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Shanghai Children's Medical Center

上海交通大学医学院附属上海儿童医学中心 · International Medical Department (VIP clinic), Shanghai Children's Medical Center

A national children's medical center in Pudong, strong in congenital heart disease, childhood cancer and developmental and behavioral problems, with an international unit for everyday pediatrics, checkups and direct billing.

National standingTop 100 in China (Fudan 2023 grade A; ranked No. 83 in 2022)

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National specialty ranks

National specialty ranks by the Fudan University Hospital Management Institute. Top 10 only.

  • Pediatrics#5
    #12023 edition#10
  • Pediatric surgery#9
    #12023 edition#10
  • Cardiac surgery#9
    #12023 edition#10

Named specialists

Named in official, media or doctor-directory sources. We confirm who is available before booking.

  • Ning Botao 宁铂涛

    Chief physician, professor

    General pediatrics

    Sees international or VIP patients

    International-department clinic Mon morning; also VIP clinics Tue morning and weekends (Haodf schedule, Oct 2026)

  • Zhang Hao 张皓

    Chief physician

    Pediatric respiratory medicine

    Availability: ask us

    Listed under the international department on Haodf, but its Oct 2026 schedule shows only Zhangjiang campus clinics and no international-department session

  • Ding Lifeng 丁丽凤

    Chief physician

    Pediatric traditional Chinese medicine

    Sees international or VIP patients

    Listed under the international department on Haodf; the Oct 2026 schedule shows a VIP clinic Wed morning at Lujiazui but no international-department session

  • Li Bingbing 李冰冰

    Associate chief physician, associate professor

    General pediatrics

    Sees international or VIP patients

    International-department clinics Wed, Fri and Sun, morning and afternoon (Haodf schedule, Oct 2026)

  • Ma Xiquan 马希权

    Associate chief physician

    Developmental and behavioral pediatrics; math and spatial learning difficulties

    Sees international or VIP patients

    Runs a VIP (special-needs) clinic, not in the international department

  • Liu Jinfen 刘锦纷

    Professor, chief physician

    Congenital heart surgery; over 5,000 operations

    Availability: ask us
  • Zhang Yuqi 张玉奇

    Chief physician, professor

    Pediatric cardiology and heart ultrasound

    Sees international or VIP patients

    International-department clinics Mon, Tue and Fri, plus Wed morning; VIP clinics Wed afternoon and Thu (Haodf schedule, Oct 2026)

  • Wang Guanghai 王广海

    Psychotherapist; research professor rank

    Children's sleep and mental health

    Sees international or VIP patients

    International-department sleep and mental-health team clinic Fri morning, listed at CNY 1200 (Haodf schedule, Oct 2026)

What it is known for

  • National Children's Medical Center2017Shared with Beijing Children's Hospital and Children's Hospital of Fudan University
  • JCI accreditation2010First children's hospital in mainland China to be JCI accredited
  • Medical tourism pilot hospital2023One of Shanghai's 13 public hospitals in the program
  • Founded with Project HOPE1998Built by the Shanghai government and the US charity Project HOPE; opened in 1998
  • Cardiothoracic surgery and Heart CenterCardiac surgery No. 9 nationally (Fudan 2023); congenital heart disease surgery and catheter treatment.
  • Hematology and oncologyLeukemia, lymphoma and solid tumors; the main focus of the Zhangjiang campus, which has 32 bone-marrow transplant units and a pediatric radiotherapy center (hospital-reported).
  • Pediatrics (general and internal medicine)No. 5 nationally (Fudan 2023).
  • Pediatric surgeryNo. 9 nationally (Fudan 2023); complex newborn malformations, children's tumors, minimally invasive surgery.
  • Developmental and behavioral pediatricsNational key discipline; ADHD, autism, language delay, sleep problems; VIP learning-difficulty clinic.
  • Critical care medicinePediatric, neonatal, cardiac and surgical intensive care units.
  • International Medical DepartmentGeneral pediatrics, specialist clinics and age-based health checks for children 0–18; 20 single inpatient rooms; a cardiologist runs heart ultrasound clinics here most weekdays (Haodf schedule, Oct 2026).
  • Sleep and mental health (international department)A sleep and mental-health team clinic runs in the international department on Friday mornings (Haodf schedule, Oct 2026).
  • Pediatrics ranked No. 5, pediatric surgery No. 9 and cardiac surgery No. 9 nationally (Fudan 2023).
  • One of the three hospitals that make up China's National Children's Medical Center; the first children's hospital in China to gain JCI accreditation (2010).
  • Pediatric heart center performs over 3,700 open-heart operations and over 1,500 catheter procedures a year (hospital-reported).
  • International department since 2001: general pediatrics, specialist clinics and health checks, with its own registration, pharmacy and lab.
  • 26 insurers on the city's direct-billing list for the hospital (2024).
  • Zhangjiang campus, opened in 2024, focuses on childhood cancer and blood disorders, with 32 bone-marrow transplant units, China's first pediatric radiotherapy center and over 300 stem cell transplants since opening (hospital-reported).
  • Eight national key clinical specialties, including critical care, pediatric surgery, oncology, cardiovascular disease and genetic metabolic disease; approved for pediatric heart transplants in 2023 (hospital-reported).

