Photo: From left to right.: Zhong Shan (director of the Shenzhen Children’s Hospital), Huang Qi (Public Works Office, Shenzhen), Wu Yi Huan (vice-mayor of Shenzhen), Luo Le Quan (Health and Family Planning Commission party representative), Zhang Ying Ji (vice-director of the Health and Family Planning Commission, Shenzhen), photo copyright: Zhubo Design

The start of construction at the Shenzhen No.2 Children’s Hospital was celebrated on 22 September.

The director of the Children’s Hospital, Zhong Shan, broke ground accompanied by Huang Qi of the Shenzhen Public Works Office, the vice-mayor of Shenzhen, Wu Yi Huan, together with Luo Le Quan and Zhang Ying Ji from the Health and Family Planning Commission.

As a regional full-service paediatric hospital, the Children’s Hospital will have a future capacity of 1,500 beds. The building work is expected to be complete by 2022.

The design is based on a competition that Nickl & Partner Architectural Design Consulting Co. Ltd in Peking won in 2016. It received a “10 Best Hospital Architecture in China 2018” award.