Xi'an Children's Hospital is the only Grade 3A comprehensive children's specialized hospital in Shaanxi Province and Xi'an City that integrates medical treatment, teaching, scientific research, prevention, health care, rehabilitation, pre-hospital emergency care and management, as well as the National Children's Regional Medical Center, Children's Medical Center of Shaanxi Province, Children's Hospital affiliated with Xi'an Jiaotong University and Xi'an Children's Hospital affiliated with Chongqing Medical University. The predecessor of the hospital was the Central Hospital, which was founded in 1939 in Yan'an, the holy land of the revolution, and was later reorganized several times and renamed Xi'an Children's Hospital in September 1959 with the approval of the Xi'an Municipal People's Government.