Advantages of studying MBBS in China

 

 

 

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a sovereign state located in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population of over 1.35 billion. The PRC is a single-party state governed by the Communist Party, with its seat of government in the capital city of Beijing.

Covering approximately 9.6 million square kilometres, China is the world's second-largest country by land area, and the third or fourth-largest by total area, depending on the definition of total area. China's landscape is vast and diverse, with forest steppes and the Gobi and Taklamakan deserts occupying the arid north and northwest near Mongolia and Central Asia, and subtropical forests prevalent in the wetter south near Southeast Asia. China's coastline along the Pacific Ocean is 14,500 kilometres (9,000 mi) long and is bounded by the Bohai, Yellow, East and South China Seas.

The ancient Chinese civilization – one of the world's earliest – flourished in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain.

Since the introduction of economic reforms in 1978, China has become the world's fastest-growing major economy. As of 2013, it is the world's second-largest economy by both nominal total GDP and purchasing power parity (PPP), and is also the world's largest exporter and importer of goods. China is a recognized nuclear weapons state and has the world's largest standing army, with the second-largest defence budget.

 

China has been characterized as a potential superpower by a number of academics, military analysts, and public policy and economics analysts.

 

 

The People's Republic of China is the second-largest country in the world by land area. China has the longest combined land border in the world, measuring 22,117 km (13,743 mi) from the mouth of the Yalu River to the Gulf of Tonkin. China borders 14 nations. China extends across much of East Asia, bordering Vietnam, Laos, and Burma in Southeast Asia; India, Bhutan, Nepal and Pakistan in South Asia; Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan in Central Asia; a small section of Russian Altai and Mongolia in Inner Asia; and the Russian Far East and North Korea in Northeast Asia.

 

Additionally, China shares maritime boundaries with South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, the Philippines and Taiwan.

 

 

The territory of China lies between latitudes 18° and 54° N, and longitudes 73° and 135° E. China's landscapes vary significantly across its vast width. In the east, along the shores of the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea, there are extensive and densely populated alluvial plains, while on the edges of the Inner Mongolian plateau in the north, broad grasslands predominate. Southern China is dominated by hills and low mountain ranges, while the central-east hosts the deltas of China's two major rivers, the Yellow River and the Yangtze River. Other major rivers include the Xi, Mekong, Brahmaputra and Amur. To the west, major mountain ranges, most notably the Himalayas, and high plateaus feature among the more arid landscapes of the north, such as the Taklamakan and the Gobi Desert. The world's highest point, Mt. Everest (8848m), lies on the Sino-Nepalese border. The country's lowest point and the world's fourth-lowest, is the dried lake bed of Ayding Lake (-154m) in the Turpan Depression.

 

 

As of 2013, China has the world's second-largest economy in terms of nominal GDP, totalling approximately US$8.227 trillion. However, China's 2012 nominal GDP per capita of US$6,075 puts it behind around ninety countries (out of 183 countries on the IMF list) in global GDP per capita rankings. If PPP is taken into account in total GDP figures, China is again second only to the United States – in 2012, its PPP GDP reached $12.405 trillion, corresponding to $9,161 per capita.

 

To propel the country towards a modern, industrialized communist society, Mao Zedong instituted the Great Leap Forward in the early 1960s, although this had decidedly mixed economic results. Following Mao's death in 1976 and the consequent end of the Cultural Revolution, Deng Xiaoping and the new Chinese leadership began to reform the economy and move towards a more market-oriented mixed economy under one-party rule. Agricultural collectivization was dismantled and farmlands were privatized to increase productivity. Foreign trade was focused upon as a major vehicle of growth, leading to the creation of Special Economic Zones (SEZs), first in Shenzhen and then in other Chinese cities. Inefficient state-owned enterprises (SOEs) were restructured by introducing western-style management systems, with unprofitable ones being closed outright, resulting in massive job losses. Modern-day China is mainly characterized as having a market economy based on private property ownership, and is one of the leading examples of state capitalism.