International department

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Department

International Medical Department (VIP clinic), Shanghai Children's Medical Center

Opening hours

  • Mon
  • Tue
  • Wed
  • Thu
  • Fri
  • Sat
  • Sun

8:00–19:30Mon–Sun; weekdays , weekends 8:00–16:30 (Zhangjiang campus closed Sundays, 8:00–16:30)

3 languages

  • English
  • Japanese
  • French

Payment

  • Insurance direct billing

Own registration and payment desk inside the department; direct billing with 20+ insurers (26 on the city list). Other payment methods not published.

Serving patients from abroad since

2001

Campuses

Lujiazui (main) campus in Pudong, next to Shanghai Children's Medical Center metro station. Zhangjiang campus (opened September 2024, Tianniu Road at Hongqu Road) focuses on childhood cancer and also has an international clinic, per the 2025 city list.

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Booking from abroad

What official sources say, checked 8 October 2026. "Not confirmed" means we found no official answer yet; we ask the hospital for you.

Book before you travel

Yes

Not published for the international department. Hospital-wide rule: appointments open 4–8 weeks ahead and must be made at least 1 day in advance; cancel by 12:00 the day before.

Remote review of your records

Not confirmed

How to book

  • PhonePassportNot confirmed

    International patient appointments +86 21 3862 6948 / 3862 6949; international specialist appointments +86 21 3862 6141 / 3862 6142 (Mon–Fri 8:00–19:30, Sat–Sun 8:00–16:30). The hospital's English page (2024 copy) also lists +86 21 5839 5238 for general pediatrics and an SMS line, +86 189 3083 0617.

  • WeChatPassportNot confirmed

    International department WeChat ID scmc-vip (hospital English page, 2024 copy). The hospital's patient-service WeChat account (上海儿童医学中心患者服务) and its Alipay account can also book international-department appointments.

  • EmailPassportNot confirmed

    scmcvip@163.com. The hospital's English page lists e-mail as a booking method, but the city's 2024 directory says email bookings are not accepted and replies take up to 24 hours; use it for questions and confirm by phone.

Documents for your insurer

  • Overseas insurance

    Direct billing

  • Itemized receipt in EnglishNot confirmed
  • Medical report in EnglishNot confirmed
  • Scans to take homeNot confirmed

Help on site

  • Interpreter

    Hospital staff

  • Invitation letter for your visaNot confirmed
  • Family staying in the ward

    Not published. The international ward has 20 single rooms and uses family-centered care; whether a parent can stay overnight was not confirmed.

After you leave

  • Follow-up onlineNot confirmed
  • Records after you leave

    Not published for overseas patients. Lab results can be viewed in the hospital's patient-service WeChat account; paper lab and imaging reports are printed at self-service kiosks; diagnosis certificates are stamped at the patient service center on the same day. Copies of full records or images were not described.

