1920

In the 1920s, a group of visionary philanthropists raised funds to establish a hospital named “Pudong Hospital”, which marked the first Western medicine hospital in Shanghai founded by Chinese through charitable donations.

1945

In 1945, the Pudong Hospital was renamed as the Municipal Third People’s Hospital. In 1950, during the outbreak of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, our hospital dispatched two batches of medical teams to Korea to support front-line medical treatment.

1993

In 1993, with the official establishment of Pudong New District, our hospital was transferred from the jurisdiction of Huangpu District to Pudong New District, renamed to Shanghai East Hospital. With the development and openness of Pudong, our hospital witnessed and represented the “Pudong high-speed” development in the medical industry.

2001

In December 2001, ZHOU Yupeng, vice mayor of Shanghai and Party Secretary of the Pudong New District Committee then, along with LI Guohao, former president of Tongji University, inaugurated the Affiliated East Hospital of Tongji University, which marked the official affiliation of East Hospital into Tongji University as a hospital integrating medicine, education, and research.

2010

In 2010, our hospital successfully upgraded from a Class-A Grade-2 hospital to a Class-A Grade-3 hospital (top level in China). Such achievements is impossible without our hospital staffs’ continuous effort and pioneering spirit. We aim to accelerate the enhancement of our discipline strength, train talent personnel in the healthcare industry for Pudong, and further improve our international service capabilities, highlighting the public welfare of public hospitals.

2012

The completion of the South Campus of our hospital in 2012 optimized the medical resource layout in the Sanlin World Expo Site Area. As the largest livelihood project in Pudong in that year, it promoted further development of our hospital.

2015

In 2015, our hospital was honored as a national role model institution in ethical and cultural progress by the Central Committee for Culture and Ethics Advancement and Guidance of the Communist Party of China (CPC).

2020

On the occasion of the centennial anniversary in 2020, our hospital successfully passed the reevaluation as a Class-A Grade-3 hospital.