Opened for service on 16 November 1980 under ex-chairman Li-Fu Chen , the China Medical University Hospital (CMUH) is the first hospital in Taiwan integrating Chinese and Western medicine for the "modernization of Chinese medicine", in hopes to open up new horizons in the area of medicine by carrying on the past heritage and opening up a way for those who follow. Due to fund shortage, there were only 200 beds in the beginning of operations. Though it was a hard time, the support of the board of directors and guidance of the inaugurating superintendent Ting-Fu Wang have laid a solid foundation for the hospital which has developed into a district teaching hospital in 1988.

        Since Professor Chang-Hai Tsai, became the second superintendent of CMUH, he started a long list of reforms: the Li-fu Building Construction Project, hospital site planning, procurement of forefront facilities and equipment, enhancement of the quality of hearth care and the level of education and research, reinforcement of hospital management, enhancement of service efficiency etc. The concerted effort of all colleagues has ensured the fast growth of the hospital, the number of beds was increased to over 1,700, and the hospital was promoted into a medical center in 2000. Superintendent Tsai became the chairman of CMUH in 2001 and continued the development of the CMUH medical system. In 2003 the application for university establishment was approved by the Ministry of Education and the hospital was thus changed its name officially into the China Medical University Hospital which passed the new hospital and teaching hospital accreditation in 2004.

        Attaching to the hospital's central belief in "to respect the patient, cherish the personnel, and be proud of the hospital", we will continue to offer excellent and holistic medical services to mankind; to demonstrate the educational and research functions of a university hospital in coordination with the school administration planning and medical system development. Furthermore, we will continue to promote the features of Chinese medical treatment and the modernization of Chinese Medicine in order to realize the responsibility as a medical center and to become the world's top teaching and medical center of Chinese & Western medicines.