The hospital is now the first "TCM Teaching Hospital" among provincial universities in eastern Guangdong; it is one of the "Construction Units of Famous Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospitals" of the Provincial Department of Health and the Provincial Bureau of Traditional Chinese Medicine. "Shantou Traumatology and Orthopedics Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine" was officially launched in 2003, which established the hospital's position as a leading orthopedic and traumatology hospital in eastern Guangdong. The hospital has more than 10 scientific research achievements that have won the first, second, and third national, provincial, and municipal scientific and technological progress awards. Prizes. It is one of the first batch of designated hospitals for medical insurance in Shantou City, one of the designated hospitals for labor ability appraisal in Shantou City, and the first batch of designated hospitals for rural cooperative medical care in Shantou City.