JILIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

JILIN UNIVERSITY Present Norman Bethune College of Medicine of Jilin University was founded as the former Norman Bethune University of Medical Science by Marshal Nie Rongzhen in September 1939 in Tang county of Hebei Province in the Jinchaji Anti-Japanese Resistance Base. The College of Medicine is named after the outstanding Canadian Thoracic Surgeon, Dr. Norman Bethune because of his selfless devotion to the establishment and running of the institution. Since more than half a century, the institution has trained over fourty thousand medical professionals and contributed a lot in the development of medical science, medical education and public health. In other words the college has been continuously involved in the development of medical field of China as a whole. After the merger with Jilin University, much emphasis has be en laid on the development of medical education.