Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine was founded in 1958. It is an affiliated hospital of a Chinese Medicine Institute of Higher Education. After more than half a century of hard work and the efforts of several generations, the hospital is well-known both at home and abroad for its history, leading experts, first-class technology and excellent service. In 1991, it established the TCM-Klinik Kötzting in Germany, that has since become an important international exchange window for Chinese Medicine.