The symposium was hosted by Professor Li Yuguang, Vice President of Shantou University and Director of the SUMC. Keynote speakers included Professor Jamel Chelly of Institut Cochin ("A Practical Clinical and Molecular Diagnostic Approach to Mental Deficiency") and Professor Andoni Urtizberea of Institut De Myologie ("Muscular Dystrophy: From genes to therapeutic perspectives").

A web site was set up to broadcast the conference live via the Internet. Simultaneous interpretation was provided by a French specialist. Web audiences were also invited to exchange views and participate interactively through the Skype Internet telephony network.

France is a leader in the construction and administration of scientific laboratories and in international scientific research and collaboration. The Institut Cochin and the Institut De Myologie are centers of scientific, clinical and educational research and a training ground for medical personnel in France. This exchange, which took place during the Year of Sino-French Exchange, further enhanced the ties between Shantou University and world-class research institutions in France and strengthened the university's research and training capabilities.

Since 1998, Shantou University has partnered with Stanford University, Yale University, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, Cambridge University, Lund University, University of Toronto, Osaka University, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong to organize the past seven National Telemedicine Educational Symposiums. Sponsored by the Li Ka Shing Foundation's "International Visiting Scholars Program," each year's symposium invites highly regarded medical experts to speak and to exchange views with Chinese medical professionals via satellite and Internet.

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