Seventy Years of Passing on the Torch, Striving Forward in the New Era - Thoughts on the Construction of Forensic Medicine at Sun Yat-sen University.

The forensic medicine discipline of Sun Yat-sen University is one of the important origins of modern and contemporary forensic medicine education in China, and it is a microcosm of the development of forensic medicine education, research and identification practice in the People's Republic of China. This paper introduces the historical evolution, current situation, opportunities and challenges faced by the forensic medicine discipline of Sun Yat-sen University. Based on the historical new starting point of forensic medicine becoming a first-level discipline, it analyzes the construction goals and measures of the forensic medicine discipline of Sun Yat-sen University in the new era, aiming to reach consensus and promote the high-quality development of forensic medicine.