Founded on February 15, 1915, Peking University First Hospital (PKUFH) is located at the foot of the old imperial city of Beijing and adjacent to Beihai Park. It is a large Grade A tertiary comprehensive hospital integrating medical treatment, teaching, scientific research, disease prevention and public health. It is also one of the high-level hospitals nationwide that lead clinical scientific research and achievement transformation. Upholding the spirit of its motto "Virtue and Integrity" and the vision of "being the benchmark for medical and health services", the hospital has always taken serving people's health as the fundamental purpose of its development and construction.
Historical Evolution
The predecessor of PKUFH was the Clinic Affiliated to Peking Medical College. Later, it was successively renamed Affiliated Hospital of Peking University of Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Peking University School of Medicine, etc. In 1946, the hospital was incorporated into Peking University along with Peking University School of Medicine, hence the name "PKUFH". In 1952, during the national adjustment of higher education institutions and departments, the School of Medicine of Peking University became an independent institution named Beijing Medical College, which was later renamed Beijing Medical University. Accordingly, the hospital was successively renamed Affiliated Hospital of Beijing Medical College, First Affiliated Hospital of Beijing Medical College, and First Affiliated Hospital of Beijing Medical University. In 2000, Peking University and Beijing Medical University merged again, and the hospital was renamed "Peking University First Hospital".
Pioneering Disciplines and Innovative Medical Technologies
Over the past century, PKUFH has pioneered a number of specialized disciplines and clinical technologies in China. It established the first pediatric teaching and research section (1929), urology department (1946), nephrology specialty (1950), cardiovascular ward in a general hospital (the 1950s), pediatric surgery (1950), and pediatric neurology specialty (1961) in China. It also set up China’s earliest anesthesiology laboratory (1961) and the first clinical pharmacology research institute (1980). The hospital took the lead in China in carrying out improved intravenous anesthesia (1951), radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer (1951), congenital heart disease surgery (the 1950s), labor analgesia (1955), kidney transplantation (1960), intraocular lens implantation (1983), interventional therapy for coronary heart disease (1986), thoracoscopic surgery (1992), laparoscopic urological surgery (1992), minimally invasive incision lung transplantation (2005), and percutaneous ventricular reconstruction (2013). It also developed China’s first extracorporeal shock wave lithotripter (1984) and the first autologous blood recovery machine (1990), making outstanding contributions to China’s medical cause.
Party Building and Glorious Honors
As a national - level hospital, the Party Committee of PKUFH has always thoroughly studied and implemented Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. It firmly implements the president - responsibility system under the leadership of the Party committee, focuses on the goal of high - quality development, and takes the initiative to serve and integrate into the national strategy, striving to promote the hospital to achieve new leaps and development and draw a new blueprint for its high - quality development. Over the years, the hospital has achieved numerous accomplishments and won wide recognition with many honors, including Model of the Times awarded by the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, Benchmark Unit for Ideological and Political Work in the Health System, National March 8th Red Banner Collective, Advanced Collective of the National Health and Family Planning System, Capital Labor Certificate, Capital Model Civilized Unit, Advanced Party Organization of Beijing Universities, Advanced Party Committee of Peking University, Advanced Grass - roots Party Organization of Peking University, and Advanced Collective for Party and Ideological and Political Work of Peking University Health Science Center. The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology has been awarded the "Women's Civilization Post" and the National May 1st Women's Merit Certificate by the All - China Women's Federation. Wards such as the Second Pediatric Ward, Urology Ward, First Obstetric Ward, Emergency Rescue Room, and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit have won the honorary title of "National Youth Civilization Post". The hospital has been awarded the titles of "Model Staff Home" and "Model Staff Home Red Flag Unit" by the All - China Federation of Trade Unions.
Strong Disciplinary Strength and Talented Team
PKUFH has a complete range of disciplines, with comprehensive strength ranking among the top in China and first - class in the world. The first - level discipline of clinical medicine has been included in the list of national "Double First - class" construction disciplines. Currently, the hospital leads 4 key disciplines of the Ministry of Education, 1 key discipline of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and 3 key disciplines of Beijing Municipality, and participates in 7 key disciplines of the Ministry of Education. It has obtained 29 national key clinical specialty construction projects, covering 25 disciplines. In the 2022 China Hospital Reputation Ranking, 1 discipline ranked first in the country, 5 disciplines ranked among the top 5, and 9 disciplines ranked among the top 10 nationwide. In terms of leading talent development, the hospital has 1 academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 1 innovative research group of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 6 leading talents/teams of the Ten - Thousand Talents Program, 10 recipients of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, 5 Changjiang Scholars Distinguished/Adjunct Professors, 2 innovative teams of the Ministry of Education, 6 leading talents/teams of the Ministry of Science and Technology, 13 other national - level high - level talents, and 31 high - level talents of Beijing Municipality.
