PUTH

Peking University Third Hospital (PUTH), founded in 1958, is a hospital directly under the National Health Commission. It is a comprehensive tertiary hospital integrating medical care, teaching, research, preventive healthcare, rehabilitation, and health management.

For many years, PUTH has consistently ranked among the top in Beijing in terms of medical service volume and efficiency. It currently operates over 2,700 beds. In 2025, it served more than 5.9 million outpatient and emergency visits, 198,000 inpatient visits, and completed 117,000 surgical procedures, with an average length of stay of 4.16 days, leading nationwide. In March 2022, PUTH was selected as one of 14 pilot public hospitals for high-quality development nationwide. In the national performance assessment of tertiary public hospitals, PUTH received an A++ rating for the years 2018-2024.

PUTH boasts 1 academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 8 recipients of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, 4 Changjiang Scholars, and 2 recipients of the National High-Level Talent Special Support Plan for scientific and technological innovation.

As a tertiary comprehensive hospital with distinctive and prominent multidisciplinary strengths, PUTH's Department of Spine Surgery is recognized as the strongest discipline nationally. Its Reproductive Medicine Center offers the most comprehensive treatment methods and is one of the largest centers internationally; the first in vitro fertilization baby in mainland China was born here. The Institute of Sports Medicine is the earliest established and most authoritative designated center for athlete injury prevention and treatment by the Chinese Olympic Committee. Its Department of Ophthalmology ranks among the top nationally in corneal diseases, orbital diseases, fundus diseases, and cataracts. The Department of Gastroenterology is at the forefront in the country for research and treatment of ulcer pathogenesis and the diagnosis and treatment of early gastric cancer. The Department of Cardiology has achieved outstanding results in interventional treatment of coronary heart disease, cardiac rehabilitation, and coordinated development of clinical and basic cardiovascular research. The Department of Plastic Surgery and the Department of Occupational Diseases were among the first clinical specialty departments established in China.

PUTH promotes high-quality development through discipline construction. Currently, the hospital has 27 national clinical key specialties (including construction projects, totaling 37 batches): Orthopedics (approved three times), Pharmacy (clinical pharmacy), Pathology, Specialty Nursing, Laboratory Medicine, Gastroenterology (approved three times), Obstetrics and Gynecology (with separate approvals for gynecology and obstetrics, totaling four times), Occupational Diseases, Otolaryngology, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Molecular Biology and Regulatory Peptides, Respiratory Medicine (approved twice), Neurology (approved twice), General Surgery, Urology, Ophthalmology, Anesthesiology (approved twice), Rehabilitation Medicine (approved twice), Plastic Surgery (reconstructive surgery), Sports Medicine, Cardiology, Radiation Oncology (radiotherapy), Emergency Medicine, Neurosurgery, Endocrinology, Reproductive Medicine, and Hematology. Additionally, several clinical and ancillary departments, including Laboratory Medicine, Medical Imaging, Critical Care Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology Research Center (epidemiology), Infectious Diseases, Traditional Chinese Medicine Gynecology, Reproductive Medicine, and Neurosurgery, have been approved as Beijing municipal clinical key specialties (including construction projects).

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology houses the National Clinical Research Center for Women's Health and Obstetric and Gynecologic Diseases. The Department of Obstetrics and the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine serve as the National Medical Quality Control Centers for Obstetrics and Rehabilitation Medicine, respectively. The Department of Reproductive Medicine is the lead unit of the National Expert Group for Quality Management of Assisted Reproductive Technology. The hospital is a pilot unit for the national "flagship" hospital for integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine, with the Department of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Sports Medicine, and Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine designated as construction units for national "flagship" departments for integrated TCM-Western medicine.

PUTH consistently adheres to a patient-centered approach, implementing multiple measures to continuously improve the medical experience. The hospital strengthens MDT (multidisciplinary team) and comprehensive management of rare diseases, enhancing the capacity to treat complex and critical conditions. Minimally invasive surgeries, day surgeries, and weekend/evening outpatient services benefit more patients, and the pain-free hospital initiative is steadily advancing. The outpatient "one-stop" appointment platform is continuously optimized, with special medical and international medical services offering multi-level options. For inpatient services, the process of "direct admission to wards" is gradually promoted, a pilot no-escort care ward has been launched, and a "discharge without worries" project has been introduced. The smart hospital initiative brings patients a more convenient and efficient medical experience. The internet hospital has launched an "intelligent diagnosis agent" that integrates consultation, triage, registration, and diagnosis via intelligent linkage. The family doctor accompaniment diagnosis service, known as "village clinics," covers 18 communities in Yanqing, and the "cloud clinic" for direct community referral connects 15 communities in Haidian. In 2025, the internet hospital completed 250,000 consultations and added 780,000 new registered users. A new-generation domestic AI PACS system has been fully launched, greatly improving service efficiency.

