China's Top Departments: International Health Management Center at Guangdong Clifford Hospital (Guangzhou)

For Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and international clients seeking long-term, high-end health management in the Greater Bay Area, the International Health Management Center of Guangdong Clifford Hospital (Guangzhou) offers something rare in mainland China: a "one-stop, fully managed, membership-based" program built around a private physician and a whole-person philosophy of care.

At Medora, we help international patients access Clifford's premium health management services. Here is what you need to know.

Overview

The Clifford International Health Management Center is a "one-stop, fully managed, membership-based" health management program created by Guangdong Clifford Hospital for high-net-worth and discerning clients. Guided by the principle of treating disease before it arises ("prevent before onset, prevent progression once present, prevent recurrence after recovery"), the Center champions whole-person care across the entire life cycle. It is distinguished by a model that integrates Western medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and natural medicine, delivered by a team of health managers, attending physicians and specialist doctors.

Unlike the hospital's general outpatient clinics or its standard health checkup center, the essence of the International Health Management Center is "full management": a dedicated attending physician coordinates health managers and specialist doctors across the hospital to build a long-term, continuous and private health-management relationship with each member — extending care from a "one-off checkup" to "a lifetime of management."

For Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and international patients, the Center can draw on the hospital's international JCI-standard management system, the multilingual services of its International Department, and the advantages of the "Hong Kong/Macao Medicine and Device Connect" policy, providing seamless cross-border health management from assessment and intervention to follow-up.

Academic Standing

The International Health Management Center is not a single "key specialty"; rather, it is a premium health-management platform through which the hospital leverages its overall academic strength and international accreditations:

• China's first JCI-accredited hospital: Guangdong Clifford Hospital is China's first internationally JCI-accredited large general Grade 3A (tertiary) hospital (with integrated Chinese-Western medicine features), and has passed JCI re-accreditation multiple times, aligning its quality of care with international standards.
• 2026 International Hospital Accreditation: On 15 January 2026, the hospital was awarded accreditation under the International Hospital Accreditation Standards (China) (2021 edition), becoming the first private hospital in China to receive this accreditation.
• Among Guangdong's first batch of international medical service pilot hospitals: In March 2026, the Guangdong Provincial Health Commission, Healthcare Security Administration and Medical Products Administration jointly announced the first batch of 25 international medical service pilot hospitals in Guangdong, and Guangdong Clifford Hospital was included. The pilot runs from 2026–2027, focusing on cross-border medical payment and an international medical demonstration zone, among six core tasks.
• Alignment with Hong Kong/Macao policies: The hospital is a designated institution under the Greater Bay Area's "Hong Kong/Macao Medicine and Device Connect" scheme and a Greater Bay Area pilot institution for Hong Kong's "Elderly Health Care Voucher".
• National Drug Clinical Trial Base (GCP), Guangdong Famous TCM Hospital, Guangdong Provincial Teaching Hospital for Higher Medical Education, and one of Guangdong's first designated hospitals for foreign-related medical services.
• Academic standing in natural medicine: The hospital is the chair institution of the Natural Medicine Research Professional Committee of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies, in line with the "green holistic medicine" emphasized by the Center.
• International insurance partnerships: The hospital has signed cooperation agreements with 33 renowned international insurance companies.

Core Services

• Private-physician health management (fully managed): A team of health managers, attending physicians and specialist doctors provides each member with a private physician who coordinates daily health monitoring, medical appointments and long-term follow-up, sparing members the hassle of running between departments.
• Functional medicine testing: Health-status assessment conducted with a functional-medicine approach, helping to identify sub-health conditions and latent risks and to inform personalized interventions.
• Attentive post-check follow-up: Testing and checkups are not the endpoint; the Center offers post-check interpretation, tracking and intervention, forming an "assessment–intervention–reassessment" loop.
• Personalized wellness and health-preservation guidance: Combining TCM health preservation with Western health management, the Center offers individualized advice on lifestyle, diet, exercise and wellness.
• MDT consultations with leading experts at home and abroad: The Center connects members with leading multidisciplinary experts from within and beyond the hospital for focused consultations on complex or difficult health issues.
• Green holistic medicine: Featuring the integration of Western medicine, TCM and natural medicine, it carries forward the hospital's pioneering concept of comprehensive green therapy, emphasizing health maintenance with as few side effects as possible.
• Integrated chronic-disease management and anti-aging: Center expert Dr. Qu Junwen runs a general practice (whole-person) clinic, offering services such as integrated chronic-disease management and delaying vascular aging.

Expert Team

Dr. Qu Junwen (屈俊雯), PhD:

• Her departments include the International Health Management Center, the Department of Nutrition, and the Anti-Aging Medicine Center; she also serves as Deputy Director of the Hospital's Cancer Center and Director of the Department of Nutrition
• She holds three professional degrees — in clinical medicine, nutrition and TCM — and emphasizes a multidisciplinary, integrative perspective in her clinical and research work
• She has devoted more than a decade to research on high-dose vitamin C combined with deep hyperthermia as an adjunctive anti-cancer approach; her findings have been published in SCI journals and presented at international academic meetings including the World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC), the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)
• Her latest study, published in the Journal of Advanced Research, enrolled 97 patients with refractory stage IIIB–IV non-small cell lung cancer and confirmed that this regimen can improve quality of life and prolong survival, with some cases showing tumor shrinkage and survival exceeding 5 years
• She also advocates and practices integrated chronic-disease management and delaying vascular aging

Who May Benefit

• High-net-worth individuals and families seeking "one-stop, fully managed" long-term health management (membership-based)
• Those who need continuous private-physician / health-concierge care
• Those who need functional medicine testing and in-depth health assessment with post-check intervention
• Those with integrated chronic-disease management needs (e.g., cardiovascular risk factors, early screening for and intervention in vascular aging)
• Those seeking green holistic medicine integrating Chinese and Western medicine and natural medicine, and anti-aging-related health services
• Individuals with complex health issues who wish to obtain MDT consultations with leading multidisciplinary experts at home and abroad
• Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and international readers: cross-border health management supported by the hospital's JCI system, International Department, multilingual customer service and insurance direct-billing network

Hospital Information

Guangdong Clifford Hospital (Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine Clifford Hospital; Jinan University Affiliated Clifford Hospital)

No. 1 & No. 3 Hongfu Road, Panyu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

• Tel: (020) 84518222
• Website: www.clifford-hospital.org
• International Department: [email protected] | Overseas hotline +86 400 900 3823 | WhatsApp +86 188 1411 5985

If you are exploring Clifford Hospital's premium wellness programs, you may also find our guides to the anti-aging medicine center at Clifford and the health checkup center at Clifford useful.

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This guide is prepared for an international audience based on the hospital's official website and public reporting. The Center's roster of experts and clinic schedules are subject to the hospital's official announcements — please refer to the latest official information. If you need assistance with membership consultation, appointments, or travel arrangements, contact Medora for personalized support.