The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat sen University (referred to as "Zhongshan Fifth Hospital") is located in Zhuhai, the gateway hub city of the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area, adjacent to Hong Kong and Macao. It is a large-scale tertiary comprehensive hospital integrating medical treatment, teaching, scientific research, preventive healthcare, and translational medicine research. It is also a provincial-level high-level hospital supported by the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and Government, as well as the Zhuhai Municipal Party Committee and Government. The hospital was formerly known as Zhuhai Medical Center, founded in 1992, and officially became a directly affiliated hospital of Sun Yat sen University in 2001. The hospital headquarters covers an area of 220000 square meters and has a building area of 310000 square meters; The planned number of beds is 4000, but the actual number of open beds is 2450.
The strategic vision of the hospital is "based in Zhuhai, serving the development strategy of the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area, covering the west bank urban agglomeration, radiating the countries and regions along the the Belt and Road, and creating a national medical center", and is committed to building an open, comprehensive, intelligent, and research-oriented hospital