In 2020, the epidemic situation became the focus of people's attention, and Academician Zhong Nanshan made great contributions to fighting the epidemic situation. On February 22nd, 65438+ National Respiratory Medicine Center started and cooperated with hospitals to start the meeting. The meeting announced Academician Zhong Nanshan as honorary director, Professor as director of the Center, Professor as executive deputy director, and Professor Zhang Nuofu, Professor Li, Professor Xing Cheng and Professor Huang as deputy directors of the Center.

One of the main symptoms in COVID-19 is dyspnea, so the in-depth study of respiratory medicine is helpful to fight the epidemic. Professional theory and rich experience are the basis for Academician Zhong Nanshan to make great achievements in this field. In addition, Academician Zhong Nanshan is very strict with himself and never stops learning. Academician Zhong Nanshan deserves to be the honorary director of National Respiratory Medicine Center. Zhong Nanshan, honorary director of National Respiratory Medicine Center and academician of China Academy of Engineering, said that respiratory medicine center should study the most needed clinical problems, play a leading role and promote the common development of cooperative hospitals.

Academician Zhong Nanshan also has a unique view on cancer. In-depth research and long-term research have given him a deeper view of lung cancer, such as the discovery of early lung cancer and lung cancer surgery without intubation. There are different opinions on early intervention of COPD in the world, but practice has proved that early diagnosis and treatment of COPD can greatly improve the five-year survival rate of patients, and may even change the diagnosis and treatment strategy of COPD worldwide.

Academician Zhong Nanshan's long-term, in-depth and meticulous work has provided strong support and help for the fight against COVID-19, which is of great significance for fighting epidemic diseases, accelerating the pace of human epidemic prevention and promoting the new development of epidemic prevention. At the moment of global anti-epidemic, Academician Zhong Nanshan said that on the one hand, epidemic prevention and control in winter and spring should continue to be done well, on the other hand, vaccination should be promoted. Spring Festival travel rush is a large-scale population migration, and the prevention and control needs the joint efforts of the whole society.