On 20th December 2023, Xinglin International Month Academic Forum for Young Students on the Combination of East and West-Keele University sub-forum was held online, 12 young teachers and students from CDUTCM and Keele University conducted dialogues and discussions on "Advances in Nursing Specialties by Integrating Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine". Dr Clare Corness-Parr, Principal Associate Dean of Keele Health Medical School, Dr Ivan McGlen, Head of International Department, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Dr Elizabeth Derbyshire, Director of the Centre for Student Learning and Development, Keele University, and Associate Professor Yu Yufeng, Associate Dean of the School of Nursing, CDUTCM, were present at the forum, and from across the university different Nearly 300 students and teachers from different disciplines attended the forum. The forum was chaired by Zara Devlin, a member of the faculty of CDUTCM-KEELE Joint Health and Medical Sciences Institute. 

At the beginning of the forum, Yu, Dean of the School of Nursing, presented a speech. She pointed out that the School of Nursing of CDUTCM has been actively carrying out international nursing academic communication and cooperation in recent years, and has achieved good results. This year's academic dialogue with Keele University is a valuable experience of nursing research and experience between the Chinese and Western world, and we wish this forum a complete success.

Following that, teachers and students from both Chinese and British universities gave presentations on various topics including progress in Traditional Chinese and Western medicine, nursing techniques, medical ethics, research perspectives, academic skills, healthcare, etc., and exchanges and Q&A sessions were held on the presentation topics.