As a clinical medical school of Peking University, the hospital fulfills the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education, adheres to a student-centered educational philosophy, prioritizes moral education, and promotes comprehensive development. The hospital has established an education and teaching center to deepen reforms in medical education and teaching. PUTH places great emphasis on undergraduate education; relevant courses have been selected as high-quality undergraduate courses at Beijing universities. Its teaching achievements won the first prize of the 2022 National Teaching Achievement Award for Higher Education (undergraduate). The Neurology team received the national second prize in the University Teacher Teaching Innovation Competition. Each year, the hospital is responsible for the teaching and training management of nearly 700 undergraduates, over 800 postgraduates, nearly 600 residents in standardized training, and nearly 2,000 visiting physicians/nurses. It manages undergraduate medical education mainly for the eight-year clinical medicine program, covering multiple disciplines. The hospital offers 31 doctoral training programs and 33 master's training programs, with 20 national resident standardized training bases, 3 national key resident standardized training bases, and 3 national bases for specialist physician standardized training designated by the National Health Commission.

PUTH consistently adheres to a clinical-problem-oriented approach to scientific and technological innovation, ranking first among Beijing municipal hospitals for many consecutive years in the number of projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. In recent years, PUTH has implemented several major initiatives to stimulate innovation in medical science and technology and promote the translation of innovations. In 2019, it established the Medical Innovation Research Institute and led the formation of the Beijing Xueyuan Road Clinical Medicine Collaborative Innovation Alliance. In 2021, it co-built with Haidian District a proof-of-concept center based on medical institutions. In 2024, the PUTH Science and Technology Association was established, and the Industrial Development Research Institute (PUTH) was officially inaugurated. The hospital actively explores innovative management models, building a new model of hospital-university collaboration, and has established a total of 25 hospital-enterprise joint R&D centers.

In terms of research platform construction, PUTH currently holds 3 Ministry of Education innovation teams: Orthopedics, Institute of Sports Medicine, and Obstetrics and Gynecology; 3 national research platforms: the National Key Laboratory of Female Fertility Promotion, the National Key Laboratory of Vascular Homeostasis and Remodeling, and the National Clinical Research Center for Women's Health and Obstetric and Gynecologic Diseases; and 16 provincial and ministerial research platforms. Additionally, it has 2 demonstration centers for clinical application of innovative drugs and devices.

PUTH explores new pathways for the downward flow of high-quality medical resources and has consistently ranked among the top in the comprehensive evaluation of medical consortia in Beijing. As part of the Haidian Central-Eastern Comprehensive Medical Consortium and 15 cross-regional specialty consortia, it drives improvements in regional medical service capacity. The hospital's Second Outpatient Department, Central Party School Campus, Airport Campus, North Campus, and Haidian North Campus are under vertical management and homogeneous management. PUTH manages two district-level hospitals in Haidian and Yanqing, supporting the development of the capital's medical and health sector; it manages the Yan'an Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital in support of the old revolutionary base areas; and it has built two national regional medical centers—the PUTH Chongli Campus and the PUTH Qinhuangdao Hospital—to implement the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei coordinated development strategy.

PUTH consistently upholds the public welfare nature of public hospitals, fulfilling its responsibility as a "national team" to protect people's lives and health. A national medical team of 137 medical staff who supported the fight against COVID-19 in Hubei was awarded honorary titles such as "National Advanced Collective in the Fight Against the COVID-19 Pandemic" and "Model of the Times." PUTH and its Chongli Campus were honored with the "Outstanding Contribution Collective for the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics," recognized by the Party Central Committee and the State Council. PUTH Yanqing Hospital was named "Beijing Advanced Collective for the Winter Olympics and Paralympics."

The hospital continuously carries out medical support missions to Tibet and Xinjiang, as well as roving medical services, and completes medical security tasks for major events and important meetings. Since 2015, 67 personnel in 11 batches have participated in the "group-style" medical aid to Tibet, providing ongoing support to local health development in the high-altitude region; a total of 17 aid-Xinjiang cadres in 9 batches have been successively dispatched to promote the work. In 2025, it sent one cadre to serve as the dean of the Medical School of Tibet University. The national roving medical team of PUTH has visited 29 hospitals in the Tibet Autonomous Region, Shanxi Province, and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. In 2025, it sent 109 medical personnel to 15 hospitals, including the People's Hospital of Daning County in Shanxi, to carry out health assistance and paired support tasks, promoting the downward flow of high-quality medical resources.

The hospital has received numerous honors over the years. It has been successively awarded titles such as National Civilized Unit, May Day Labor Certificate, National March 8th Red Banner Collective, National Advanced Collective in Health System, National Benchmark Unit for Health Political and Ideological Work, National Advanced Collective in Pharmaceutical and Health System, National Demonstration Unit for TCM Work in Comprehensive Hospitals, National Innovative Hospital for Improving Medical Services, and Core Unit for Capital's Top Ten Diseases Science and Technology. Departments such as Neurology, Cardiology, Ophthalmology, Institute of Sports Medicine, and Pharmacy have received the "National Youth Civilization" honorary title. The hospital was awarded the title of "Model Employee Home" by the All-China Federation of Trade Unions.

Honors bear witness to history, and hard work creates the future. PUTH will continue to be guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, with party building as the lead, and will deepen