Hospitals of the Boao Lecheng cluster
The cluster hospitals we work with
MedBridge is not tied to a single hospital. Several clinics with different specialisations operate in the Boao Lecheng zone — and for your case Dr Yang selects the one strongest in the direction you need.
What the cluster is
Boao Lecheng is not one hospital — it is a medical cluster
The Boao Lecheng pilot zone was created by a decision of the PRC State Council: several dozen hospitals operate on one site under a special legal regime. That changes both what is available here and how a clinic is chosen.
- A special legal regime
The zone may use drugs and medical technologies not yet registered across the rest of China — under regulatory oversight and through an approved procedure. That is why things unavailable in an ordinary hospital are available here.
- Every hospital has its own strength
One is strong on diagnostics and imaging, another on manufacturing cellular products, a third on inpatient care and blood purification. There is no universal "best clinic in the cluster".
- The hospital is matched to the case
First the records are reviewed and the problem understood — only then is the clinic chosen. That is why we hold no exclusive with anyone: otherwise everyone would have to be taken to the same place regardless of diagnosis.
- Distances inside the zone are minutes
The clinics stand next to each other, so a programme can run across two hospitals: the work-up in one, the treatment in another. For the patient it is one route and one coordinator.
Cell engineering · precision oncology
Boao Worldlight Hospital
博鳌未来医院A precision-medicine research hospital founded in 2015. It operates to Tier-3 hospital standard, with its own campus of 26,841 m², 200 beds and dedicated centres across the key directions.
- Cell engineering centreIts own GMP-certified centre for cell research and preparation — per the hospital's materials, the largest in the zone and its technological core.
- Dedicated centresPrecision oncology, women's and children's health, rare diseases, comprehensive check-up and neurorehabilitation — under one roof.
- Partnership in women's and children's healthThis direction is run jointly with the Hainan Provincial Center for Women's and Children's Health.
- Cellular and regenerative medicine
- Precision oncology
- Comprehensive check-up
- Neurorehabilitation
- Aesthetic medicine
Precision diagnostics · anti-age
MELLSSER Hospital
梅赛尔医院Mayo Clinic Care Network member
The hospital opened in March 2023 and in August 2025 joined the Mayo Clinic Care Network — an international network of hospitals selected by Mayo Clinic for the sharing of medical expertise. The membership was presented at a ceremony in Sanya on 21 August 2025.
- Mayo Clinic Care NetworkA member since August 2025: selection by Mayo Clinic, knowledge sharing, alignment of clinical pathways and staff development. The stated priorities of the collaboration are cancer prevention, sleep medicine and neurology. This is not a Mayo branch and not "American protocols" — but nor is it a formality.
- Reference-centre imagingSIGNA Hero 3.0T MRI, Revolution Apex Expert CT, Senographe Pristina mammography, 3D breast CT and Lunar Prodigy Pro densitometry.
- International anti-aging centreA dedicated direction: skin quality and facial contour, device-based methods, and men's and women's health programmes.
- In-depth diagnostics and imaging
- Cancer screening, including 3D breast CT
- Anti-aging and aesthetic programmes
- Men's and women's health programmes
Cellular technologies · check-up
Ciming Boao International Hospital
慈铭博鳌国际医院Approved technology for POI
A first-wave hospital of the zone, founded by Dr Han Xiaohong, who built one of China's largest preventive health-screening networks. Since 2022 it also carries a second name — Lecheng Hospital of the First Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University. It has obtained official approval from the zone's regulator for a cellular technology to treat premature ovarian insufficiency.
- A POI approval — among China's firstThe Boao Lecheng medical products administration has conditionally approved the use of umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell therapy for premature ovarian insufficiency (POI). Document 乐医药监〔2025〕62号; the approval is conditional and requires further technical assessment.
- Operating inside the zone's legal frameworkThe clinical application of new biomedical technologies is governed by PRC State Council Order No. 818 and the Boao Lecheng zone regulations — both displayed within the hospital itself.
- A research baseThe hospital publishes clinical data and works with scientific centres. Cell therapy for type 2 diabetes is treated here as a research direction.
- Cellular technologies by indication
- Comprehensive assessment programmes
- Women's health and reproductive medicine
- Consultations with specialist physicians
GMP production · cryobank
JIUNO — cellular technology platform
玖诺An automated end-to-end platform: preparation of cellular products, storage and quality control. It is precisely this infrastructure that separates regulated cellular medicine from grey-market practice.
- Automated cryobankHATCH robotic storage: cells are held in liquid-nitrogen vapour at around −196 °C, with access and tracking handled without human involvement.
- Robotic preparation of productsAn automated culturing and preparation station reduces the human factor — the key issue for sterility and reproducibility.
- In-house quality controlMolecular biology laboratory, sterility and endotoxin testing, PCR control and flow cytometry. Every batch passes multi-stage checks.
- Organoid laboratoryA miniature model of the tumour is grown from the patient's tissue and used to test agents. The direction is developing and is applied at the physicians' discretion.
- Production of cellular products to GMP standards
- Personal storage of your own cells
- Exosome products and SVF
- Laboratory quality control of every batch
Cancer prevention · rehabilitation · anti-age
Hainan Boao Luyi Hospital
海南博鳌鲁医医院A non-profit general Tier-3 hospital that opened in December 2023 as a key project of the medical cooperation between Shandong and Hainan provinces. Its strengths are cancer prevention and treatment, rehabilitation, orthopaedics, gynaecology and clinical nutrition.
- A non-profit Tier-3 hospitalOpened on 28 December 2023 at 14 Kangxiang Road, next to the Wanquan River. A Shandong–Hainan medical cooperation project with a total investment of 200 million yuan.
