Patient stories & the latest from China's hospitals

Real journeys and verified breakthroughs — updated regularly. See why patients from around the world are choosing China, and what's newly possible here.

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“Told to prepare for palliative care — back to normal life in months.”

A New Zealand businessman was told at home he had only months to live and should consider palliative care. He travelled to a Shanghai CAR-T centre, received bridging therapy followed by a CAR-T infusion — and his tumour disappeared within about three months. He has since resumed a normal life.

Reported by Yicai Global, December 2025. Individual outcomes vary and cannot be guaranteed; this story illustrates access, not a promise of results.

The direction has reversed

For decades patients travelled East-to-West; today patients from the US, UK, Germany, France, Canada & New Zealand travel to China.

A booming trend

China's medical-tourism sector is projected to grow from ~US$1.3B (2025) to US$3.4B (2035), led by advanced cancer care.

Latest breakthroughs & milestones

2026
NMPA / industry reports

World's first solid-tumour CAR-T approved

China approved satri-cel — the world's first CAR-T cell therapy for a solid tumour (Claudin18.2+ advanced gastric cancer).

2026
MIT Technology Review

World's first invasive brain–computer interface cleared

Shanghai-developed NEO became the first invasive BCI approved for use beyond clinical trials.

2025
Xinhua / CAS

China performs first invasive BCI implant

At Huashan Hospital (Fudan University), a man paralysed for 13 years regained mind-control of a computer within weeks.

2025
Peer-reviewed / ESMO

Ivonescimab beats Keytruda head-to-head

A China-originated PD-1/VEGF bispecific became the first drug to beat pembrolizumab in Phase 3 lung cancer.

2024
Shanghai Health Commission

Shanghai tops 300,000 international medical visits

Shanghai recorded 300,000+ international medical-service visits in H1 2024 across 22 top hospitals.

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