Nanshan Zhong

Professor Nanshan Zhong is national leader in the prevention and treatment of major respiratory infectious diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchial asthma and other respiratory diseases in China. He has published more than 540 inernational peer-peer papers (Total citations: 10,800, H-index 50), on world’s top medical journals such as NEJM, Lancet, and JAMA. He also published more than 400 papers in national journals sponsored by the Chinese Medical Association; and various monographs , , he had nearly 60 invention patents. His practical and scientific treatment experience contributed a lot to public health policy shaping of China &Global in every pandemic incident.

During the SARS outbreak in 2003, Prof. Zhong opposed the view that typical chlamydia was the cause of SARS. His expertise provided a scientific basis for treatment decision-making in time. Professor Zhong’s team explored "three earlies and three rations" treatment protocol in a short time, namely, early diagnosis, early isolation, early treatment, rational use of corticosteroids, rational use of ventilators, and rational treatment of comorbidities). This protocol contributed to the 3.3% SARS mortality rate in Guangdong, which was the world's lowest SARS mortality rate.

Professor Zhong has been leading the development of a number of Chinese guidelines for the diagnosis and management of bronchial asthma, COPD, chronic cough, SARS, highly-pathogenic avian influenza and COVID-19. Since March 2020, Professor Zhong has attended more than thirty international webinar meetings on epidemic prevention and control, including the US, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Canada, Japan, Korea, India, Iraq and Nepal. The meetings aimed to share the Chinese experience to help these countries to deal with COVID-19 epidemic. He has also called for greater attention to the spread of novel coronavirus in a number of countries, addressing the importance of implementing the “Four Earlies” principles: early protection, early detection, early diagnosis, and early isolation. In September 2020, he was nominated as a member of COVID-19 Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, WHO.

Professor Zhong, shouldering the responsibilities in the outbreak of three coronavirus events this century, has made great efforts in clinical diagnosis, medication, scientific research and governmental strategies. He proposes “One world, one fight” to gather all the resources and strength to fight against the epidemic.