A few days ago, Guangdong Provincial Health Commission released that Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong was approved as the first national key clinical specialty construction project unit (central financial support project) in Shantou. This is another "national brand" excellent answer sheet handed over by Shantou International Eye Center after winning the title of 3A grade specialized hospital. It marks a historic breakthrough in the journey of hospital discipline construction towards the “national brand”.

The national key clinical specialty is a clinical specialty selected by the National Health Commission according to the needs of medical and health development, representing China's medical technology and management level. It has the characteristics of strong medical service ability, high technical quality level, strong scientific research and teaching ability, etc., representing the national advanced medical technology level and service ability.

In recent years, the discipline construction and influence of Shantou International Eye Center have continued to develop well. In the authoritative "national examination" national 3A public hospital performance appraisal, Shantou International Eye Center has entered the highest level A of national monitoring indicators for other surgical specialties for four consecutive years, ranked third in the national eye hospital for three consecutive years, won the first place in similar hospitals in Guangdong Province for two consecutive years, and successively won the 3A specialized hospital, Guangdong high-level clinical key specialist, Guangdong eye disease precision diagnosis and treatment engineering technology research center, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao University eye disease precision prevention and research joint laboratory, China association for science and technology Haizhi Plan (Shantou) work base station, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) clinical teaching base, national children and adolescent myopia prevention and control reform pilot zone, shantou children and adolescents myopia monitoring and intervention leading and technical guidance center, etc., the service scope covers nearly 30 million people in eastern Guangdong and surrounding provinces and cities.

Shantou International Eye Center has always adhered to the coordinated development route of scientific research and clinical. With the increasing attention to standardized diagnosis and treatment, Shantou International Eye Center adheres to clinical-oriented scientific research. Eleven sub-specialists have participated in the release of 46 industry expert consensus and diagnosis and treatment guidelines, undertaking 302 scientific research projects at all levels, 32 national projects and international horizontal cooperation projects. , 251 provincial and municipal scientific research projects, 923 papers, 443 SCI, and a total impact factor of 2071.446.