The Government announced the official naming of Hong Kong's first Chinese medicine hospital as The Chinese Medicine Hospital of Hong Kong and launched its logo today.

Secretary for Health Prof Lo Chung-mau said that the hospital's establishment marks a milestone in the city's commitment to driving Chinese medicine (CM) development.

He noted that the Government is actively progressing with various preparations for the hospital's commissioning, aiming to commence services in phases starting from the end of next year.

Prof Lo said as the first CM service-predominant hospital in Hong Kong, it will lead the way for local CM services to go beyond primary healthcare and play a part in secondary and tertiary healthcare, signifying a major breakthrough in Hong Kong's CM development.

He added that the hospital will also serve as the city's flagship CM institution, taking on the roles of a pioneer and change-driver to leverage Hong Kong's traditional advantages in CM through active interaction with various stakeholders in the CM sector and joining forces with the sector to promote CM development in Hong Kong, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) and the international community as a whole, thereby contributing to the construction of CM Highlands in the GBA and the national CM development.

The hospital logo's design, characterised by the outline of the hospital building, incorporates the Chinese character “中” among architectural features that depict the building outlines and colours resembling a mountain range.

It also includes a moon gate design common in classical Chinese gardens, symbolising a welcoming passageway for the public into the extensive and profound realm of CM.

The logo's overall design showcases both traditional Chinese architectural elements and the vibrancy of Chinese culture, highlighting the hospital's unique position within Hong Kong's healthcare system.

The hospital will focus on providing pure CM, CM-predominant and integrated Chinese-Western medicine clinical services, covering government-subsidised inpatient and outpatient services.

It will also undertake key missions in training and education, research, collaboration and creating health values, including offering clinical internships to students of the three local universities with Schools of Chinese Medicine and serving as a clinical training platform for CM practitioners.

Moreover, the hospital will collaborate with universities and education institutions in Hong Kong, on the Mainland and overseas on clinical research, proprietary Chinese medicines development and other CM-related research to push forward the research development of CM.

Located at 1 Pak Shing Kok Road in Tseung Kwan O, the hospital adopts a public-private partnership model with its construction fully funded by the Government.

The Government commissioned Baptist University as the contractor through tendering procedures in 2021. The university subsequently incorporated a company limited by guarantee in the same year in accordance with the service deed to act as the operator for managing, operating and maintaining the hospital.