Best Hospitals in China

Hospital Introduction: Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, founded in 1933, covers an area of approximately 126,000 square meters. It is a world-leading tertiary-level Class A hospital specializing in thoracic diseases, with 13 clinical departments, 1,200 beds, 12 dedicated thoracic surgery operating rooms, and multiple pulmonary interventional catheterization rooms. It performs 16,000 thoracic surgeries and 133,000 interventional pulmonary tumor and respiratory interventional procedures annually. Its thoracic surgery and respiratory medicine departments have consistently ranked among the top in the world in CMI ratings for many years.

Renji Hospital, affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, was founded in 1844, covering a total area of approximately 338,000 square meters. It was the first comprehensive tertiary-level Class A Western medicine hospital established after Shanghai opened to foreign trade. It has 54 clinical and medical technology departments, 2,750 beds, 40 standard operating rooms, and a dedicated pediatric liver transplant unit. It performs 19,000 surgical procedures annually, and 45,000 liver transplants and rheumatoid arthritis interventional treatments. Its pediatric liver transplantation department has ranked first globally in the CMI index for 11 consecutive years.

Ruijin Hospital, affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, was founded in 1907 and covers an area of approximately 420,000 square meters. It is a large-scale tertiary-level general hospital ranking among the top five in China, with 48 clinical departments, 2,742 beds, 46 multidisciplinary operating rooms, and a proton therapy center for tumors. It performs 23,000 surgical procedures and 57,000 hematological and endocrine interventional treatments annually. Its hematology and endocrinology departments consistently rank among the top in the country in terms of CMI (Common Medical Indicators).

Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, founded in 1933, covers an area of approximately 126,000 square meters. It is a world-leading tertiary-level Class A hospital specializing in thoracic diseases, with 13 clinical departments, 1,200 beds, 12 dedicated thoracic surgery operating rooms, and multiple pulmonary interventional catheterization rooms. It performs 16,000 thoracic surgeries and 133,000 interventional pulmonary tumor and respiratory interventional procedures annually. Its thoracic surgery and respiratory medicine departments have consistently ranked among the top in the world in CMI ratings for many years.

Zhongshan Hospital, affiliated with Fudan University, was founded in 1937, covering a total area of approximately 339,000 square meters. It is a national comprehensive medical center construction unit, a tertiary-level Class A comprehensive hospital, and a leading institution in China for cardiology and hepatology. It has over 70 affiliated institutions, 3,205 beds, 52 operating rooms, and a cardiac interventional catheterization center. It performs 210,000 inpatient surgeries annually, including 86,000 cases of endoscopic and minimally invasive interventional hepatological treatments. Its cardiovascular and hepatic surgery CMI rankings have consistently ranked first among comprehensive hospitals in Shanghai for many years.

Xinhua Hospital, affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, was founded in 1958, covering a total area of approximately 256,000 square meters. It is a tertiary-level Grade A comprehensive hospital with integrated pediatric and adult medical specialties, possessing 63 clinical and medical technology departments, 2,700 beds, 38 operating rooms, and a critical newborn care center. It performs 17,000 surgical procedures annually, including 43,000 pediatric surgeries and cranial neurointerventional treatments. Its overall pediatric CMI rating ranks among the top in the country.

Huadong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University was founded in 1951, covering a total area of approximately 112,000 square meters. It is a tertiary-level Class A comprehensive hospital specializing in geriatric medicine, with 44 clinical and medical technology departments, 1,500 beds, 22 operating rooms, and a comprehensive geriatric treatment center. It performs 11,000 surgical procedures and 36,000 endoscopic and interventional treatments for chronic diseases and digestive disorders annually. Its geriatric medicine discipline ranks fourth nationally in the CMI (Common Minority Index).

