On October 20, the inauguration of School of Nursing and Rehabilitation of Shandong University and the Academic Conference on the Integrated Development of Nursing and Rehabilitation were held on Baotuquan Campus.

Fang Guoen, the President of China Rehabilitation Medical Association and former Vice Minister of Health Department of PLA General Logistics Department; Guo Xinli, Secretary of the Party Committee of Shandong University; Fan Liming, President of Shandong University; Wang Lisheng, former Director of Academic Degree and Postgraduate Education Development Center of Ministry of Education; Qin Chengyong, Deputy Director and first-class inspector of Shandong Health Commission; Wu Xinjuan, Director of the Nursing Administration Department of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chairman of the Chinese Nursing Association and Chairman of the Strategic Advisory Committee of School of Nursing and Rehabilitation of Shandong University; Sun Qinghua, Deputy General Manager of Shandong Guo Xin Yi Yang Health Industry Development Group Co., Ltd., attended the ceremony. Chen Zijiang, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Vice President of Shandong University, and President of Cheeloo Medical College, presided over the ceremony.

The School of Nursing and Rehabilitation integrates resources of the original School of Nursing, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, the Second Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, and industry. The new school will continue to focus on its academic development and conduct education and management system reform to cultivate nursing and rehabilitation talents, enhance social service capability, and contribute to the construction of the Healthy China Initiative and Healthy Shandong Initiative by improving people’s wellbeing.