1. The establishment of the pilot zone
On February 28, 2013, the State Council approved the establishment of Hainan Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone and granted nine unique support policies, which can be summarized as "four concessions"; the pilot zone was named by Premier Li Keqiang himself and was hailed as the second movement of the Boao Forum for Asia.
2. Overall planning of the pilot zone
Located on both sides of the Wanquan River between Qionghai City and the core area of the Boao Forum for Asia, it includes Lecheng Island;
It is no more than 10 minutes' drive from Boao Airport, the train station, Wenbo Expressway, and the East Line Expressway;
The pilot zone has a beautiful ecological environment and a pleasant climate. It has unique landscape resources of "water islands, forests and fields", and the PM2.5 value is about 5 all year round;
The construction land is 9.96 square kilometers, and the planning requires "three lows and one high" low plot ratio, low building density, low building height, and high greening rate. Most areas are limited to 24 meters, which is about the height of a coconut tree.
3. Enter Lecheng and interpret the "National Nine Articles" policy
"State Council's Reply on the Approval of the Establishment of Hainan Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone" (State Letter [2013] No. 33)
Speed up the registration and approval of medical devices and drugs imported into the pilot zone.
Implement medical technology access in accordance with the Medical Technology Clinical Application Management Measures and relevant provisions on medical technology clinical research.
When approving non-public medical institutions in the pilot zone and their diagnosis and treatment subjects, the health department may approve large medical equipment that needs to be equipped within the scope of their practice and meets the configuration standard requirements.
The practice time of foreign doctors in the pilot zone is extended to 3 years on a trial basis.
Foreign capital is allowed to establish medical institutions in the pilot zone.
For some medical devices and drugs that the pilot zone really needs to import in the future and have higher tariff rates, the Ministry of Finance should work with relevant departments to coordinate and study to appropriately reduce import tariffs.
According to the actual development and construction of the pilot zone, Hainan Province will appropriately increase the planned indicators of new construction land; if it involves the adjustment of basic farmland, it should be approved in accordance with the national legal procedures.
Support and guide the pilot zone to introduce relevant international organizations such as ecology, medical care, and new energy to host international conferences.
Encourage the pilot zone to use multiple channels for financing and attract social investment.
4. The "Nine Articles of the State" can be summarized as four franchises
Franchise
Medical technology franchise access
Medical device franchise access
Drug franchise access
Franchise research
Can carry out research and transformation of cutting-edge medical technologies such as stem cells
Franchise
Relax some medical approval rights
Cancel the foreign investment ratio limit
Franchise international exchanges
Introduce or create international organizations to hold international conferences
5. Pilot first
Provide a strong engine for the development of Boao Lecheng, and pilot first brings benefits to patients.
Speed up the approval of imported drugs and medical devices
Strengthen the public nature of public bonded warehouses, and drugs and medical devices enter bonded warehouses in advance
Deepen the reform of simplified approval to facilitate patients and optimize the approval process
Openly invite qualified experts to enter and apply for the use of licensed drugs and medical devices on their own
The time for patients to apply for the use of licensed drugs and medical devices is shortened to 3-7 days
6. Licensed drug and medical device traceability management platform
Establish a licensed drug and medical device traceability management platform, build a licensed drug and medical device traceability management platform based on laws and regulations, based on a supervision network, a credit system, and supported by information technology, and realize the electronic approval of multi-departmental business and the traceability of the source, destination, and responsibility of licensed drugs and medical devices.
7. 2025 goals
The pilot zone has made breakthrough progress in the construction of a characteristic technology advanced clinical medicine center and a cutting-edge medical technology research and development transformation base, and achieved the "three synchronizations" of medical technology, equipment, and drugs with international advanced levels.
8. Message from General Secretary Xi Jinping
On April 11, 2018, General Secretary Xi Jinping proposed during his inspection of the Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone that to achieve the "two centenary" goals, we must adhere to the people-centered development philosophy. The economy must develop and health must improve. People's sense of gain, happiness, and security are inseparable from health. We must vigorously develop the health industry, serve the health of the general public, and strive to be a healthy nation.
