The hospital was opened for trial operation on March 28, 2005 after nearly a year of shutting down for renovation and expansion, updating more than 460 sets of medical equipments, conducting personnel training and recruiting and introducing high-end talents in the discipline from home and abroad. The first batch opened 550 beds, including 32 intensive care beds. After more than a month of trial operation, all the medical work was running normally, and the hospital was officially opened on May 19, 2005, and a grand opening ceremony was held. Party and state leaders He Luli, Wu Jiping and Han Qide sent congratulatory letters and telegrams to the hospital; leaders at all levels, such as Huang Jiefu, vice minister of the Ministry of Health, and Niu Youcheng, vice mayor of Beijing, came to the venue in person and delivered an enthusiastic speech for the opening of the West Beijing Hospital, putting forward clear requirements for the construction and development of the West Beijing Hospital, as well as placing high hopes on the construction and development of the West Beijing Hospital.