Beijing's 40 TCM Medical Tourism Packages: What Foreign Patients Can Actually Use

In short

On 18 October 2026, the Beijing Municipal Administration of Traditional
Chinese Medicine announced 40 standardised TCM medical tourism
packages offered by 21 leading medical institutions in Beijing.
Each package is built as a defined treatment course with transparent
pricing, and the service model is a closed loop: online assessment →
treatment in Beijing → cross-border follow-up after you go home. The
package-by-package catalogue — names, prices, course lengths — has
not been published yet. This article sets out exactly what is known,
what is not, and how an international patient would use a package today.

What exactly was announced?

The announcement was made by Gao Lu, deputy director of the Beijing
Municipal Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, at the
"Beijing outcomes" briefing of the 2026 World Congress on Traditional
Medicine (National Convention Center, 17–18 October 2026), and reported
the same weekend by Beijing Daily, The Beijing News and Qianlong News.
The programme is part of Beijing's push to build an integrated
"medicine + tourism + culture" model for international patients.

• 21 leading institutions are offering the packages (the full roster
  has not been released).
• 40 packages in total, each a standardised plan with a clear
  treatment course and transparent pricing.
• Coverage areas named so far: bone and joint rehabilitation,
  recovery care after cancer treatment, and women's health conditioning,
  "among other" specialist areas.
• Each package bundles three layers: clinical TCM treatment
  (acupuncture, tuina massage, internal and external herbal medicine),
  wellness guidance, and cultural experiences such as herb
  identification and medicinal cuisine.

How does the service loop work?

Beijing has published the pathway, even though it has not yet published
the catalogue. The five steps are:

1. Submit your records online. Your case is reviewed before you
   travel.
2. Remote pattern assessment. TCM specialists assess your condition
   remotely (in TCM terms, a syndrome differentiation) and draft a
   treatment plan.
3. Travel to Beijing for the treatment block. Acupuncture, tuina
   and herbal treatment are delivered as a system, on the plan agreed
   in advance.
4. Pay transparently. The programme supports international
   commercial insurance direct billing and multi-currency settlement
   where the institution offers it.
5. Continue from home. After the course, follow-up happens across
   borders — remote review plus a home wellness plan. The official
   shorthand is "short stay in China for treatment, long-term care in
   the cloud."

A reported example: a public TCM institution

The reported example is a public TCM institution in Beijing and one of the original international medical pilot institutions (see our companion article on Beijing's 18 pilot
hospitals). Its role in the programme focuses on chronic pain, rare
diseases and anti-aging care, combining TCM with modern medicine and
multidisciplinary review.

Its international services show what a package looks like in practice:

• Herbal medicine as decoctions or granules; acupuncture; tuina; ear
  acupoint therapy; herbal iontophoresis; and personalised gaofang
  (膏方) medicinal pastes — the hospital is a municipal designated
  centre for gaofang preparation.
• Services in Chinese, English, Japanese and Korean, by appointment.
• Follow-up by phone and online after you leave — the "cloud" end of
  the loop.
• International department enquiries: +86-10-88001248.

What has not been published — read this before trusting any "full list"

• The names of all 21 institutions (only an individual example has been showcased).
• The 40 packages item by item: no official source lists each
  package's contents, price or course length.
• Any public booking page. There isn't one yet.

If you find a page listing all 40 packages with prices, it was not
sourced from the Beijing authorities — the catalogue has simply not been
released. The realistic route to it is a direct request to the
Administration or to a participating hospital's international
department.

How would a foreign patient actually use one of these packages?

Because there is no public catalogue or booking page, the practical
sequence today is:

1. Send your medical records and describe what you want to address (a
   condition, recovery after treatment, or structured wellness care).
2. The institution's specialists do the remote assessment and come back
   with a named package or a tailored plan, a course length and a fixed
   price — confirmed before you book travel.
3. Travel to Beijing for the treatment block; pay the hospital directly
   (insurance direct billing where supported).
4. Continue with remote follow-up and a home plan after you return.

PriumCare coordinates this sequence for international patients — records
preparation and translation, the assessment request, scheduling and
interpretation — while all medical decisions and treatment stay with the
hospital's doctors.

Frequently asked questions

Can I book one of Beijing's 40 TCM packages online now?

Not yet through any public booking page. Beijing has announced the
programme — 40 packages across 21 institutions — but has not published
the package-by-package catalogue or an online booking channel. Access
currently runs through the institutions' international departments, or
through a coordination service that requests the catalogue and confirms
a plan on your behalf.

How much do the Beijing TCM packages cost?

Individual package prices have not been published. The Beijing
Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine describes the packages as
standardised plans with clear treatment courses and transparent pricing,
which means the price is fixed once your package and course are
confirmed — before you travel. Any website listing exact prices for all
40 packages today is guessing.

What conditions do the 40 TCM packages cover?

The areas named at the launch are bone and joint rehabilitation,
recovery care after cancer treatment, and women's health conditioning,
among other specialist strengths of the 21 participating institutions.
The full list of 40 packages has not been released.

Do I need to speak Chinese to use a TCM package in Beijing?

The programme’s reported example provides services in Chinese, English, Japanese and
Korean and offers post-visit follow-up by phone and online. For other
institutions, interpretation can be arranged as part of your
coordination.

Does a TCM package replace my cancer treatment?

No. The packages that touch oncology are framed as post-treatment
recovery and rehabilitation support — restoring strength and managing
symptoms after primary treatment. They are an adjunct to, not a
substitute for, your oncology care, and your treating doctors should
know what you are taking.

Sources and notes

• Beijing Municipal Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine,
  "Beijing outcomes" briefing, 2026 World Congress on Traditional
  Medicine, 18 October 2026 — as reported by Beijing Daily (bjnews /
  京报网）, The Beijing News （新京报） and Qianlong News （千龙网）,
  18–19 October 2026.
• Institutional international-services pages (gamyy.cn),
  accessed October 2026.
• Beijing municipal government English-language guide to medical
  services for foreign nationals (institution strengths), accessed
  October 2026.

PriumCare / 沛瑞医疗 is a medical travel coordination service.
We do not provide medical diagnosis or treatment; all care is delivered
by licensed hospitals, and hospital fees are paid by patients directly
to the hospital. Information on this page reflects official
announcements as of 22 October 2026 and will be updated when the full
package catalogue is published.

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