The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University has been dedicated to actively promoting international academic and personnel exchanges and collaborations. It has established cooperative partnerships with institutions in countries and regions including France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States, etc. The hospital has successfully organized a series of international academic conferences, including 11 sessions of the Sino-France International Breast Cancer Forum, 7 sessions of the International Uveitis Symposium, 6 sessions of the Chongqing International Forum in Gastrointestinal Surgery, and 5 sessions of the International Seminar on Mood Disorders And Suicide Study in Chongqing. Additionally, 23 overseas honorary and adjunct professors have been appointed.
Over the past decade, the hospital has hosted over 1,000 visits by international scholars and delegations, while sending more than 250 staff members abroad for academic exchanges, training, and research programs. It has enrolled 36 international postgraduate students from 21 countries, including Nepal, Palestine, Indonesia, and Canada, and has admitted 29 medical students from the United States, Italy, Belgium, and the United Kingdom for clinical rotations.