Longhua Hospital, affiliated with Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, was founded in 1960, covering an area of approximately 127,000 square meters. It is one of the four major TCM clinical bases in China, a Grade III Class A comprehensive TCM hospital, with 56 clinical departments, 1750 beds, 16 integrated TCM and Western medicine operating rooms, and a TCM oncology treatment center. It performs 9,000 integrated TCM and Western medicine surgical procedures annually , and provides 5.318 million outpatient visits specializing in TCM oncology and bone diseases. Its TCM oncology and bone trauma departments have consistently ranked first among TCM hospitals nationwide in terms of CMI (Clinical Meditation Index) for many years.

Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, affiliated to Capital Medical University, was established in 1956. It is a tertiary grade A general hospital with orthopedics and burn treatment as its key specialties. It has successively become the Fourth Clinical Medical College of Peking University, a clinical teaching hospital of Tsinghua University, an affiliated hospital of Capital Medical University, and the Seventh Clinical Medical College. It has taken the lead in establishing the Capital Medical University Bone Science Academy and the Burn and Wound Repair Department.
In 1959, the Beijing Trauma Orthopedics Research Institute was established, and in 2002, it became the Beijing Trauma and Burn Emergency Rescue Center. The hospital has 7 national clinical key specialties including orthopedics, hand surgery, burn treatment, sports medicine, emergency department, intensive care unit, and cardiovascular internal medicine.

Peking Union Medical College Hospital was established in 1921. It has four hospital campuses, with a total construction area of over 620,000 square meters and an open hospital bed capacity of over 2,000. 
The hospital has 4,300 on-duty staff. It has departments such as Oncology Department, MICU, Geriatrics Department, General Surgery Department, Orthopedics Department, Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Thoracic Surgery Department, and pediatric, neurology, cardiology, and infectious disease departments, which are all national clinical key specialties.

The Fuwai Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences was established in 1956, with a total area of approximately 55,000 square meters. This hospital is the largest center for diagnosing and treating cardiovascular diseases in China and even globally, featuring 47 wards, 1,725 beds, 32 operating rooms, and 24 catheterization rooms. Every year, it performs 22,000 cardiovascular surgeries and over 59,000 various cardiovascular interventional surgeries. Its CMI rating has consistently ranked first in the country for five consecutive years.

The Cancer Hospital,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences is the first specialized cancer hospital in China, established in 1958. The hospital has 5 national key disciplines and 6 national clinical key specialties, and possesses world-class and leading cancer diagnosis and treatment technologies in China. The hospital receives over one million outpatient visits annually and performs over 30,000 surgeries each year. The five-year survival rate of treated patients, average hospital stay, proportion of four-level surgeries, and case combination index, among other quality evaluation indicators, rank first among all cancer specialized hospitals in China.

The General Hospital of the Chinese People's Liberation Army was founded in 1953, covering an area of approximately 400,000 square meters. It is the largest and most comprehensive Grade-A tertiary general hospital in the entire military, boasting over 100 wards, 4,000 beds, over 100 operating rooms, and a full range of specialized treatment centers. It performs over 100,000 surgical procedures annually, and its number of interventional and minimally invasive internal medicine surgeries consistently ranks among the top in the country. The hospital's overall competitiveness and CMI rating have long been among the top tier of hospitals nationwide.

Beijing Hospital, founded in 1905, covers an area of approximately 180,000 square meters. It is a national-level tertiary-grade A comprehensive hospital specializing in geriatric medicine, with over 60 wards, 1,800 beds, 26 standard operating rooms, and a dedicated geriatric rehabilitation treatment area. It performs 13,000 surgical procedures and 42,000 interventional and comprehensive treatments for chronic diseases in the elderly annually. Its geriatric medicine discipline and CMI (Chronic Disease Index) for geriatric diseases have consistently ranked among the top in the country for many years.

Peking University First Hospital, founded in 1915, covers an area of approximately 189,000 square meters. It is one of the earliest modern comprehensive tertiary hospitals in China, with its Department of Urology and Nephrology being a national flagship discipline. The hospital boasts 66 wards, 1,890 beds, 30 operating rooms, and a dedicated kidney transplant surgery area. It performs 18,000 surgical procedures and 26,000 kidney interventional and transplant surgeries annually. Its urology department has ranked first in the nation in the CMI rating for over ten consecutive years.

