Shen Baiyong, executive director of the Sino-French Joint Medical College of SJTU School of Medicine, said that it will initiate high-end nursing French classes in 2025, aiming to cultivate management talent in nursing.

"What's also notable was that the college used to lay a focus on training clinical doctors, which has been shifted to paying equal attention to clinical practice and scientific research over the past decade. We aim to cultivate not only doctors but scientists with an international perspective," Shen, who is also vice-president of Shanghai Ruijin Hospital Affiliated with SJTU School of Medicine.