Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, affiliated with Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (SHUTCM), traces its origins to the Fifth Outpatient Clinic of the Shanghai Public Medical Service, founded in 1952. It was the first TCM medical institution established by the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government after the founding of the People’s Republic of China and is widely known as the cradle of Shanghai’s distinguished TCM physicians.
In 1998, the hospital completed a strategic transformation from a pure TCM hospital to an integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine facility. Today, it is one of China's National Key Hospitals for Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine. With a comprehensive range of clinical disciplines and strong technical capabilities, it excels in clinical care, education, and research and is widely recognized in China and abroad for its strengths in integrative medicine. The hospital ranks among the national leaders in service capacity and operational efficiency.
The hospital holds multiple national-level accreditations: National Center for TCM Inheritance and Innovation; a designated supporting hospital for National Regional Medical Centers; a pilot institution for the National Flagship Hospital Program for Collaborative Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine; a designated institution for establishing a National TCM Medical Center; and a National TCM Rehabilitation Center. It hosts the National Clinical Research Alliance for Acupuncture Anesthesia and led the drafting of two core national standards: Guidelines for Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospitals (2011 Edition) issued by the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (NATCM), and Standards for National Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Medical Centers (Integrative Hospitals) jointly released by NATCM and the National Health Commission.
The hospital houses the editorial office of the Journal of Integrative Medicine (English Edition), the integrative medicine journal with the highest impact factor in China. It consistently ranks at the top in national performance assessments among tertiary public integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine hospitals. The hospital has earned the National Model Ethical Institution honor and has been awarded the Shanghai Municipal Model Ethical Institution title for thirteen consecutive assessment cycles. Other accolades include the National Advanced Collective in the Health Sector, the National Model Unit for Hospital Cultural Development, the National Pilot Digital Hospital, the National Demonstration Hospital for Optimized Medical Services, the Shanghai May 1st Labor Medal, and the Shanghai Municipal Government Gold Quality Award.
The Ganhe Road Main Hospital sits in Hongkou District and is the only Grade A tertiary TCM hospital in northern downtown Shanghai. The Qinghai Road Distinguished TCM Specialist Clinic in Jing’an District has a rich historical and cultural heritage, bringing together top TCM masters and flagship specialties from across Shanghai, and serves as the Clinical Inheritance Center for Modern Shanghai TCM Schools. The Shanghai Institute of Acupuncture and Meridian Research in Xuhui District specializes prominently in non-pharmacological therapies. Together, the Ganhe Road Main Hospital, Qinghai Road Specialist Clinic, and Shanghai Institute of Acupuncture and Meridian Research form the hospital’s “One Body, Two Wings” development layout, with the core general hospital as the main body and the specialist clinic and research institute as dual supporting wings.
Construction of the Songjiang branch broke ground in 2025. Phase I will include 600 inpatient beds and is scheduled for completion in 2028. Aligned with the development of Songjiang New City and the national Yangtze River Delta Integration Strategy, the new branch will strengthen the hospital’s integrated Traditional Chinese and Western medicine brand and highlight its dual positioning of international engagement and innovation. It will facilitate industry-research integration between medical achievements and Songjiang’s industrial sectors, underpin the G60 Yangtze River Delta Science and Innovation Corridor, and drive high-quality growth of the integrative medicine industrial cluster.
Upholding equal emphasis on traditional Chinese and Western medicine, the hospital has established a phased, multidisciplinary integrated care system centered on conditions for which TCM has demonstrated particular therapeutic advantages, with clinical outcome evaluation at its core. Six specialized, integrated Traditional Chinese and Western medicine clinical diagnosis and treatment centers have been established to refine this system. We deliver holistic, one-stop, optimized care by combining TCM and Western therapies, internal and surgical treatments, and pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions. Our expertise in treating critical and complex diseases through integrative medicine leads the country, forming the replicable and scalable “Yueyang Model” of integrative medical care that charts a modern, internationalized development path for integrated Traditional Chinese and Western medicine with Chinese characteristics.
Yueyang Hospital is among China’s few facilities certified across all five national clinical center programs: Chest Pain Center, Atrial Fibrillation Center, Heart Failure Center, Stroke Center, and Cardiac Rehabilitation Center. It is also Shanghai’s first internet hospital specializing in integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine.
