Jinan University School of Medicine is located in Tianhe District, Guangzhou. At the beginning of 1978, under the cordial care of Liao Chengzhi, then vice chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC), the party and the state made a decision to reopen Jinan University and set up Jinan University Medical College at the same time. In September of the same year, the State Education Commission officially approved the establishment of Jinan University Medical College with a six-year academic system. It was founded by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council according to the needs of overseas Chinese affairs and the requirements of overseas Chinese. It is also the first comprehensive university medical school in China to recruit students from overseas, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.