Fudan University finds renowned medical expert innocent of academic misconduct

The committee found, according to the Detailed Rules for Training Scientific Research PhD Students, which was revised in January 1999 by the former Shanghai Medical University - it later became Fudan University's Shanghai Medical College - Zhang's doctoral dissertation had met the requirements for doctoral dissertations at that time.

"The summary for the appendix has nonstandard writing, which does not affect the scientific research achievements and academic level of the doctoral dissertation, and does not constitute academic misconduct," read a statement on the university's website.