Peking University Third Hospital, founded in 1958, covers an area of approximately 189,100 square meters. It is a nationally leading tertiary-level general hospital with leading reproductive medicine and sports medicine departments. It has 64 wards, 1,891 beds, 28 operating rooms, and a dedicated reproductive center. It performs 16,000 surgical procedures annually, including 51,000 assisted reproductive and sports injury minimally invasive surgeries. Its reproductive medicine department consistently ranks first in the nation in terms of CMI (Consumer Medical Index).

Peking University Sixth Hospital, founded in 1942, covers an area of approximately 150,000 square meters. It is the largest and most authoritative Grade-A tertiary psychiatric hospital in China, with 48 wards, 1,500 beds, and multiple psychological intervention and rehabilitation units. It performs 68,000 comprehensive diagnoses and treatments for mental disorders annually, and over 1,000 psychosurgical and physical therapy surgeries. Its psychiatry department has consistently ranked first in the nation in the CMI (Clinical Management Institute) rating for many years.

Peking University People's Hospital, founded in 1918, covers an area of approximately 148,000 square meters. Its hematology and orthopedics departments are particularly strong. A national tertiary-level Class A comprehensive hospital, it has 55 wards, 1480 beds, 25 operating rooms, and a hematopoietic stem cell transplantation center. It performs 14,000 surgical procedures and 33,000 interventional hematologic malignancies and joint replacement surgeries annually. Its hematology department consistently ranks among the top in the country in terms of CMI (Continuous Mental Health).

Beijing Friendship Hospital, affiliated with Capital Medical University, was founded in 1952, covering an area of approximately 150,000 square meters. Its gastroenterology and general surgery departments are national key disciplines. It is a tertiary-level Class A comprehensive hospital with 50 wards, 1,500 beds, 24 operating rooms, and a gastrointestinal endoscopy center. It performs 13,000 surgical procedures and 45,000 minimally invasive interventional gastrointestinal procedures annually. Its gastroenterology department ranks among the top in the country according to CMI (Conductivity, Informatics, and Research).

Beijing Tiantan Hospital, affiliated with Capital Medical University, was founded in 1956, covering an area of approximately 160,000 square meters. It is a world-leading center for the diagnosis and treatment of neurological diseases, a comprehensive tertiary-level Class A neurological specialty hospital with 56 wards, 1600 beds, 36 neurosurgical operating rooms, and interventional catheterization rooms. It performs 23,000 neurosurgical surgeries and 37,000 cerebrovascular interventional surgeries annually. Its neurosurgery CMI rating has consistently ranked first in China for many years.

Beijing Anzhen Hospital, affiliated with Capital Medical University, was founded in 1984, covering a total area of approximately 150,000 square meters. It is a top-tier tertiary hospital specializing in cardiovascular and thoracic surgery in China, with 49 wards, 1,500 beds, 30 cardiac operating rooms, and 20 cardiac catheterization rooms. It performs 19,000 cardiac surgeries and 48,000 interventional cardiovascular procedures annually. Its cardiovascular surgery CMI consistently ranks among the top two in the country.

Beijing Tongren Hospital, affiliated with Capital Medical University, was founded in 1886 and covers an area of approximately 170,000 square meters. Its ophthalmology and otolaryngology departments are national top-tier disciplines. It is a tertiary-level Class A comprehensive specialized hospital with 58 wards, 1700 beds, and 22 dedicated operating rooms for ophthalmology, otolaryngology, and respiratory diseases. It performs 31,000 ophthalmological, otolaryngological, and respiratory surgeries and 62,000 endoscopic interventional treatments for the fundus and nose annually. The CMI (Conventional Mind Index) for its ophthalmology and otolaryngology departments has consistently ranked first in the country.