Guides
Articles
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Why going to China for serious treatment is a rational choice
Verifiable reasons: world-tier capability, government-regulated prices, same-day diagnostics, and total transparency.
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China's hospital system is opening its doors to international patients
1.28 million international patient visits in 2025, hundreds of public hospitals with international services, and a national pilot zone for advanced therapies — the policy direction is unmistakable.
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The new stop on the medical-travel map: patients from Russia, Central Asia and Southeast Asia are already going
Medical travel used to mean Singapore, Bangkok or Seoul. Quietly, the flows have started bending toward China — here is what the reporting shows.
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China vs Singapore for major surgery: what the official numbers say
Both governments publish real cost data. Put side by side, the gap for a heart bypass is roughly four to five times — here is the comparison, sourced.
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Heart bypass surgery in China: the real cost, item by item
What a CABG actually costs in a Chinese public hospital — the government-set surgical fee, what the total includes, and how to budget honestly.
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Heart stents in China: how a national program cut the implant price by 93%
Since 2021, centrally procured coronary stents cost about ¥700 each — down from ¥13,000. What a PCI procedure now costs all-in, with sources.
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Proton and heavy-ion therapy in China: a flat published price for the world's rarest radiotherapy
Carbon-ion radiotherapy exists in only a handful of countries. Shanghai's center publishes one flat price per course: ¥278,000. Here is what that means.
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What cancer treatment costs in China: the four blocks of the bill
Surgery, radiotherapy, drugs and particle therapy — how each block is priced in Chinese public hospitals, and why drug costs have been falling.
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Hip and knee replacement in China: the implant now costs ¥7,000, not ¥35,000
National procurement cut artificial joint prices by about 80%. A hip replacement that used to total ¥100,000 now lands under ¥50,000 — sourced numbers inside.
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Advanced health screening in China: PET-CT for under US$1,000
Whole-body PET-CT is capped near ¥6,500 in Shanghai and priced similarly across provinces — and prices are being cut further. What screening in China looks like.
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Where cases go when no one at home can solve them: China's hospitals of last resort
PUMCH leads a 419-hospital national rare disease network that cut average diagnosis time from four years to under four weeks. How the last-resort system works.
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Where brain tumors are operated on most: China's top neurosurgery centers
Beijing Tiantan ranks first in China for neurosurgery and operates at world-record volume. Why surgeon volume is the one number that matters for brain surgery.
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CAR-T cell therapy in China: eight approved products at a third of the US price
China runs more CAR-T clinical trials than any country, has eight approved products priced ¥999,000–1,290,000, and a pipeline pushing prices far lower.
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China's state news agency on the foreign-patient wave: what Xinhua's report signals
Xinhua is the official news agency of the Chinese government — and its flagship program covered the foreign-patient wave in a posture of open, positive welcome to patients from around the world. 850 institutions in 57 cities now serve them.
Practical guides
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How Chinese public hospitals work: a first-timer's map
Registration, the two-track system (regular vs international department), what a visit day looks like, and why everything is faster than you expect.
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Why Chinese hospital prices are public — and how to read them
Government price catalogs, the difference between an item price and a total bill, and how we build our numbers.
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The three-layer language plan for a hospital trip to China
Roaming keeps your usual translation apps working; two Chinese apps need no login; and for doctor conversations, use a human.