On December 6, the Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University had the honor of hosting a meeting with Mario R. Capecchi, the winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, a member of Nation Academy of Sciences, a member of European Academy of Sciences and a professor at University of Utah School.
On November 15, the Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University invited Professor John Mekalanos for academic exchanges who presented a lecture "Bacterial cGAS-like Enzymes Synthesize Diverse Nucleotide Second Messengers". Professor John Mekalanos is a member of National Academy of Sciences and Chair of Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology.
Professor Zhu Zhenglun, Chairman of the Council of the American Chinese Medical Association, led a delegation of experts to Shenzhen for visits and exchanges.
On September 20, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University and the College of Pharmacy of Sun Yat-sen University (Shenzhen) jointly held the ‘International Masters Frontier Forum at Sun Yat-sen University’ on the Southern Campus of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou.
On September 27, President Yulong He, Vice-President Limin Zhou, Vice-President Changhua Zhang, Vice-President Yihang Pan, Director of Nursing Department Honglu Xu, Professor Weiming Zhu and Professor Ningning Li of Scientific Research Department visited the University College of London (UCL).
On September 26, Yulong He, President of the Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Vice President Limin Zhou, Changhua Zhang, Yihang Pan, and Honglu Xu, Director of Nursing Department, visited the Francis Crick Institute on invitation.
On July 10, Dr. Otis Brawley and Dr. Xie Heng visited the Seventh Affiliated Hospital and gave presentations as speech guests in the sixth ‘Master Lecture’.
On May 12, the International Masters Frontier Forum at Sun Yat-sen University was held at the Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University.
Vice President Pan Yihang went to the United States and conducted a seminar on behalf of the Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University while being in its pre-opening preparation. This seminar was aiming at launching the brand of the hospital and establishing a great international image.
