Barely a year after returning to his alma mater, he became vice president of Sun Yat-sen Medical University (SMMU), where he was in charge of teaching, scientific research and part of the university's foreign affairs. He overcame all the difficulties in management and endeavored to innovate the management system, and in 1998, he also became the president and party secretary of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen Medical University. Undeterred by difficulties, he tried to build a new type of hospital: firstly, it should have a sense of social responsibility and a good reputation, fully embodying the humanitarian spirit; secondly, it should have a high quality of business, which can be counted in Guangdong and even in the whole country; and thirdly, it should have loose and harmonious interpersonal relationship, which is conducive to the growth of talents. As the president, he requires himself to have humanitarian values, respect for life and responsibility for people. He put forward a loud slogan in the hospital public **** Affairs Department: "The most precious thing is life, the most important thing is health." He stipulated that the hospital's two sedans be used to transport old professors and experts to and from work; subsidized each doctoral supervisor with a monthly allowance of 1,000 yuan; and dramatically increased the volume of outpatient clinics to increase efficiency. And deepen the reform to solve the unethical practices in the procurement of medical equipment and drugs. He said, "In the three hospitals, I will not use my power for my own personal gain, but I can't tolerate anyone to use their power for personal gain." April 7, 1999, he was in accordance with international practice for the procurement of medical equipment, open bidding, by the nine bid evaluation team of experts to assess independently, while asking the discipline inspection, monitoring, news organizations throughout the on-site supervision. This move is very successful, more than 20% savings than conventional procurement, and in an open, fair and equitable manner, in order to help put an end to unethical practices in the procurement of medicines, known as "trading under the sun".