Table 2 the development of school of public health (preventive medicine) in China from 1949 to 2016

1949

Department of Hygiene of Chinese Medical University

1

1950

Rename as School of Public Health of Chinese Medical University

1

3

1954

Shanxi Medical College, Shanghai Medical College, Peking Medical College, Shandong Medical College, Sichuan Medical College, Wuhan Medical College, Jiangsu Medical College, Chinese Medical College, and Haerbin Medical College

9

5

1955

Department of Hygiene in Shanxi Medical College, Shanghai Medical College, Peking Medical College, Sichuan Medical College, Wuhan Medical College, Haerbin Medical College

6

5

1958

Six in 1955, plus 17 in Jiangsu, Shandong, Fujian, etc.

23

5

1965

The same as ones in 1955

6

6

1966

Stop enrollment during 1966–1971

6

–

1984

Six in 1955, plus 21 in Anhui Medical College, Fujian Medical College, Guangdong Pharmacy College, Zhongshan Medical College, Guangxi Medical College, Henan Medical College, Hunan Medical College, Baotou Medical College, Nanjing Medical College, Nanjing Railway Medical College, Bethune Medical College, Chinese Medical College, Shenyang Medical College, Ningxia Medical College, Lanzhou Medical College, Tianjin Medical College, Shandong Medical College, Kunming Medical College, Xinjiang Medical College, Wuhan Metallurgy Medical College, and Mudanjiang Medical College

27

5or 6

1985

Department of Hygiene renames as School of Public Health, and Health discipline renamed as preventive medicine discipline

27

5 or 6

1988

Twenty-seven in 1984, plus 5 in Guiyang Medical College, Huabei Coal Medical College, Jiangxi Medical College, Dalian Medical College, and Jining Medical College

32

5

2010

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68^*

5

2016

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99^#

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