- Medical staff75 physicians, of whom 20 hold the chief physician grade (主任医师) and 40 the associate chief grade (副主任医师). For a hospital of this size that is an unusually high share of senior specialists.
- Storing your own cellsA personal cell-bank programme: immune and stem cells are collected and stored while the body is healthy, to be used later by indication.
- Neurological directionTranscranial pulse stimulation (NEUROLITH), DTI neuroimaging and programmes for restoring the nervous system.
- Functional medicineWork with the microbiome, including faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), nutritional support and health-management programmes.
- Cancer prevention and treatment
- Cellular and immune programmes
- Personal cell bank
- Neurorehabilitation and recovery
- Functional medicine and microbiome work
- Rehabilitation medicine
- Orthopaedics
- Gynaecology
- Clinical nutrition
- Cancer screening and genetic testing
- Aesthetic and anti-aging medicine
- Men's health, including minimally invasive methods
Oncology · radiotherapy · inpatient care
Boao Evergrande International Hospital
博鳌恒大国际医院A Tier-3 cancer hospital that opened in February 2018 and was designed to JCI standards. A Varian TrueBeam linear accelerator, PET-CT, 3.0T MRI, 223 single rooms and a separate recovery building with 424 places.
- A dedicated Tier-3 cancer hospitalOpened on 28 February 2018; on 16 November 2018 it was granted Tier-3 cancer hospital status by the Hainan provincial health commission.
- Designed to JCI standardsThe building and the patient pathways were designed to international JCI standards, on a patient-centred logic. This is a design standard, not JCI accreditation: we call things by their names.
- Radiotherapy and imaging equipmentA Varian TrueBeam linear accelerator, a Siemens Biograph mCT-20 PET-CT, a Siemens MAGNETOM Skyra 3.0T MRI and a GE Discovery CT590 RT wide-bore CT. The hospital holds 359 pieces of medical equipment in total.
- Rooms and recovery buildingEvery room in the medical building is a single room — 223 beds. A separate recovery building holds 190 apartments and 424 places.
- Blood purification departmentOne of the hospital's specialist directions: device-based work with blood composition, including procedures to reduce lipids and viscosity. Indications are determined by a physician after the work-up.
- Digital diagnosticsImage-analysis systems using artificial intelligence, in particular for assessing the lungs.
- Oncology: medical and surgical
- Radiotherapy (Varian TrueBeam)
- PET-CT and diagnostic imaging
- Extracorporeal blood purification
- AI-assisted diagnostics
- Intensive care
- Inpatient stay and recovery
- Specialist consultations
Boao Lecheng
How it is regulated — and why you can check it
The zone's special legal regime is not a marketing phrase but a working procedure with documents, deadlines and published prices.
The zone was created in 2013 by a decision of the PRC State Council. Around 36 medical institutions now operate there, and through the "green corridor" more than 460 drugs and medical devices reached the zone ahead of nationwide registration, used in China for the first time. According to the zone's administration, by September 2025 the cumulative number of patient uses of such products exceeded 190,000.
The key difference from the rest of China is set out in a dedicated zone regulation on new biomedical technologies. It expressly permits not only research but the clinical application of cellular technologies — whereas national rules restrict them to scientific research. The procedure is strict: the hospital applies to the zone's supervisory authority, the regulator has 60 days to review, and the approval is published officially.
Then comes what matters most to a patient. The price is registered and published: the clinic files it with the province's authorities and may then charge only the announced amount. An ethics committee and informed consent are mandatory. Adverse-event monitoring, a patient rescue and compensation mechanism, and immediate suspension of a project on a serious adverse reaction are all required.
As of March 2026 the zone has 20 cellular technologies officially approved for clinical application — each listed with the hospital, the indication and the price. That is why we can show you prices in advance: not because we are unusually open, but because the regulator publishes them.
Trust
What the word "cluster" actually stands for
Access to an advanced method is only worth something when it is backed by discipline and verifiable quality.
- The regulator grants approval, not the clinic
The technology is reviewed by the zone's supervisory authority: an application, up to 60 days of review, and official publication of the approval with its document number.
- The price is registered and published
The price is filed with the province's authorities and published. The clinic may not charge more than the announced amount — that is a provision of the regulation, not a promise.
- Ethics committee and consent
Applying a new technology requires the hospital's own ethics committee and the patient's informed consent.
- Monitoring and suspension
The regulation requires adverse-event monitoring, provides a rescue and compensation mechanism, and mandates immediate suspension of a project on a serious reaction.
- 20 approved cellular technologies
As of March 2026 the zone has 20 cellular technologies approved for clinical application — by named hospital and indication.
- Payment goes directly to the clinic
You pay the hospital for medical care by official invoice. MedBridge adds no mark-up to treatment.
Film about the cluster
The Boao Lecheng cluster — film
The official film about the medical zone: infrastructure, specialist centres and the technologies of the cluster.
The film is narrated in Chinese.
Check it yourself
Check it yourself
We are not asking you to take our word for it. Here are the open sources — the zone's official portal and state and industry publications.
- Boao Lecheng portal: register of medical institutions
- Qiushi (CPC Central Committee journal): Lecheng as an international medical tourism zone
- Xinhua: Boao Lecheng and the growth of its medical industry, 2025
- China Daily: MELLSSER joins the Mayo Clinic Care Network, 22 Aug 2025
- People's Daily (Hainan): Hainan Boao Luyi Hospital opens, 29 Dec 2023
How it works
The hospital is matched to the case, not the other way round
This is exactly why we do not sign an exclusive with a single hospital: each clinic has its own strength, and taking everyone to one place would mean treating them somewhere other than the best place for them.
Not sure which hospital you need?
Send your records — Dr Yang will review them and say which hospital in the cluster is strongest for your case, and whether the trip is worth making.