 

Since economic liberalization began in 1978, China's investment- and export-led economy has grown more than a hundredfold and is the fastest-growing major economy in the world. According to the IMF, China's annual average GDP growth between 2001 and 2010 was 10.5%, and the Chinese economy is predicted to grow at an average annual rate of 9.5% between 2011 and 2015. Between 2007 and 2011, China's economic growth rate was equivalent to all of the G7 countries' growth combined. According to the Global Growth Generators index announced by Citigroup in February 2011, China has a very high 3G growth rating. Its high productivity, low labour costs and relatively good infrastructure have made it a global leader in manufacturing, but its undervalued exchange rate has caused friction with other major economies, and it has also been widely criticised for manufacturing large quantities of counterfeit goods.

 

China is a member of the WTO and is the world's largest trading power, with a total international trade value of US$3.87 trillion in 2012. Its foreign exchange reserves reached US$2.85 trillion by the end of 2010, an increase of 18.7% over the previous year, making its reserves by far the world's largest. China owns an estimated $1.6 trillion of US securities. China, holding over US$1.16 trillion in US Treasury bonds, is the largest foreign holder of US public debt. China is the world's third-largest recipient of inward foreign direct investment (FDI), attracting $115 billion in 2011 alone, marking a 9% increase over 2010. China also increasingly invests abroad, with a total outward FDI of $68 billion in 2010, and a number of major takeovers of foreign firms by Chinese companies.

 

China's middle-class population (defined as those with annual income of at least US$17,000) had reached more than 100 million by 2011, while the number of individuals worth more than 10 million yuan (US$1.5 million) was estimated to be 1.02 million in 2012, according to the Hurun Report. Based on the Hurun rich list, the number of US dollar billionaires in China increased from 130 in 2009 to 251 in 2012, giving China the world's second-highest number of billionaires. China's domestic retail market was worth over 20 trillion yuan (US$3.2 trillion) in 2012 and is now growing at over 12% annually. China is also now the world's second-largest consumer of luxury goods.

 

 

 

The languages most spoken in China belong to the Sino-Tibetan language family. The most spoken varieties are Mandarin (the first language of over 70% of the population), Wu (includes Shanghainese), Yue (includes Cantonese and Taishanese), Min (includes Hokkien and Teochew), Xiang, Gan, and Hakka. Non-Sinitic languages spoken widely by ethnic minorities include Zhuang, Mongolian, Tibetian, Uyghur, Hmong and Korean. Standard Mandarin, a variety of Mandarin based on the Beijing dialect, is the official national language of China and is used as a lingua franca between people of different linguistic backgrounds. Written vernacular Chinese, or Beihua, is the written standard, based on the Mandarin dialect and first popularized in Ming Dynasty novels. It was adopted, with significant modifications, during the early 20th century as the national standard.

 

Freedom of religion is guaranteed by China's constitution. Over its history, the Chinese civilization has been influenced by various religions, including shamanic forms of religion from Central Asia, local Chinese folk religion, Taoism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Manicheism, Zoroastrianism and numerous new religions. Of these, Taoism and Buddhism have had the greatest impact in shaping Chinese culture. Buddhism spread to China from India in the 1st century and became widely influential in certain periods of the history of China.

 

Today, according to different surveys, local ethnic religions, which sometimes fall under the label of Taoism or are administered by the Taoist clergy, are the dominant, being practiced by over 30% of the Chinese population. Buddhism is practiced by between 10.85% and 18% of the Chinese. Christianity is practiced by 3.2%, 4% to 5% of the population, while Islam by 2% of the population.

 

Islam in China dates to a mission in 651; over the following centuries, Muslim traders and scholars became prominent in China. Accurate statistics on China's current Muslim population are hard to find; the State Administration for Religious Affairs states there are more than 21 million Muslims in the country (1.5%–2% of the total population), with unofficial estimates ranging as high as 50 million. China also has numerous minority religions, including Hinduism, and a number of more modern religions and sects.

 

 

In 1986, China set the long-term goal of providing compulsory nine-year basic education to every child. As of 2007, there were 396,567 primary schools, 94,116 secondary schools, and 2,236 higher education institutions in China. As of 2007, 93.3% of the population over age 15 are literate, compared to only 20% in 1950. In 2000, China's literacy rate among 15-to-24-year-olds was 98.9% (99.2% for males and 98.5% for females). In March 2007, the Chinese government declared education a national "strategic priority"; the central budget for national scholarships was tripled between 2007 and 2009, and 223.5 billion yuan (US$28.65 billion) of extra state funding was allocated between 2007 and 2012 to improve compulsory education in rural areas. In 2009, Chinese students from Shanghai achieved the world's best results in mathematics, science and literacy, as tested by the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), a worldwide evaluation of 15-year-old school pupils' scholastic performance.

