The School of Nursing of Sun Yat-sen University was established on May 8th, 1998. It was established on the basis of the former Department of Nursing of Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences and the Health School affiliated to Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences. Peking Union Medical College was officially renamed "Peking Union Medical College" (May 8, 2007, 18). ), Shanghai Medical University (now renamed Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University), the third nursing college in China.