Children’s Hospital of Soochow University was founded independently in 1959 by the famous domestic pediatric specialists Chen Wumin, PengDa’en and He Fuzhen, on the base of the pediatric section of the First Affiliated Hospital of Suzhou Medical College. The hospital, which is directly subject to the Health Department of Jiangsu Provincial government, has been developed into a “grade three, class A” specialist children's hospitals and congregates medical, teaching and scientific research together with a full range of pediatric services, tertiary care and health promotion for children.

The hospital, located in the downtown, covers an area of 18,000 square meters, with a construction area of 45,000 square meters and 800 open beds. The Children’s Hospital General, located in No.92 Zhongnan Street, Sino-Singapore industrial park, planning to cover an area of 59,000 square meters, with the construction area of 128,000 square meters and 600 open beds in the first stage project, were put into operation the latter half of 2014.The number of existing staff is 1157, including 1002 professional medical workers.