In 1900, Tongji Hospital was founded by Mr. Erich Paulun, a German doctor, in Shanghai and moved to Wuhan in 1955. After 120 years of construction and development, it has grown into an innovative modern hospital integrating medical care, teaching and research. With a complete array of disciplines, a distinguished gathering of experts and an ample force of teachers, and with exquisite medical techniques, state-of-the-art diagnostic and therapeutic equipment, outstanding research capabilities, sophisticated scientific management, it has become a modern comprehensive hospital integrating medical service, teaching, scientific innovation, public health and hospital management, leaping to the front row of China's hospitals.