Guangdong Clifford Hospital

Guangdong Clifford Hospital was founded in 2001 by Professor Peng Linji, a famous patriotic entrepreneur, philanthropist, member of the National Committee of the CPPCC, and chairman of Clifford Group in Hong Kong. It is a large-scale comprehensive tertiary hospital integrating medical care, teaching, scientific research, rehabilitation, and healthcare. It is the first large-scale comprehensive hospital in China to pass JCI international accreditation, undertaking international hospital accreditation demonstration functions, and in January 2026, it received the "International Hospital Accreditation Standards (China)" (CIHA) certification, becoming the first private hospital in China to pass this international certification. It is one of the most trusted mainland Chinese medical institutions for Hong Kong people, with patients from over 120 countries and regions. Since becoming the first hospital in China to pass JCI international accreditation in 2003, it has passed JCI accreditation seven consecutive times, adhering to the spirit of "Healer's Benevolent Heart, Boundless Love," featuring integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine diagnosis and treatment, and is the benchmark for private international healthcare in China, leading in medical services in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The hospital has a construction area of nearly 300,000 square meters with 3,000 beds, operating the main hospital and Zhongcun Street campus in Panyu District, Guangzhou, with 56 clinical medical and technical departments including a large modern outpatient department, inpatient department, emergency center, stroke center, and National Chest Pain Center, with special Chinese medicine clinics, VIP centers, international health management centers, plastic surgery centers, and postpartum rehabilitation centers. The hospital has over 2,000 employees, including more than 300 senior professionals and over 50 foreign doctors. General practice, oncology, rehabilitation medicine, TCM, integrated Chinese-Western medicine, and obstetrics and gynecology are core specialty departments. The hospital has signed contracts with 39 well-known international insurance companies, providing direct billing services, is a designated medical institution for the "Hong Kong and Macao Medical and Device Communication" in the Greater Bay Area, and a new Chinese medicine service point for the Hong Kong Elderly Health Care Voucher Greater Bay Area Pilot Program, providing English and Chinese bilingual services with an International Health Management Center serving foreign patients. The hospital is a National Drug Clinical Trial Base (GCP), Guangdong Provincial General Higher Medical Education Teaching Hospital, and Guangdong Provincial Famous Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, undertaking clinical teaching and research tasks. Annual outpatient visits exceed 1.5 million, annual discharges exceed 60,000, and annual surgeries exceed 30,000. Honors include First JCI-accredited hospital in China, CIHA international certification, National Drug Clinical Trial Base, National Health System Advanced Collective, Guangdong Provincial Civilized Unit, and Most Trusted Mainland Medical Institution for Hong Kong People.