Henan is one of the main birthplaces of the Chinese nation. It is the hometown of Huangdi, the first ancestor of the Chinese nation and the first ancestor of humanities, and the hometown of the medical saint Zhang Zhongjing. Since ancient times, the Central Plains medicine has flourished, famous doctors have emerged in large numbers, Chinese medicine resources are rich, and the masses have a solid foundation. It is an important birthplace of Chinese medicine culture.
Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine was founded in 1958. It is one of the earliest higher TCM colleges in the country. Its predecessor was the Henan TCM Training School founded in Kaifeng in 1955. The school is located in Zhengzhou, the provincial capital, and has 4 campuses, namely Longzihu Campus, Dongming Road Campus, Renmin Road Campus, and Dongfeng Road Campus, covering an area of 1,594.94 acres. The building area is 623,400 square meters, and the total value of teaching and research equipment is 497 million yuan. It is a university jointly established by the People’s Government of Henan Province and the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a university under the National Central and Western Higher Education Revitalization Plan, a Chinese government scholarship student training university of the Ministry of Education, a "5+3" integrated admissions institution for Chinese medicine majors in the Ministry of Education, and a national International Cooperation Base of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Doctoral Degree Authorization Unit, and Provincial Civilized Unit. It is the leader and center of Chinese medicine talent training, scientific research, social services, cultural inheritance and innovation, and international exchanges and cooperation in Henan Province.
More than 60 years after its establishment, the school has developed from a single discipline of Chinese medicine to a coordinated development of multiple disciplines including medicine, science, management, engineering, culture, and education, covering undergraduates, postgraduates (doctors, masters), international students, continuing education, etc. A comprehensive university of Chinese medicine with training levels and categories. There are now School of Basic Medicine (Zhongjing College), School of Pharmacy, the First Clinical School, the Second Clinical School, the School of Orthopedics and Traumatology, the Third Clinical School, the School of Acupuncture and Tuina, the School of Nursing, the School of Rehabilitation, and the School of Management , School of Foreign Languages, School of Information Technology, School of International Education, School of Continuing Education, School of Marxism, School of Physical Education and other 16 colleges. The school recruits students from 31 provinces, municipalities, autonomous regions, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and overseas. There are more than 20,000 regular full-time students, including more than 1,900 doctoral and master candidates and 123 international students.
The school party committee regards the party building work as the basic skill of running a school and insists on promoting the high-quality development of the school with high-quality party building. In recent years, 17 grass-roots party organizations have been awarded as "Advanced Primary Party Organizations in Higher Education Institutions in Henan Province", 47 people have been rated as outstanding party workers and outstanding Communist Party members in Henan Province colleges and universities. In 2016, the school party committee was awarded by the Henan Provincial Party Committee. Henan Province Advanced Primary Party Organization" honorary title. In 2018, in the evaluation of grassroots party building in colleges and universities, it was awarded the title of “Advanced Unit for Primary Party Organization Construction of Colleges and Universities in Henan Province” with the first result. The party style and clean government construction assessment won the first place. The three party branches were appraised by the Ministry of Education as "Model Branches for National Party Building Work".
The school vigorously implements the strategy of "prospering the school with talents" and has built a strong talent team. There are 1,531 faculty members and 1,274 full-time teachers. There are 688 master supervisors and 110 doctoral supervisors. There are 3 Masters of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1 Leading Talent of the National Ten Thousand Thousand Project, 3 National Candidates for the Ten Thousand Thousand Thousand Talents Project, and 4 Qihuang Scholars in the “Hundred Thousand Thousand” Talent Project for Inheritance and Innovation of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Qihuang Project) , 3 famous Chinese medicine doctors in the country, 2 famous teachers of Chinese medicine colleges and universities. 40 experts enjoying special government allowances from the State Council; 11 experts with special allowances from the Henan Provincial Government; 72 national instructors for the succession of academic experience of famous traditional Chinese medicine experts; 21 national outstanding Chinese medicine clinical talents; 3 outstanding professional and technical talents in Henan Province, There are 3 Central Plains Scholars in the "Central Plains Thousand Talents" plan, 2 Central Plains Science and Technology Innovation Leaders, 2 Central Plains Teaching Teachers, 3 Central Plains Famous Doctors, and 2 Central Plains Young Talents in Natural Science and Engineering Technology. 1 young postdoctoral creative talent in the Central Plains; 7 special-appointed professors in Henan Province, 9 famous teaching teachers in Henan Province, 34 outstanding experts in Henan Province; 33 provincial academic and technical leaders and provincial cross-century academic and technical leaders; department-level academic and technical leaders 92 people; 20 winners of the Henan TCM Career Lifetime Achievement Award; 31 provincial famous TCM doctors, 18 national TCM characteristic technology inheritance talents; 105 candidates for the provincial university young backbone teacher training program, supported by the Ministry of Education for New Century Excellent Talents There were 121 winners of talent projects at various levels. More than 20 people have won national honors such as "model teacher", "excellent teacher", and "advanced individual in teacher ethics construction"; more than 140 people have been rated as "excellent teacher", "advanced individual in teacher ethics construction", and "model worker" "And "Advanced Workers in Education and Teaching".