On Nov. 27, the Chinese Academy of Engineering announced the list of candidates for 2017 academicians. Prof. Nicholas Robert Lemoine, Dean of the Academy of Medical Sciences of ZZU, was elected as a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. The election of Prof. Nicholas Robert Lemoine marks the first breakthrough of ZZU having her own medical academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Altogether 18 foreign experts were elected as academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.