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Zhengzhou University was founded on July 10, 2000 through the annexation of the former Henan Medical University, Zhengzhou University and Zhengzhou University of Technology. It has become the only national ¡°211 Project¡± key university in Henan, and has 12 disciplines including Science, Engineering, Medicine, Literature, History, Philosophy, Law, Economics, Management Science, Pedagogy, Agriculture and Arts. It is co-sponsored by the Henan Provincial Government and the Ministry of Education, and supported by ¡°The Midwest Universities Comprehensive Strength Promotion Project¡±. Zhengzhou University has four campuses, i.e. the New Campus, the South Campus, the Institute of Technology and the Medical School. Of the overall area of 6,493 mu, the New Campus located in the New High-tech Zone takes up 4,845 mu, with a construction budget of 1.97 billion RMB and a total construction area of 1.65 million square meters. Zhengzhou University has over 49,000 full-time undergraduates, 15,000 full-time postgraduates and 1,100 international students. Meanwhile, there are over 6,000 full-time staff members, among whom 30 are members of CAS or CAE, with 6 being full-time and 24 part-time. Besides, the university has over 670 professors and 35 talents who have either won the ¡°National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars¡± or become candidates of the ¡°100-, 1000- and 10000-talent Plan¡±, the national ¡°1000-talent Plan¡± or the provincial ¡°100-talent Plan¡±, as well as 1600 and more associate professors and more than 1,700 teachers with the doctorate degree. Zhengzhou University has 46 faculties and 9 affiliated hospitals, offering 104 undergraduate programs, 55 master¡¯s degree programs of the first-level discipline, 237 master¡¯s degree programs of the second-level discipline, 21 doctorate programs of the first-level discipline, 124 doctorate programs of the second-level discipline and at the same time 1 professional doctorate, 19 professional master¡¯s degrees as well as 23 postdoctoral research stations. It has also 14 national high-quality courses, 14 national characteristic specialties, 2 national exemplary teaching centers, 2 national creative experimental zones for talent nurturing mode, 7 national engineering practice education centers, 210 national college student innovation entrepreneurship training programs, 4 national teaching teams, 4 national teaching masters and 2 national bilingual exemplary teaching courses. In addition, the university has 1 National Science Basic Scientific Research and Teaching Personnel Training Base, 1 National College Student Culture Education Base, 1 MOE College Counselor Training and Research Base, 1 Chinese Education Base under the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, 6 National Key Disciplines, 16 National Key Clinical Specialists, and 214 provincial key disciplines. Zhengzhou University now owns more than 310 scientific research institutions of all levels/kinds, among which are 1 National Engineering Research Center, 1 National Technology Research Promotion Center, 1 National Chemical Safety Engineering Technology Center, 1 National Research Center for Safety Evaluation of Drugs, 2 National Drug Clinical Research Bases, 3 MOE Key Labs, 1 MOE Engineering Research Center, 1 Key Research Base of College Humanities and Social Sciences sponsored by the MOE and the Province, 1 Sports Culture Research Base under the Sports Culture Development Research Center of the State Sports General Administration, 1 National Intellectual Property Training Base, 4 Henan Provincial Innovation Centers; Provincial Key Labs, Engineering Technology Research Centers, International United Labs, Key Humanities and Social Science Research Bases, Provincial Universities and Colleges Key Principles Open Labs, Engineering Technology Research Centers, State Key Laboratory Cultivation Bases total up to 94, and provincial key scientific and research institutions total up to 111, which indicates a strong capability on basic research, application research and development of science and technology. Zhengzhou University is honored as one of the Top 400 Afforestation Units by the State Afforestation Committee. With a total construction area of 84,000 sqm, its library contains a collection of books of more than 7.911 million. The university has its own publishing house and issues 13 academic journals. Zhengzhou University also worked with other parties and established SIAS International College and the College of Physical Education. Zhengzhou University has cultivated an active academic atmosphere and established a good mechanism for extensive exchange and cooperation. It has developed a sound cooperative relationship with more than 20 famous universities and academic institutions including Peking University, Tsinghua University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and those in Hong Kong and Taiwan. It has also established intercollegiate cooperative relationship with nearly 160 universities from more than 40 countries, mainly the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Japan, Russia, Canada, Australia, South Korea, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Finland, Ukraine, etc. Zhengzhou University is people-oriented, and attaches great importance to the enhancement of students¡¯ comprehensive qualities. It has cultivated a large number of qualified graduates for the society, and has won many honors and titles above the provincial level in such areas as the party construction, ideology and political sciences, teaching, scientific research, medical care, management, students¡¯ work and logistics services. Zhengzhou University¡¯s development has received great care and support from the leaders of the central and local government. National leaders, mainly Li Keqiang, Liu Yunshan, Wu Bangguo, Jia Qinglin, Li Changcun, He Guoqiang, Li Lanqing, Luo Gan, Liu Yandong, Lu Zhangong, Chen Zhili, Gu Xiulian, Cheng Siwei, Zhang Siqing, Xu Kuangdi, and Zhang Rongming, etc., have visited Zhengzhou University respectively for inspection and guidance. The chief leaders of the national Ministry of Education, the Provincial Party Committee, and the Provincial Government frequently come to the campus for investigation or on-site work. Under the care and support of these leaders, Zhengzhou University has achieved great progress and good momentum in the areas of personnel cultivation, teaching staff construction, academic disciplines, academic research, new campus development, the Party construction, ideological and political work, etc. Zhengzhou University will uphold the outlook on scientific development, and play a more active role in the national and regional economic and social development. It will strengthen and promote its status through substantial development, innovative reforms, and significant breakthroughs in certain areas. Zhengzhou University will make every effort to turn itself as a first-class university in China, being internationally well-known and regionally exemplary as well, and make greater contributions in the building of an overall well-off society and the rise of central China.