 

The Ministry of Health, together with its counterparts in the provincial health bureaux, oversees the health needs of the Chinese population. An emphasis on public health and preventive medicine has characterized Chinese health policy since the early 1950s.

 

 

Since the late 1990s, China's national road network has been significantly expanded through the creation of a network of expressways, known as the National Trunk Highway System (NTHS). By the end of 2011, China's expressways had reached a total length of 85,000 km (53,000 mi), second only to the highway network of the United States. Private car ownership is growing rapidly in China, which surpassed the United States as the world's largest automobile market in 2009, with total car sales of over 13.6 million. Analysts predict that annual car sales in China may rise as high as 40 million by 2020. China also possesses the world's longest high-speed rail network, with over 9,676 km (6,012 mi) of service routes. Of these, 3,515 km (2,184 mi) serve trains with top speeds of 300 km/h (190 mph).

 

China currently has the largest number of active cell phones of any country in the world, with over 1 billion users as of May 2012. It also has the world's largest number of internet and broadband users.

 

 

Since ancient times, Chinese culture has been heavily influenced by Confucianism and conservative philosophies.

 

Chinese cuisine is highly diverse, drawing on several millennia of culinary history. The dynastic emperors of ancient China were known to host banquets with over 100 dishes served at a time, employing countless imperial kitchen staff and concubines to prepare the food. Such royal dishes gradually became a part of wider Chinese culture. China's staple food is rice, but the country is also well known for its meat dishes. Spices are endemic to Chinese cuisine. Numerous foreign offshoots of Chinese food, such as Hong Kong cuisine and American Chinese food, have emerged in the various nations which play host to the Chinese Diaspora.

 

China has one of the oldest sporting cultures in the world. There is evidence that a form of association football was played in China around 1000 AD. Today, some of the most popular sports in the country include martial arts, basketball, football, table tennis, badminton, swimming and snooker. Board games such as go (known as weiqi in China), xiangqi, and more recently chess, are also played at a professional level. Physical fitness is widely emphasized in Chinese culture. Morning exercises are a common activity, with elderly citizens encouraged to practice qigongand t'ai chi ch'uan. Young people in China are also keen on football and basketball, especially in urban centers with limited space and grass areas. The American National Basketball Association has a huge following among Chinese youths, with ethnic Chinese players such as Yao Ming being held in high esteem. Commercial gyms and fitness clubs are rapidly gaining popularity in China, with over 3,000 such establishments serving around 3 million active subscribers in China's major cities in 2010.

 

China hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where its athletes received 51 gold medals – the highest number of gold medals of any participating nation that year. China also won the most medals of any nation at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, with 231 overall, including 95 gold medals. China will host the 2013 East Asian Games in Tianjin and the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing.

 

 

 

 

Sub.:   New list of Chines Medical Institutions admitting International Students for Academic Year 2016-2017
S/N	INSTITUTIONS	ENROLLMENT QUOTA
1.	CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY	100
2.	JILIN UNIVERSITY	100
3.	DALIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY	100
4.	CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY	100
5.	TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY	100
6.	SHANDONG UNIVERSITY	100
7.	FUDAN UNIVERSITY	100
8.	XINJIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY	100
9.	NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY	100
10.	JIANGSU UNIVERSITY	100
11.	WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY	100
12.	ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY	100
13.	WUHAN UNIVERSITY	100
14.	HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY	100
15.	XI’AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY	100
16.	SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY	100
17.	JINAN UNIVERSITY	100
18.	GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY	100
19.	SICHUAN UNIVERSITY	100
20.	CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY	100
21.	HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY	60
22.	BEIHUA UNIVERSITY	60
23.	LIAONING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY	60
24.	QINGDAO UNIVERSITY	60
25.	HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY	60
26.	NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY	60
27.	TONGJI UNIVERSITY	60
28.	SHIHEZI UNIVERSITY	60
29.	SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY	60
30.	YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY	60
31.	NANTONG UNIVERSITY	60
32.	SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY	60
33.	NINGBO UNIVERSITY	60
34.	FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY	60
35.	ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY	60
36.	XUZHOU MEDICAL COLLEGE	60
37.	CHINA THREE GORGES UNIVERSITY	30
38.	ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY	60
39.	GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY	60
40.	SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY	60
41.	SHANTOU UNIVERSITY	60
42.	KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY	60
43.	SOUTHWEST MEDICAL UNIVERSITY	60
44.	NORTH SICHUAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY	60
45.	XIAMEN UNIVERSITY	60
	TOTAL	3470

