Shenzhen Children's Hospital, established in 1997 in Futian District, Shenzhen, is a comprehensive children's hospital integrating medical and health care, research, education, training and rehabilitation. It holds the distinction of being the first tertiary children's specialist hospital in Guangdong Province. The hospital currently operates two campuses: the Futian Campus and the Longhua Campus. The Futian campus covers a total area of approximately 43,000 square metres, with a building area of about 170,000 square metres. It has 1,331 inpatient beds and features a full range of specialized departments, encompassing all major specialities and departments of a large comprehensive children’s hospital. In October 2024, the Longhua campus commenced trial operations. It covers a total area of about 40,000 square metres, with a total building area of 310,000 square metres, and is designed to accomadate 1,500 inpatient beds. It is currently the largest single-building children's specialist hospital in China by floor area.

Shenzhen Children's Hospital is a key construction hospital in the second batch of high-level hospitals in Guangdong Province, a branch centre of the National Clinical Research Centre for Respiratory Diseases, and has been selected as a “Research Hospital Construction Unit” by the Chinese Research Hospital Association and the Shenzhen Municipal Health Commission. The hospital's pediatric surgery, pediatric intensive care medicine and neonatology departments are high-level clinical key specialties in Guangdong Province; the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Pediatrics Department is a “flagship” department of the collaboration between Western and Chinese medicine of the State Administration of the Traditional Chinese Medicine, a key TCM specialty of Guangdong Province during the 13th Five-Year Plan period, a key TCM pediatrics construction unit of Guangdong Province and a key TCM specialty construction unit of Shenzhen; in addition, the hospital also has municipal key specialties such as the Pediatric Haematology and Oncology Department, Pediatric Respiratory Department, Pediatric Neurology Department, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Department and Pediatric Surgery Department. Supported by Sanming Project in Shenzhen， the hospital has introduced a total of 20 high-level medical teams from home and abroad.

In the 2022 national performance appraisal of tertiary public hospitals, Shenzhen Children's Hospital ranked 9th among children's hospitals nationwide. In 2023, the hospital's clinical medicine discipline ranked among the top 1% in the world according to ESI, which means that the hospital's scientific and technological innovation capabilities emerging on the international stage. In the China Hospital Specialty Reputation Rankings released by the Fudan University Hospital Management Research Institute, the hospital's pediatrics and pediatric surgery have ranked second in Southern China for many years, and have been nominated repeatedly in the field of rare diseases. In the 2023 annual ranking of China's medical colleges and hospitals by the Institute of Medical Information of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, the hospital has six disciplines ranking among the top 100 in the country. In the “China Hospital Innovation and Transformation Report (2023)”, the hospital ranked 67th in the country in terms of innovation and transformation, and second among children's hospitals nationwide; it ranked 41st in the country in terms of patent transformation, first among children's specialist hospitals nationwide, and first among all hospitals in Shenzhen.

The hospital has been approved as the “Guangdong Provincial Research Centre for the Precision Diagnosis of Childhood Infections” and the “Guangdong Provincial Research Centre for Intelligent Molecular POCT Diagnosis of Childhood Infectious Diseases”, two Guangdong provincial-level carriers, and has successively established the “Shenzhen Key Laboratory for the Diagnosis of Severe Childhood Diseases”, “Shenzhen High-Throughput Genetic Sequencing Technology Centre for Pathogens”, “Public Service Platform for Drug Clinical Trial Bases”, “Public Service Platform for the R&D of Humanised Mouse Models of the Immune System”, “Shenzhen Public Service Platform for Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Molecular Medicine” and other Shenzhen-level carriers. The hospital has also obtained the qualification of a national clinical trial institution for drugs, with six professional groups: pediatric neurology, pediatric haematology, pediatric respiratory medicine, pediatric endocrinology, pediatric otorhinolaryngology and pediatric dermatology.

In recent years, the hospital has undertaken more than 190 major scientific research projects at all levels, covering the Ministry of Science and Technology's “863” project, key projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, major projects of the Ministry of Health's health industry research project, Guangdong Provincial Natural Science Foundation projects, and key projects of the Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission. The cumulative vertical scientific research funding exceeds 120 million RMB yuan. In the past five years, the hospital has published more than 700 SCI papers, including nearly 60 papers with an impact factor (IF>10). The hospital has also led, written or participated in the formulation of nearly 70 domestic and international clinical guidelines, expert consensus and standards. In addition, the hospital successfully hosted the 10th World Congress on Pediatric Infectious Diseases, which is the world's top academic conference, and released the “Action Plan for the Rational Use of Antimicrobial Drugs in Chinese Children (2017-2020)” written by Shenzhen Children's Hospital.

Shenzhen Children's Hospital is the Shenzhen Clinical College of Pediatrics of Shantou University, and a teaching hospital for Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), China Medical University, Chongqing Medical University, Zunyi Medical University and other institutions. In addition, the hospital is also a postdoctoral innovation practice base in Shenzhen, and has established the Shenzhen Children's Medical Skills Training Department, training many outstanding innovative pediatric talents.

At the same time, the hospital has introduced and cultivated a group of academic leaders and key personnel with high academic influence, including winners of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, the National Science Fund for Outstanding Young Scholars, foreign academicians, winners of the Provincial Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, overseas high-level talents, reserve-level talents, practical clinical medical talents, and specially-appointed talents, totalling 51 people. As of December 2024, the hospital had 2,820 employees, including 32 doctoral supervisors, 154 master's supervisors, 167 doctors, 805 masters, and 462 professionals with senior titles. In addition, the hospital has 29 national academic group directors and deputy chairmen, 16 group leaders and deputy leaders, 33 standing committee members, and 300 committee members; as well as 76 members of the professional organising committees of the Chinese Medical Association, Chinese Preventive Medicine Association, Chinese Stomatological Association, and China Association of Chinese Medicine.

The hospital places great emphasis on medical humanisties. By actively leveraging and integrating social resources, it provides financial assistance to families in need, the nation's first “Vcare Space” stress relief service for hospitalized children, the city's first “U Station” volunteer service, the nation's first “Aiyiba” service to care for medical staff and for them to relax and unwind, embedding play into medical procedures to promote a positive hospital experience for children, establishing the first palliative care ward of children's hospital in South China, filling the gap in end-of-life care services for children in Shenzhen, providing help and support to children, families and medical staff in need, and is striving to become a children's hospital with a human touch.

In the twenty years since its establishment, Shenzhen Children's Hospital has been committed to protecting health and raising hope. The hospital will strive to become a national children's regional medical centre and a first-class child-friendly hospital in China.