Cooperation and Development—Celebration of the 20th Anniversary
of the Government Loan Cooperation between the People’s Republic of China and the State of Israel
Tianjin Hospital Project
Tianjin Hospital in Tianjin City was established in the 1940s and is the first orthopedic hospital in China.
In April 2011, the hospital applied for an Israeli government loan of USD 39 million in order to purchase
medical equipment. The project was approved by the NDRC and MOF in July and October 2011 respectively.
The procurement contract was approved by ASHRA and came into effect in September 2013. The total
contract value is USD 38,999,968.00, containing more than 700 sets of advanced medical equipment such
as 3.0T MRI, 64 Slices CT and Medical Linear Accelerators, etc. Israeli content accounts for 42% of the
contract value. All the equipment under the project was delivered, installed and put into operation by May
2015.
So far, the contract value of this project is the highest in the health sector under Sino-Israeli bilateral
government loan cooperation. It has not only played an exemplary role in utilizing governmental loan in the
medical field in China, but has also improved the introduction of equipment and technology from Israel to
China. The hospital served 1.147 million outpatients, 1,311 beds and 32,500 inpatients respectively in 2015,
increasing by 113%、82%、105% compared with those in 2011. By utilizing the Israeli government loan,
the project has achieved economic and social benefits, having spent RMB 60 million less in interest and
RMB 7 million less tariff compared with domestic commercial loans. Moreover, the project enables Tianjin
Hospital to shift from an orthopedic hospital to a modern, large-scale, Third-grade Class-A hospital, as well
as to a regional medical center incorporating orthopedics, trauma, vascular surgery, geriatrics, rehabilitation
and other disciplines. The project has contributed in better serving the patients of Tianjin in terms of timely
diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation.
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