9. “Never-ending” International Innovative Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Exhibition
Over 80 international innovative pharmaceutical companies from 18 countries participated in the exhibition;
A total of more than 1,300 innovative drugs and medical devices were exhibited;
The world’s top 30 pharmaceutical companies all participated in the exhibition;
The proportion of domestic unlisted new drugs and medical devices exceeded 90%;
As of March 2025, more than 464 licensed drugs and medical devices have been used in the Lecheng Pilot Zone.
Background of Boao Evergrande International Hospital
Boao Evergrande International Hospital cooperates with Brigham and Women’s Hospital in the United States and is its only affiliated hospital abroad.
September 2015
Evergrande Health Group and Brigham and Women’s Hospital held a cooperation signing ceremony.
September 2016
Evergrande Health and Brigham and Women's Hospital signed a joint statement, and the international hospital project was implemented in China.
Development process of Boao Evergrande International Hospital
February 28, 2018
After nearly two years of preparation, Boao Evergrande International Hospital was officially opened on February 28, 2018.
August 28, 2018
Evergrande Health Group held a discussion with the senior vice president and chief development officer of Brigham and Women's Hospital on in-depth cooperation.
October 24-26, 2018
Boao Evergrande International Hospital passed the three-day review by the expert group of the Provincial Health Commission and was rated as a third-level tumor specialist hospital on November 16.
October 29, 2018
The hospital began to officially accept patients undergoing tumor chemotherapy.
Four characteristics of Evergrande International Hospital
Boao Evergrande International Hospital has been guided by Brigham and Women's Hospital, an affiliated hospital of Harvard Medical School, since its design. During the cooperation, Brigham and Women's Hospital introduced its own medical resources, diagnosis and treatment technologies, treatment plans, management systems, service processes, etc. to Boao Evergrande International Hospital, so that Chinese people can enjoy international medical services.
Unique location policy advantages
Evergrande has nine breakthrough preferential policies supported by the country. After approval, it can use internationally advanced new medical technologies, new drugs, and new equipment, and employ international experts.
International design American hospital
The overall planning and design is undertaken by a well-known architectural design company focusing on hospital design. The hospital's dynamic line design fully reflects the patient-centered principle.
International medical destination and tumor base
An international hospital mainly focusing on tumor specialties built according to international standards, including the north and south medical buildings and 9 health care buildings. The total investment is 5 billion yuan, the hospital has a construction area of 110,000 square meters, and it is the only tertiary tumor specialty hospital in the park.
Integrate international resource cooperation platform
Introduce advanced American MDT diagnosis and treatment model, and provide international high-quality tumor disease screening, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation services. Medical technology, equipment, and medical consumables are all from the world's leading medical resources such as the United States, Germany, Japan, and Singapore.
Scale situation-site equipment
The hospital covers an area of 128 acres
The total construction area of the first phase is 110,000 square meters, including two major areas: the medical building and the health building; the wards in the medical building are all high-standard single rooms, with a total of 223 beds.
The health building is equipped with 190 high-quality apartments, with a total of 424 health beds.
The world's top large-scale testing equipment
3.0T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Siemens breast mammography
Philips Ingenuity Core128 new nano CT
TrueBeam linear accelerator
PET CT Siemens Biograph mCT.s20
Large aperture CT (GE Discovery CT590 RT)
Truebeam radiotherapy system
The system is equipped with Varian's intelligent accelerator Truebeam, a new generation of cloud-based radiotherapy planning system, Eclipse and intelligent radiotherapy information management system ARIA, etc., providing important guarantees for the development of precise radiotherapy for tumors.
Medical services
Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) / Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) regularly assigns teams from internal medicine, surgery, emergency, nursing, radiation oncology, radiology, pharmacy, management, etc. to the hospital for comprehensive training. Including: medical quality and safety, nursing care level, service process optimization, JCI management system.
