportation hub and in a July 2012 report by the Economist Intelligence Unit, was named as one of the 13 emerging megacities, or megalopolises, in China.[11]

NOMENCLATURES

The State Council formally gave its nod to the nomenclature of this Western China urban epicenter as 渝 (Yú) on 18 April 1997. The abbreviated term ‘Yú’ has been chosen after the earlier name of a portion of river Jialing that almost divides the city of Chongqing. This river is a tributary of river Yangtze.

The other nomenclatures of Chongqing municipality are variously written as 重庆 in Chinese; ‘Chóngqìng’ in Pinyin; and earlier romanized as ‘Chungking’.

TRACING THE ROOTS

The Chongqing municipality was established on March 14, 1997. It was set up in the city of the same name that was a sub-provincial city within the jurisdiction of the Province of Sichuan. The greater Chongqing area constitutes the largest directly controlled municipality of PRC. It is made up of 15 counties; four counties that are autonomous; and 19 districts.

As per the municipality records of 28 April, 2011, the population of the Chongqing area in Western China was 28,846,170. Of them, just seven million inhabited the commercial hub. Thus, the altogether population of the greater Chongqing region is approximately 34.000.000.

Even during the time of the ROC (Republic of China), Chongqing was a municipality and also the capital of the Republic during the nine years Second Sino-Japanese War from 1937 to 1945.

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