The Opening Ceremony of Eisai Youth Elite Training Camp and Award Ceremony of Eisai Scholarship 2011 jointly organized by the Student Affairs Office and Youth League Committee of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (¡°SJTU¡±) School of Medicine was held at 9:00 a.m. on Jul. 5 in the Conference Room 201 of Scientific Education Building at RuiJin Hospital. Huang Gang, the Deputy Dean of SJTU School of Medicine, Liu Ye, the General Manager of Eisai China, Zhou Liwen, the Head of Eisai China Tumor Business Unit, Wang Changchun, the Senior Manager of Eisai China Medicine Business Unit, Tang Hua, the Chief of Student Affairs Office, Zhu Jianheng, the Secretary of Youth League Committee and more than 30 elite student representatives of SJTU School of Medicine attended this meeting hosted by Mr. Zhu Jianzheng.

Huang Gang, the Deputy Dean of SJTU School of Medicine made a speech at the beginning of the meeting, stating that SJTU School of Medicine has been gradually deepening its cooperation with Eisai China which funds three scholarship programs for the School of Medicine to cultivate elite students in various professions. He added that Eisai China sticks to the social responsibilities which are perfectly in harmony with the philosophy of ¡°Medicine Boosts Scientific Advancement¡± advocated by SJTU School of Medicine.

Following that, Tang Hua, the Chief of Student Affairs Office announced the winners of the scholarships and expressed his expectations on these students and his gratitude to Eisai China on behalf of the School of Medicine.

Then Chen Yan, a student majoring in Prophylaxis 2007 made a statement on behalf of all the students present. She firstly expressed her opinions on the sense of responsibility proposed by Mr. Huang Gang in his speech and then summarized her gains and knowledge accumulations from 5-year learning at the university, concluding her words with the commitment of contributing to the society and the medicine undertaking with the support of scholarships.

Finally, Liu Ye, the General Manager of Eisai China expounded on the relations of medical treatment & medicine, medical corporations & hospitals, and doctors & MRs in a vivid and witty way. He then expressed his hopes that the students about to take up clinical positions would bring benefit to the society with their growth and serve the society with their knowledge and that Eisai and SJTU School of Medicine would further deepen mutual cooperation.

Besides, Zhou Liwen, the Head of Eisai China Tumor Business Unit and Yu Liwei, a member of the Youth Association of SJTU School of Medicine delivered speeches titled Devotion and Gratitude to Medicine and How Student Leaders Grow into Elites respectively and interacted actively with the students, marking the opening of the training camp.

The scholarship programs funded by Eisai China are an essential part of linkage of SJTU School of Medicine¡¯s training system of innovative talents with social enterprises intended for collaboration of college and enterprise and joint cultivation. The students said, by attending the ceremony, they not only understand the real relationship between medical corporations and medical college students but also realize the broad prospects in medial cooperation. Moreover, it is a good opportunity for them to learn the essential attainments and qualities of student leaders. All of the above arouse their sense of responsibility to their professions and the society and they¡¯ll benefit from the knowledge and skills acquired during the event for life.