China

Founded in 1941, Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital is a Tier 3A general hospital in Chengdu, China, integrating clinical care, medical education, scientific research, and innovation. Since entering a strategic partnership with the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China in 2013, the hospital has served as the university’s affiliated teaching and research hospital, supporting joint medical education and multidisciplinary clinical development. As one of the major comprehensive medical institutions in western China, the hospital provides tertiary healthcare services across a broad range of specialties.

Founded in 1910, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University (FAH-SYSU) is a large tertiary Grade 3A teaching hospital in Guangzhou City, South China. The hospital operates the Yuexiu headquarters, Huangpu Campus, and Nansha Campus, and jointly develops regional medical centers in Guangxi and Guizhou as part of China’s National Regional Medical Center initiative. FAH-SYSU is a pilot institution for high-quality public hospital development and participates in the establishment of a national medical center. The hospital is recognized for strengths in transplantation, critical care, nephrology, gastrointestinal diseases, vascular surgery, reproductive medicine, and minimally invasive surgery.

Founded in 1908, The First Hospital of China Medical University is a large Tier 3A comprehensive hospital in Shenyang City, Northeast China. The hospital integrates medical care, education, research, prevention, and rehabilitation, and serves as a National Regional Medical Center, a National Regional Medical Center for Oncology, and a referral center for complex and critical diseases in Northeast China. It is currently advancing the development of a National Medical Center and has consistently ranked within the top 1% of China’s public tertiary hospitals in national performance evaluations.

Founded in 1869, The Second Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University School of Medicine (SAHZU) is a leading public Tier 3A academic medical center in Hangzhou, China, recognized for clinical excellence, medical innovation, and multidisciplinary tertiary care. As the birthplace of Western medicine in Zhejiang Province and an affiliated teaching hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, SAHZU integrates clinical care, medical education, and scientific research while serving as one of China’s highest-ranked general hospitals. The hospital is particularly recognized for strengths in cardiovascular intervention, ophthalmology, emergency medicine, neurosurgery, oncology, burns, and complex surgical care.

Established in 1900 by German physician Erich Paulun in Shanghai and relocated to Wuhan in 1955, Tongji Hospital Affiliated to Tongji Medical College of HUST is a public comprehensive medical institution operating under the National Health Commission. The hospital integrates clinical care, medical education, scientific research, public health services, and hospital management research while supporting multidisciplinary healthcare delivery across a broad range of specialties. Over its development, Tongji Hospital has become one of China’s major academic medical institutions with a longstanding role in healthcare, research, and professional training.