Three national and seven Shanghai municipal Intangible Cultural Heritage therapies are preserved here: Zhu’s Gynecological Therapy, Ding’s Tuina Therapy, and Lu’s Acupuncture Therapy. The hospital is a major Shanghai base for research and clinical application of TCM herbal paste formulations (Gao Fang) and one of the nation’s largest hospitals with in-house herbal processing capabilities.
It hosts university-affiliated research institutes: the Institute of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Clinical Medicine, the Institute of Tuina Research, the Institute of Dermatology, the Institute of Acupuncture and Meridian Research, the Shanghai Clinical Research Center for Acupuncture, and the Shanghai Institute of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Cardiovascular Medicine. Hospital-level research platforms include Clinical Immunology, Acupuncture Anesthesia Lab, Translational Oncology, Neurology, Hematology, Gynecology, Orthopedics & Traumatology, Pharmaceutical Research Department, and Clinical Laboratory Medicine Center. Notably, Yueyang Hospital is China’s sole designated National Clinical Research Base for Non-Pharmacological TCM Therapies.
As a teaching hospital of SHUTCM, it undertakes the construction of the university’s top-tier undergraduate program in Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Clinical Medicine, one of China’s first-batch National First-Class Undergraduate Majors. It ranks among the earliest national standardized residency training bases for TCM and TCM general practice and serves as a national key training base for TCM general practitioners. The hospital runs 8 doctoral programs, 17 master’s programs, and 7 postdoctoral research stations, as well as 20 clinical teaching offices and 1 TCM clinical skills training center. Its elite faculty includes a national Huang Danian-style teaching team and nationally distinguished master educators, with awards such as the First-Class National Teaching Achievement Prize and the First-Class Ministry of Education Science and Technology Progress Prize. It also hosts the Shanghai TCM Clinical Training Center, which provides guidance and training to 29 district-level sub-bases and 240 community health service centers citywide.
The hospital boasts a high-caliber talent roster: 1 National Master of TCM; 3 appointments as Chief Scientist under the National 973 Program; 1 Ministry of Education Changjiang Distinguished Professor; 1 National Distinguished Young Scholar Fund laureate; 2 National Excellent Young Scholar Fund laureates; 2 National Millions of Talents Project; 3 National Outstanding Young & Middle-aged Health Professionals; 1 China Young Women Scientist Award winner; 3 Qihuang Scholars; 5 Young Qihuang Scholars; 1 Shanghai Outstanding Talent; 21 Shanghai Master of TCM; 6 Shanghai Leading Talents; 2 Shanghai Craftsmen. We have established a four-in-one talent development ecosystem that covers master inheritance, innovative research, medical-engineering cross-disciplinary collaboration, and all-tier talent pooling, forming a comprehensive talent development system spanning the entire professional career.
Committed to preserving and promoting TCM culture, the hospital has established cooperative ties with medical institutions in France, Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Australia, and other countries. It took the lead in establishing three overseas TCM hubs: the INOVA TCM Center in the U.S., the Mauritius TCM Center, and the Morocco TCM Center, all of which have extensive global influence. The China-Mauritius TCM Center pioneered an overseas operational model that integrates acupuncture and herbal medicine. Through diverse channels, the hospital actively promotes TCM therapeutic techniques and traditional Chinese medical culture, becoming a renowned Shanghai brand for global TCM services. Its International Medical Department delivers personalized, efficient, high-quality medical services for both domestic and overseas patients.
Guided by its core values of Precision, Diligence, Benevolence, and Integrity and its service philosophy of Care for Life, Professional Dedication, Integration of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, and Pursuit of Excellence, Yueyang Hospital remains committed to preserving the distinctive strengths of traditional Chinese medicine while advancing the integration of traditional Chinese and Western medicine. Serving patients in Shanghai, the Yangtze River Delta, and around the world, we strive to build a top-tier, internationally recognized, modern, integrated hospital of Traditional Chinese and Western medicine, a high-quality, innovative, smart, and humanistic medical institution with profound cultural warmth for the people.
Contact Information
Main Hospital
Address: No. 110 Ganhe Road, Hongkou District, Shanghai
Postal Code: 200437
Switchboard: +86 21 65161782
Specialized Outpatient Clinic
Address: No. 44 Qinghai Road, Jing’an District, Shanghai
Postal Code: 200041
Switchboard: +86 21 62536300
Shanghai Institute of Acupuncture and Meridian Research
Address: No. 650 Wanping South Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai
Postal Code: 200030
Switchboard: +86 21 64382190
International Medical Department
Address: 3rd Floor, Building 2, No. 110 Ganhe Road
Hotline: +86 (021) 55982333
