List of hospitals in China: where official counts and lists of hospitals are published

Official sources publish hospital counts for China as a whole and for some cities, and some publish lists of institutions. This page sets out what each source contains and links to this site's guides for the details. It does not rate, rank or recommend any hospital.

National counts

The National Health Commission's statistical bulletin counts 38710 hospitals nationwide at the end of 2024. Of these, 11754 are public hospitals and 26956 are private hospitals.

The bulletin splits hospitals by level. It counts 4111 tertiary hospitals, 12294 secondary hospitals, 13287 primary hospitals and 9018 hospitals with no level assigned. Our guide to hospital grades in China explains what level and grade mean.

The bulletin also splits hospitals by beds. It counts 22721 hospitals with fewer than 100 beds, 5813 with 100 to 199 beds, 5543 with 200 to 499 beds, 2290 with 500 to 799 beds and 2343 with 800 or more beds.

Lists and counts for cities

The Beijing government's English portal lists major medical institutions that provide full-process foreign language services, and it points to an appendix of other institutions. Our guide to hospitals in Beijing reproduces the portal's list.

The Guangzhou Municipal Health Commission has a medical institution query page. The page lists releases of information on licensed medical institutions, each with a data date. Our guide to hospitals in Guangzhou describes it.

The Shanghai Statistical Yearbook counts hospitals among its health institutions. Its hospital row for 2024 shows 503 institutions and 176050 beds. Our guide to hospitals in Shanghai gives the full table.

What this page did not establish

No full list of hospital names for China, or for any one city, was collected here.
No hospital's level, ownership or licence was checked.

Questions people ask

How many hospitals are there in China?

The National Health Commission's statistical bulletin counts 38710 hospitals at the end of 2024.

Does this page rank hospitals?

No. The sources read for this page count hospitals and list institutions. They do not rank hospitals, and this page does not either.

Sources

Each source above was read on the date shown. This page is an unofficial summary of general administrative information. It is not published by the bodies named above, and it is not medical advice. If it differs from the official pages, the official pages prevail, and figures may change after the check date.