The hospital is located in Yiwu City, Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China. Yiwu is a financial and industrial hud of Zhejiang Province, and known for its large number of international tourists and businessmen. Currently Yiwu holds a population of about 2 million people, and among which about 1.1 million were foreign-born, including more than 10 thousand international businessmen.[3]
The first investment of constructing this university hospital is about 1 billionChinese Yuan. Initially the hospital will have about 800 patient beds. The constructional area of the hospital is about 200 Mu.[4]
Dr. Chen Yagang was pointed as the first president of the hospital.
Qiushi Academy (1897-1901) → Qiushi University (1901-1902) → Chekiang University (1902-1903) → Chekiang Higher Institutes (1903-1914) → (closure) → National Third Chungsan University (1927-1928) → National Chekiang University (1928-1950)→ Chekiang University (1950-1990) → Zhejiang University (current)