Introduction

Since 2017, the hospital has initiated 109 projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). It has successively been approved for multiple major projects, including the National Key Research and Development Program of China, the Major Research Plan of National Natural Science Foundation of China, international (regional) cooperation and exchange projects, as well as the first NSFC for Excellent Young Scientists Fund Program by its independently trained talent.

The hospital has established high-level research platforms, including Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Orthopedic Diseases, Guangdong Innovative Engineering and Technology Research Center for Assisted Circulation, Joint Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolism and Critical Chronic Disease Prevention and Control at Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Ankylosing Spondylitis, Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Precision Prevention and Control of Major Chronic Diseases and Metabolism Research. 

Additionally, the Laboratory in Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone (approximately 8000 square meter is officially put into use in 2025.