Peking Union Medical College Hospital

Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH), founded in 1921 by the Rockefeller Foundation and affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, is China's premier academic medical center and has ranked #1 in the national hospital rankings for 14 consecutive years — the only hospital to hold this distinction.

With over 2,000 beds, 59 clinical departments, and more than 4,200 qualified medical staff, PUMCH handles over 5 million outpatient visits and performs more than 73,000 surgeries annually.

The hospital is China's apex national referral center for rare and difficult-to-diagnose diseases, hosting the National Medical Service Quality Control Center for Rare Diseases and managing an estimated 30% of all complex rare disease cases in the country. Its academic breadth spans virtually every major discipline, with national key specialty recognition across more than 60 departments and a deep commitment to physician training, research, and international medical care.