July 2001 : Meeting at RuiJin Hospital in Shanghai of delegates of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Research with delegates of the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology to discuss the establishment of future Sino-French research collaborations in Life Sciences and Genomics.
April 2002 : Signature of a Memorandum for the foundation of a Sino-French Research Center in Life Sciences and Genomics affiliated to RuiJin Hospital.
October 2002 : Signature of the General Sino-French Scientific Cooperation Agreement for the foundation of the Sino-French Research Center in Life Sciences and Genomics, with Mrs Claudie Haignerie, the French Minister of Research, present at the official ceremony.
Inauguration by Prof. LI Hongwei, director of RuiJin Hospital, of the Sino-French Research Center located in the newly built Science and Education Plaza of RuiJin Hospital.
Signature of an agreement for the sponsoring of the Sino-French Research Center by “Fondation BNP Paribas”
April 2008 : Renewal of the Sino-French General Scientific Cooperation Agreement for a new 5 year term (2008 – 2013).
April 2008 : Group picture of the Institutional and Scientific management staff of the Sino-French Center.
