December 17^th-18^th 2016, 2016 Forum of Young Scholars of Medicine and Health Management was held at Meiyuan Hotel, Wuhan. The forum, themed Innovative Thoughts and Advanced Exploration, aimed to gather young scholars in the medicine and health management field to share and exchange views of innovative thoughts, new ideas and advanced research methods.

The forum was the first academic activity subject to young scholars in the health management field in China. It was co-hosted by School of Medicine and Health Management, Chinese Consortium of Universities for Health Management and Sino-German Joint Research Platform of Health System; endorsed by  Chinese Hospital Management Journal, Chinese Health Resources Journal and Medicine and Society Journal. A total of 120 scholars/experts were present, including young leaders from the National Health and Family Planning Commission, Ms Hui Wang from the Lancet Asia editorial board, young scholars from 62 Chinese universities, 4 international postgraduate students from the US, the UK and Australia, and researchers from School of Medicine and Health Management.