Restrictions at this hospital

  • International department age range: Serves children aged 0–18 only.
  • Online follow-up (internet hospital): Only for self-pay patients seen in person at the hospital within the past 3 months with a confirmed, stable common or chronic condition; no first consultations. Medicine is limited to one week per prescription (chronic conditions up to one month), and a guardian must be present for children under 6.

Insurance and direct billing

If your insurer is not listed, we prepare an English claim pack for reimbursement.

26

insurers named for direct billing

Direct billing with 26 insurers listed by the city health commission (2024-10); the department itself says 20+. Confirm your plan when booking.

  • British United Provident Association (Bupa)
  • DTHealth
  • The Global Benefits Group Insurance
  • Houghton Street Consulting
  • MSH CHINA Enterprise Services
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting (Shanghai)
  • Shanghai WellBe Insurance Brokers
  • Shanghai Fosun Health Technology
  • ICBC-AXA Life
  • Huatai Insurance Agency & Consultant Service
  • Ping An Health Insurance Company of China
  • Shanghai China Health Connect
  • Shanghai Shenjie Medical Service
  • China Pacific Insurance
  • Taikang Life Insurance
  • Taikang Pension
  • Emergency Assistance Japan
  • AIA Life Insurance
  • Cignacmb Health
  • MediLink-Global
  • Generali China Life Insurance
  • China Minsheng Bank (Shanghai)
  • Windstone Health
  • Allianz Partners
  • Shanghai Xinwen Health Technology
  • ERGO Assistance

What patients from abroad should know

From patient reports, media and official pages. Both sides, so you can decide.

Works well 6

  • The city's English portal says the international department focuses on general practice, uses family-centered care and has a multilingual volunteer network (Shanghai government English portal, 2025).
  • One-stop service: registration, payment, pharmacy, lab tests and escorts are handled inside the department (department description on Haodf, 2026).
  • An Australian father told the city's English portal that doctors and nurses were patient and calm and spoke excellent English while treating his daughter (Shanghai government English portal, 2025).
  • Open evenings until 19:30 on weekdays and on weekends; a general pediatrician holds international-department clinics on Sundays (Shanghai government directory, 2024; Haodf schedule, Oct 2026).
  • A VIP vaccination clinic at 1678 Dongfang Road vaccinates children Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri and Sat 8:00–11:00 and 13:00–16:00, Wed afternoons only; bring the vaccination booklet and ID (Shanghai CDC list on the city's English portal, 2024).
  • The city portal reports praise from the wife of Poland's then-president for the care of a child with cancer (Shanghai government English portal, 2024).

Watch out for 5

  • The hospital does not publish its fees; on the Haodf booking platform an international-department visit is listed at CNY 766, about 15 times the CNY 50 regular expert fee (Haodf, 2026).
  • Email cannot be used to book; the city directory says emails get a reply within 24 hours (Shanghai government directory, 2024).
  • Some specialists still listed under the international department on Haodf had no international-department sessions in the October 2026 schedule, so ask which doctors are actually available (Haodf, 2026).
  • Floor details differ between sources (12F–13F or 13F–14F); confirm when booking.
  • An expat guide rates it excellent clinically, but says consultations are mostly in Chinese, registration is competitive and a routine visit can take a morning (Choice Shanghai, 2026).

Hospital prices

Hospital fees only, paid to the hospital in CNY. Dollars are approximate, at CNY 7.1 to $1. We send your all-in quote before booking.

  • Official · 2026

    Not published by the hospital; call 021-3862-6948 to confirm

    International department consultation fee

  • Media report · 2024

    ≈ $45 per visit

    CNY 316 per visit

    VIP learning-difficulty clinic (math and spatial learning), registration

  • Unverified · 2026

    ≈ $108 per visit

    CNY 766 per visit

    International department consultation, as listed on the Haodf booking platform (same for chief and associate chief physicians)

