Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University
首都医科大学附属北京友谊医院
Xicheng District, Beijing
1952
Founded
3,306
Beds
~3.4 million
Annual Outpatient Visits
~93,000
Annual Inpatient Admissions
About the Hospital
Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University — founded in 1952 (originally the Beijing Soviet Red Cross Hospital, renamed by Premier Zhou Enlai in 1970) — is a Grade III Class A general hospital operating three Beijing campuses (Xicheng, Tongzhou, and Shunyi) with 3,306 authorized beds and more than 5,100 staff. Its three campuses collectively serve over 3.36 million outpatient visits and more than 93,000 inpatient admissions annually.
It is the seat of the National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases (designated 2014) and established China's first multidisciplinary digestive-disease center in 2003. With eight National Clinical Key Specialties, it is a leading national center for digestive and liver disease, hepatobiliary surgery and liver transplantation, kidney disease and transplantation, and tropical and infectious disease. Its International Medical Center serves overseas patients in English, French, Japanese, and Russian.
Highlight Specialties
Gastroenterology
National Clinical Key SpecialtyGeneral Surgery
National Clinical Key SpecialtyTropical Medicine
National Clinical Key SpecialtyIntensive Care Medicine
National Clinical Key SpecialtyGeriatrics
National Clinical Key SpecialtyLaboratory Medicine
National Clinical Key SpecialtyPathology
National Clinical Key SpecialtyNotable Achievements
- Seat of the National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases — China's national coordinating center for digestive-disease research, designated 2014.
- Established China's first multidisciplinary digestive-disease center in 2003; the digestive endoscopy center earned WEO Top 20 Global Best Endoscopy Centers recognition.
- Three campuses with 3,306 authorized beds and over 3.36 million outpatient visits annually — one of Beijing's busiest general hospitals.
- Holds 1 national key discipline and 12 national clinical key specialties, one of Beijing's most diversely nationally recognized general hospitals.
Featured Technology & Equipment
WEO-Recognized Advanced Digestive Endoscopy Center
WEO-Recognized Advanced Digestive Endoscopy Center
One of the World Endoscopy Organization's Top 20 Global Best Endoscopy Centers, this suite combines capsule endoscopy, endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS), magnification endoscopy, and image-enhanced endoscopy with high-volume ESD and ERCP procedures — enabling same-session minimally invasive diagnosis and curative resection of early gastrointestinal cancers that would otherwise require open surgery.
Robotic & Laparoscopic Liver Transplantation Program
Robotic & Laparoscopic Liver Transplantation Program
China's most comprehensive liver transplant program by technique — offering whole-liver, living-donor (LDLT), split-liver, domino, auxiliary, and robotic-assisted transplants. The center performed Beijing's first robot-assisted living-donor hepatectomy and the world's first cross-auxiliary domino liver transplant, dramatically expanding the living-donor pool and reducing donor recovery time.
Proprietary Single-Port Laparoscopic Surgical Robot
Proprietary Single-Port Laparoscopic Surgical Robot
Developed in-house with independent intellectual property, this single-port robotic system uses continuum-mechanics deformable arms to perform complex abdominal procedures — cholecystectomy, colectomy, gastrectomy — through a single small incision. Human trials completed in 2021; the urology team has also applied robotic assistance for complex partial nephrectomy and first-in-world robot-assisted radical prostatectomy in a kidney transplant recipient.
Plan Your Visit
Nearby Hotels
Jianguo Hotel Qianmen Beijing
$75–$95/night
Beijing Dong Fang Hotel
$64–$95/night
Holiday Inn Express Beijing Temple of Heaven
$50–$70/night
The Westin Beijing Financial Street
$140–$200/night
Halal Dining
Jubaoyuan Hotpot (Niujie)
Hongji Snack Shop
Niujie Halal Man Heng Ji
Nearby Mosques
Niujie Mosque (Established 996 AD)
2.4 km from hospital
Transport
95 Yong'an Road, Xicheng District, Beijing
Nearest Metro: Tianqiao Station (Line 8) — approx. 500 m walk
The Xicheng main campus is close to Beijing's historic Niujie Muslim quarter (~2.3 km), Beijing's densest concentration of halal restaurants and the site of the historic Niujie Mosque (996 AD). Tianqiao Station (Line 8) is a short walk from the main entrance; Line 8 connects to Lines 4 and 7 for citywide transit.
International Patient Services
Languages: English, French, Japanese, Russian
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