Sino-French cooperation 

REVIEW -- Historical origin

A solid foundation of Sino-French cooperation has lasted for over twenty-six years. It is a mark of the close collaboration with the Public Assistance Hospitals of Paris (AP-HP) that the hospital took the name“Sino-French Hospital of Suzhou”since October 1992. The hospital had renew a framework agreement with Assistance publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) , CHU de Strasbourg, CHU de Grenoble-Alpes and CHRU de Montpellier on May 2012. 
After the initial cooperation with the AP-HP , we have trained a number of oncology, radiotherapist and tumor-related specialists, and now they have become the backbone of the Multidisciplinary teamwork (MDT) in our hospital. 
With the support of the University Hospital of Strasbourg,the hospital has set up the intensive care discipline, and formed the talent echelon of the emergency and critical care department through the work training in France . Moreover, the tradition of sino-france cooperation was extended to the field of cooperation with the trauma center in Grenoble.
Under the guidance of expert from CHRU de Montpellier, the hospital established the first consultation sleep disorder and lymphoma in Suzhou. 
Through cooperation with the imaging center of the medical center of Grenoble-Alpes university, supported by the foreign affairs office of the twin towns, the Sino-french neuroimaging workshop was set up to provide standardized training for imaging specialists by adopting the interactive, single-disease teaching mode, which was approved and welcomed by coworkers and other professionals in the industry.
EXCHANGE
91 persons/times were sent to France, to conduct these courses, 
85 persons have already returned and play an important role in the hospital. 
We have received 80 French medical students and 6 exchange students from other countries（Germany, Sweden, Spain,Greek,Italy and Russia） for short-term internship in our hospital.
FUTURE
During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, the hospital will build and put into use the emergency，critical care and nuclear emergency building, and  draw reference from each other in the area of pre-hospital emergency response system and trauma center. To build a trauma center with Chinese characteristics and full coverage pre-hospital, in-hospital and discharge. In addition, it has introduced French technology and cooperated with French cooperative hospitals, such as the University Medical Center of the Grenoble Alps, the University Medical Center of Strasbourg, and the University Medical Center of Montpellier, to cultivate talents in trauma-related disciplines and improve the hospital's trauma emergency treatment capacity.

Other International Cooperation 
The hospital has sent lots of doctors and nurses to foreign hospitals and medicine centers to take further study for a short term. Also, many medical personals go aboard to attend in the international conferences.
The hospital also strengthened exchanges and cooperation with 
university hospitals in Japan, the United States and Germany.

CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL OF JFCR
On June 28,2018, our hospital and Cancer Institute Hospital of JFCR held a cooperation signing ceremony in Tokyo, Japan. General Director Mr. SUN Guang-xia and President Mr. Yamaguchi Toshiharu signed the agreement on behalf of both sides respectively, formally opening the prelude of comprehensive cooperation between the two hospitals, which will provide a good opportunity for both sides to further improve the level of clinical diagnosis and treatment of cancer, and bring good news for the rehabilitation of more tumor patients.