Professor Samii honored with China Shenzhen citizenship

A hospital in Shenzhen, China has been named after world-class Iranian neurosurgeon Majid Samii, who also has been offered the citizenship of the Chinese city.

Professor Majid Samii of Iran has been given the honorary citizenship of the Chinese city of Shenzhen where a 1,600-bed mega hospital is now named after him.

In appreciation of the valuable scientific services of Professor Samii in training hundreds of brain and neurological surgeons in China, a hospital in Shenzhen has been named ‘Professor Samii International Medical Center’.

It came after Professor Samii received the highest scientific emblem of China dubbed as ‘Chinese Friendship Award’ from the Chinese premier in 2007.

Emad Askarieh

Emad Askarieh has worked as a journalist since 2002. The main focus of his work is foreign policy and world diplomacy. He started his career at Iran Front Page Media Group, and is currently serving as the World Editor and the Vice-President for Executive Affairs at the Iran Front Page (IFP) news website.

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