China Medical University (CMU) was the first medical school established by the Chinese Communist Party in 1931. As the pioneer in western medicine education of China, now it ranks among the top ten medical universities all over the country. Formerly administered by the MOH, in 2000, it was taken over by the MOE and Liaoning Province. After several moving, it finally settled in Shenyang-the largest metropolis in northeast of China. On this campus of 445 acres, many famous medical experts and high-ranking officials in national health administration graduated from here, and some are practicing medicine in foreign countries like America, Japan etc.

CMU has been teaching medicine in English medium since 1976 and begun its MBBS programs in English and Japanese languages in 2005, which was approved by MOE in 2007. Its MBBS program in English medium has reached a leading level in China and won high international reputations. Currently, there are more than 475 international students from the United States of America, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Southeast Asia, Africa, Europe on campus.