The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University was founded in 1957 by some experts of the former Shanghai First Medical College (now Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University) who moved westward to Chongqing. It is a Grade 3A comprehensive teaching hospital integrating medical treatment, teaching, scientific research, prevention, health care and foreign medical treatment, and it is renowned in southwest China for its complete range of academic disciplines, strong technological strength, outstanding specialty characteristics and outstanding service capability.