High - quality Medical Services and Strategic Layout of Multiple Campuses
PKUFH adheres to a patient - oriented approach and continuously optimizes medical services. It has 39 clinical departments, 12 medical and technical departments, 71 wards, and 2,259 open beds. In 2023, the number of outpatient and emergency visits reached 3.24 million, the number of discharged patients was 112,000, the number of surgeries exceeded 46,000, and the average length of stay was 5.4 days. The hospital carries out MDT diagnosis and treatment for difficult and critical patients, with 53 MDT teams covering oncology, cardiovascular diseases, stroke, metabolic diseases, critical care, rare diseases and other fields. The number of annual consultations for difficult cases exceeds 2,000. The hospital actively expands Internet - based medical services and telemedicine to promote the sharing of high - quality medical resources. It explores new medical technologies, with more than 1,000 robotic surgeries performed annually, including cross - sea ultra - long - distance robotic surgeries. On December 18, 2023, the Daxing Campus of the hospital was officially put into use, with 1,200 authorized beds and an expected daily outpatient volume of 5,000 - 6,000. Adhering to the development concept of "strong specialized disciplines with limited comprehensive services", the Daxing Campus aims to build a discipline cluster supported by the Women and Children's Medical Center, Cancer Medical Center, Interventional Therapy Center, Endoscopic Therapy Center, and Emergency and Critical Care Center.
Commitment to Medical Education and Teaching Innovation
PKUFH was born for medical education and always adheres to the fundamental task of "fostering virtue through education". Since 1977, the hospital has trained more than 3,300 undergraduate students and over 4,000 graduate students, including more than 2,000 master's students and 2,000 doctoral students. As one of the first national demonstration bases for standardized residency training, it has trained more than 1,100 standardized residents since 2005. Currently, there are over 440 undergraduate students, more than 740 graduate students, and 900 continuing education students on campus. The hospital has 20 teaching and research sections, 18 standardized residency training bases, and 35 standardized specialist training bases. It offers 24 secondary disciplines authorized to confer doctoral degrees and 24 secondary disciplines authorized to confer master's degrees. It is a national clinical teaching and training demonstration center and a national demonstration base for standardized residency training. The hospital promotes teaching innovation, focusing on cultivating the competence of clinical medical students. It carries out innovations in the curriculum system based on organ - system integration, teaching methods such as PBL and simulation teaching, and evaluation models including formative assessment and ePortfolio.
Scientific Research and Achievement Transformation
PKUFH adheres to the principle that science and technology are the primary productive forces and innovation is the primary driving force, and takes new - quality productive forces to lead high - quality development. The hospital has 1 National Clinical Research Center for Skin and Immune Diseases, 1 key laboratory of the National Health Commission, 1 key laboratory of the Ministry of Education, 1 key laboratory of the National Medical Products Administration, and 5 key laboratories of Beijing Municipality. It is a national drug clinical trial institution, a national medical device clinical trial institution, and one of the first demonstration construction projects of research - oriented wards in Beijing. It has 34 professional fields for drug clinical trials and 26 professional fields for medical device clinical trials. Relying on the pilot project of clinical research and achievement transformation capacity of national high - level hospitals, the hospital has built an innovation platform integrating basic research, translational research and clinical research, including a biobank, research - oriented wards, an interdisciplinary research platform, and a big data AI platform. In the 2022 China Hospital Science and Technology Evaluation Metrics (STEM) Ranking, the hospital ranked 14th nationwide. Among them, 1 discipline ranked first in the country, 6 disciplines ranked among the top 10, and 9 disciplines ranked among the top 20. In the past five years, the hospital has obtained more than 2,300 projects, including national, provincial, municipal, university - level and horizontal projects, as well as clinical trials, with a total funding of about 1.6 billion yuan, of which vertical projects account for over 900 million yuan. It has published more than 6,000 papers in total, including over 3,000 papers indexed by SCI, some of which have been published in international top journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, and BMJ. The hospital has won 70 scientific and technological achievement awards from the state, the Ministry of Education, Beijing Municipality, and the Chinese Medical Association, including 12 national and ministerial - level awards.
Undertaking National Missions and Promoting the Sinking of High - quality Medical Resources
PKUFH courageously undertakes the missions and tasks of a "national team" and actively promotes the sinking of high - quality medical resources. It implements the work of aiding Xinjiang and Tibet, undertakes the task of the national medical team's itinerant medical services in Shanxi Province, provides targeted assistance to three county - level hospitals, namely Yonghe County People's Hospital, Linquan County People's Hospital, and Lankao County Central Hospital, carries out targeted urban - rural support in Beijing, and participates in the medical rounds from urban secondary and tertiary hospitals to rural areas. The hospital has obtained two national regional medical center construction projects, namely Ningxia Women and Children's Hospital Affiliated to Peking University First Hospital and Taiyuan Hospital Affiliated to Peking University First Hospital. It has also launched independent cooperation projects with Miyun District People's Government, Linquan County People's Government, China Central Radio and Television, Peking University Hospital, Kweichow Moutai Hospital, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
Future Development
PKUFH will further study and implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, carry forward and practice the noble professional spirit of "respecting life, healing the wounded, being willing to dedicate, and having boundless love", and shape an industry style of noble medical ethics, exquisite medical skills and rigorous medical practice. Summarizing its century - old history and achievements, facing the new era and new journey, the staff of PKUFH, who keep pace with the times, will continue to inherit the motto of "Virtue and Integrity", pursue the vision of "being the benchmark for medical and health services", further promote the construction of national regional medical centers, build the strategic layout of "one hospital with multiple campuses", and strive towards the overall goal of becoming a world - class university - affiliated hospital.
