A number of key research agreements have been signed by the University of Oxford¹ and its partner organizations in China, which include the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.

 

中国医学科学院与牛津大学签署一些重点研究合作协议。

 

The agreements have been made at the ongoing² UK-China People-to-People Dialogue.

 

The inauguration³ of the Oxford Institute of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences is being hailed as a landmark⁴ collaboration⁵.

 

Doctor Robert Easton is the Pro-Vice⁶-Chancellor of Oxford University.

 

"We will build upon our existing relationship with the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and establish a joint⁷ institute right here in Oxford which is also the Academy's first institute outside China and that once again will push forward the boundaries of our knowledge in the study of disease and treatment and it would include new scholarships in support of the institute ensuring some of China's best medical students are able to join us in Oxford combining their work with ours," Easton said. 

 

The Vice-Chancellor says that expanding and deepening the University's links with China has been at the heart of its international strategy over the past decade, and will continue to be a major part of its development in the coming years.

 

Current Oxford collaborations with Chinese partners in the medical sciences include some of the world's largest ever studies, such as the collaboration with the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences through the Kadoorie Biobank, which is studying more than 500-thousand people across ten sites in China in an effort to identify the genetic⁸ and environmental causes of common diseases.

 

The signing of the collaboration agreements on Wednesday has been overseen⁹ by visiting Chinese Vice Premier¹⁰ Liu Yandong who also gave a keynote speech at the university's historic Sheldonian Theatre.

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