Former French PM awards Legion of Honour to Chinese doctor

WUHAN, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Former French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin awarded here Saturday the Legion of Honour toa doctor in central China for his contribution to Sino-French cultural and medical exchanges.

Zhou Yunfeng, head of Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University in Hubei province, received the honour from Raffarin who was in his two-day visit in Wuhan.

Zhou is the first Chinese clinical doctor wining the Legion of Honour, said Li Jian, Party chief of Wuhan University.

With the help of former French president Valery Giscard d'Estaing, Wuhan University has been the key institution of Sino-French cooperation on education since 1979.