Soochow University is located in Suzhou,an ancient city popularly called 'the Paradise on Earth' in China.With a long history tracing back to Dongwu University founded in 1900,it is not only a key comprehensive university of Jiangsu Province but also one of the first-tier universities supported by the national '211' project.Today the university boasts three campuses.The School of Biology & Basic Medical Sciences,which was founded in early 2008 through a meager of the Department of Basic Medical Sciences and the School of Life Sciences,is located in the beautiful Dushu Lake Campus.The medical education of Soochow University can be traced back to Nantong Medical College founded in 1912,while its biological science education dates back to Shanghai Sericulture School for Girls founded in 1903.Today,the school seeks to attain the highest standards in teaching,academic research and enterprise so as to become a center of excellence regionally and nationally.