

The Institute of Biomedical and Health was formerly set up at the CAS Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology on 15 August in south China's coastal city of Shenzhen.
The Institute of Biomedical and Health was formerly set up at the CAS Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology on 15 August in south China's coastal city of Shenzhen, a close neighbor of Hong Kong. CAS President LU Yongxiang sent his congratulations upon the establishment. Its nameplate was jointly unveiled by CAS Vice President SHI Erwei, Vice Executive Mayor of Shenzhen LIU Yingli, and Pro-Vice Chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Kenneth Young.
The new institute is an important S&T initiative of CAS to offer services to the healthcare of the 1.3 billion Chinese people by promoting the development of the medical instrument industry, says Prof. Shi. "In the near future, it will focus on the image-guided intelligent medical platform and the technologies for low cost healthcare."