On September 19, 2018, in order to help promote the construction of big data platforms in health and medicine and the utilization of data research findings, witnessed by ZHAN Qimin, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, PKU Executive Vice President and PKUHSC President, a cooperation agreement was signed by Professor ZHANG luxia, Executive Deputy Director of PKU Center for Data Science in Health and Medicine, and SUN Hong, Deputy Director of Yinzhou District Health and Planning Bureau in Ningbo, and as a result, PKU Center for Data Science in Health and Medicine Ningbo Yinzhou Research Base was set up. The Research Base was jointly inaugurated by Academician ZHAN Qimin and Yinzhou District Deputy Chief BU Mingchang.

　　Since 2008, Yinzhou District of Ningbo City has begun to build a national health information platform and has formed a data exchange and sharing platform connecting the business information systems of various medical and health institutions. Currently, there are 1.027 million electronic records of the permanent resident population in Yinzhou District, and the rate of electronic health records has reached 95.1%, thus forming a data exchange and sharing platform that connects the business information systems of various medical and health institutions. BU Mingchang, Deputy Chief of Yinzhou District, expressed the hope that through this cooperation, the construction and utilization of the big data platform in Yinzhou District will be further promoted.

　　LIN Hongbo, Director of Yinzhou District CDC, introducing the application of big data in health and medicine

　　Academician ZHAN Qimin hoped that through this cooperation, we can make full use of the advantages of school-base cooperation in various aspects such as talent, specialty and data platform construction so as to jointly promote the construction of Healthy China.

　　It is reported that with the cooperation between the two sides, PKU Center for Data Science in Health and Medicine will regularly send people to Yinzhou District for guidance, introduce new technologies and new projects, launch scientific research cooperation, instruct discipline construction, help talent cultivation and carry out major research projects in disease prevention and control and management.

　　Written by: WU Zhaoxia

　　Edited by: Liu Xin

　　Source: Center for Data Science in Health and Medicine, PKU