In the 1970's, Taiwan enjoyed a prospering economy and a rapidly rising living standard. However, despite this increase in the country's wealth, the quality of Taiwan's medical services and the advancement of technologies still lagged significantly behind. Not only were there limited institutions that offered training to the local medical graduate students, those who went abroad for further training also found themselves unable to put to use their acquired skills and knowledge. Thus, the demand for medical services in Taiwan remained unmet. With that in mind, Formosa Plastic Group Chairman Yung-ching Wang established Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (CGMH) in 1976.

     In order to meet the people's growing demands for medical services, CGM hospitals were built in Taipei, Linkou, Keelung, Taoyuan, Kaohsiung and Chiayi. Also, Linkou Children’s Hospital, Kaohsiung Children’s Hospital, Chang-Gung Institute of Nursing and The Village of Health culture were established. The total number of hospital beds in CGMH is more than ten thousand. CGMH is the leading comprehensive hospital in Taiwan, and provide complete medical care to patients of all ages and places.

      To serve Mainland Chinese, Xiamen Chang Gung Hospital was established in 2008, it aims to work together to improve the medical level. The total number of beds in the hospital is 700.