  • Unverified · 2026

    ≈ $169 per visit

    CNY 1200 per visit

    International department sleep and mental-health team clinic

  • Unverified · 2026

    ≈ $52–80 per visit

    CNY 366–566 per visit

    VIP specialist clinic outside the international department

  • Unverified · 2026

    ≈ $7 per visit

    CNY 50 per visit

    For comparison: regular expert clinic, chief physician

Getting there

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Address

Lujiazui campus: Integrated Medical Building (Building 2), 101 Beiyuan Road, Pudong New Area (international department on 13F–14F per the hospital; the 2025 city list says 12F–13F). Zhangjiang campus: 520 Hongqu Road, Pudong New Area (1F, outpatient building)

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上海市浦东新区北园路101号 医疗综合楼(2号楼)13–14楼 国际诊疗(特诊)部(2025年市卫健委名单写12–13楼,到院前确认)

Sources

Researched on 28 September 2026; "Booking from abroad" checked 8 October 2026. Hospital details change; we confirm everything before booking.

Not yet verified

  • The hospital website (scmc.com.cn) could not be reached, so the international department's own page was not read directly.
  • Floor and address differ by source: city 2024 directory says 13F–14F, 101 Beiyuan Road; city 2025 list says 12F–13F, Integrated Building; Haodf says 13F–14F of Building 2; an older city expat list says Building 3, 1678 Dongfang Road (the hospital's main address).
  • Zhangjiang campus address differs: 520 Hongqu Road (city 2025 list) vs. 161 Tianniu Road (city insurance list); the hospital says it is at the Tianniu Road and Hongqu Road junction.
  • Service languages differ by source: city 2024 directory lists English only; city 2025 list lists English, Japanese and French.
  • The city CDC list confirms a VIP vaccination clinic at 1678 Dongfang Road; whether it sits inside the international department, and the prices of self-paid vaccines, were not confirmed.
  • A 2022 user post reports an international child-health check at CNY 800 plus over CNY 200 in tests at a 'Children's Medical Center international department', but it does not name the city.
  • Founding year 2001 comes from the department text on Haodf; the hospital page could not be checked.
  • Older phone number 021-58395238 appears in older listings; current status not verified.
  • Whether the JCI accreditation (first in 2010, renewed in 2013 per research notes) is still current was not verified.
  • Department heads listed in earlier research (Xu Zhiwei, cardiothoracic surgery; Liu Hong, ophthalmology) were not re-verified and are not listed.
  • Fudan 2024 rankings were not available; 2023 edition used.
  • The international-department fee (CNY 766) and other session fees come from Haodf booking listings (Oct 2026), not from the hospital; fees may differ for health checks or by doctor.
  • No published data on emergency waiting times was found.
  • The hospital website (scmc.com.cn) blocks our network; its pages were read from Internet Archive copies dated 2024-06 to 2024-10, so phone numbers, booking channels and services may have changed since.
  • Booking from abroad is marked yes because the hospital lists phone, WeChat, app, SMS and e-mail booking channels and a 2025 news report describes overseas families arranging surgery; the hospital does not publish a step-by-step process for patients outside China.
  • E-mail booking conflict: the hospital's English page (2024 copy) lists e-mail as an appointment method; the city's 2024 directory says email reservations are not supported and replies take up to 24 hours.
  • Passport use: the general booking pages require a valid ID number and list the resident ID card, social security card or household register; they do not say whether a passport can be used to book online or create a registration card.
  • Weekend hours conflict: the hospital's English page says 8:00–16:00; the hospital's booking page and the city directory say 8:00–16:30.
  • No official or media price was found for international-department consultations or child check-up packages; consultation fees come from Haodf listings (2026) and a 2024 news report.
  • Inpatient deposit amount was not found in any source.
  • English itemized receipts, English medical reports and imaging export (DICOM disc or cloud link) were not described in any source found.
  • Online follow-up: the internet hospital covers follow-ups within 3 months of an in-person visit for self-pay patients and ships medicine by SF Express; whether families outside mainland China can use it was not stated.
  • No published records-review or second-opinion service for patients abroad was found.
  • Visa invitation letters for patients were not mentioned in any source found.
  • Whether a parent can stay overnight in the international ward was not stated.
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