Chen Zhonghua graduated from Peking University School of Medicine and is currently the president of the Sino-U.S. Innovation Joint International Research Institute for Difficult Diseases and the Sino-foreign Innovation International Medical Research Institute. President Chen Zhonghua established the Sino-U.S. Innovation Joint Institute in Beijing in 2008 The International Research Institute of Intractable Diseases specializes in studying the causes and treatments of various intractable diseases. In 2012, the Sino-foreign Innovation International Medical Research Institute was established to specialize in the research of drugs for the treatment of various difficult diseases. Now it has applied for more than 30 drug invention patents for treating various difficult diseases through the China State Intellectual Property Office.