Introduction to the North Campus Office Building: The North Campus Office Building is also known as the "Red Building". It is located at Baizigang, the south gate of the North Campus. It is a three-story building with two front and rear buildings. It is a building that combines Chinese and Western styles with European classical architectural style. things.
The Red Building was built in 1916 and completed in 1918. It was the hospital building of the Guangdong Public Medical College at that time. In 1926, it was used as the overseas medical department of the Affiliated Hospital of the Faculty of Medicine of CUHK. In 1953, it was turned into the administrative office building of the South China Medical College. . In 1996, it was approved by the Guangzhou Municipal People's Government as a cultural relic protection unit in Guangzhou. In 2000, it was listed as a classical architecture and historical memorial building in Guangzhou. The top floor of the office building still retains the inscription "Sun Yat-sen Medical University" written by Deng Xiaoping in 1986. The front doorpost is inlaid with the copy of "Heal the sick, heal the body, heal the mind" inscribed in 1927 by Dai Jitao, the former president of Sun Yat-sen University, which was copied in 2004. ", save people, save the country, save the world", a black marble couplet, a bronze statue commemorating Sun Yat-sen's medical studies was erected in front of the office building.

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