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Session - 2015-16 and Earlier List of Universities issued by the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China every year http://www.moe.gov.cn/publicfiles/business/htmlfiles/moe/moe_850/201503/184506.html & is updated every year by the Medical Council of India in coordination with the Indian Embassy in Beijing on Medical Council of India website - www.mciindia.org/MediaRoom/ListofChinaColleges.aspx
S No.	College / University	Seats in Session
		2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007
1	Anhui Medical University	60	60	50	50	60	30	30
2	Beihua University		60	180	100	60	30
3	Capital Medical University	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
4	Central China Science and Technology University				0	120
5	Central South University			120	120
6	China Medical University	100	100	200	120		60	100	120	80
7	China Three Gorges University	30	60	80	50
8	Chongqing Medical University	100	100	180	120	100	180	180	180	100
9	Dali University		60	150	150	150
10	Dalian Medical University	100	100	200	200	200	200	200	128	100
11	Dongnan University						80	90	120
12	Fudan University	100	100	40	30	60	60	60	60
13	Fujian Medical University	60	60	90	90	90	60	60
14	Guangxi Medical University	100	100	150	110	110	110	110	100	55
15	Guangzhou Medical University	60	60	50	30	30	20
16	Harbin Medical University	60	60	200	100	200	50	100	100	50
17	Hebei Medical University	60	60	120	120	120	120	70
18	Hebei United University			70	50
19	Huazhong University Of Science & Technology	100	100	120	120		120	120	120	100
20	Jiamusi University		60	150	150	150	60
21	Jiangsu University	100	100	90	90	90
22	Jilin University	100	100	120	120	120	100	100	100	100
23	Jinan University	100	100	100	0	100
24	Kunming Medical University	60	60	120	80	60
25	Lanzhou University			10	15	50
26	Liaoning Medical University	60	60	200	100
27	Luzhou Medical College	60	60	80
28	Medical University of China					120
29	Nanchang University			160	160	160	60
30	Nanjing Medical University	100	100	100	100	100	100	50	50	100
31	Nanfang Medical University							150	150
32	Nantong University	60	60	90	60	60	80	80	80
33	Ningbo University	60	60	150	60	40
34	North China University	60
35	Ningxia Medical University	60	60	60	60	60	60
36	North Sichuan Medical University	60	60	50
37	Qingdao University	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	120	60
38	Sanxia University					80
39	Shandong University	100	100	80	80	80	100	80	100	60
40	Shantou University	60	60	10	15	15	30
41	Shihezi University	60	60	120	80	120
42	Sichuan University	100	100	150	120	100	100	100	100	100
43	Suchou / Soochow University	60	60	100	100		100	100	140
44	South East University	60	60	120	120	90				120
45	Nanfang / Southern Medical University	100	100	200	180	180	150			100
46	Suzhou University					65				80
47	Sun Yat-Sen University	60	60	100	100
48	Taishan Medical University				150	150
49	Tianjin Medical University	100	100	200	200	180	180	180	180	120
50	Tongji University	60	60	50	30	30
51	Weifang Medical University		60	90	60	60
52	Wenzhou Medical College	100	100	150	150	150	150	150	150	80
53	Wuhan University	100	100	120	120	120	100	100	100	100
54	Xi’an Communication University					140
55	Xi’an Jiaotong University	100	100	120	120			120	120	120
56	Xiamen University	60	60	100	80	80
57	Xinjiang Medical University	100	100	150	150	150	150	150	150	100
58	Xinan Transportation University						100
59	Xuzhou Medical College	60	60	100	80	50
60	Yangzhou University	60	60	100	60	60
61	Zhejiang University	100	100	120	120	120	90	90	120	60
62	Zhengzhou University	60	60	200	200	200	200	200	180	100
63	Zhong Shan University					100				80
64	Zhongnan University					120	120	60	60	30
	TOTAL	3470	3680	6020	5030	5010	3310	2990	2928	2095