Shanghai 1^st Maternal and Infant Hospital is a three-level specialist hospitals, Shanghai Institute of Gynecology and Obstetrics Technology Cooperation Hospital, Shanghai civilized units.

Shanghai 1^st Maternal and Infant Hospital was founded in February 1947, when it was named Shanghai Municipal Maternal and Child Health Hospital, located at No. 96 Haining Road, Hongkou District, Shanghai.

In June 1949, the hospital was taken over by the Municipal Military Commission and became the unit directly under the Municipal Health Bureau. In November 1950, the hospital was relocated to No. 536 Changle Road, Jing'an District, Shanghai (formerly West-Central Sanatorium). June 1952 it changed name to Shanghai's first maternal and child health hospital. May 1953, took over the Bethel Branch (No. 21 Fuxing Road) for the Shanghai First Maternal and Child Health Hospital Branch. In October 1958, the hospital was placed under the management of Xincheng District (now Jing'an District), but the nature and tasks of municipal hospitals remained unchanged. In November 1960, the Jing'an District Maternity and Women in Jing'an District were assigned to the First Affiliated Hospital of Shanghai Maternity and Infancy Hospital, located at No. 293 Jiangning Road, Jing'an District, Shanghai. In 1964, Shanghai 1^st Maternal and Infant Hospital Branch moved to General Hospital. May 1965, the hospital returned to Shanghai Health Bureau management. Shanghai 1950 senior midwifery vocational school transferred to the Shanghai Health School. September 2005, the hospital affiliated to the party and government under the Shanghai Shenkang Hospital Development Center.

The hospital consists of the General Hospital, Pudong Branch, the second practicing point and Shanghai Women's Health Center. Since 1986, the hospital has been named by the World Health Organization as "WHO cooperation center for maternal and child health research and training" and "WHO Collaborating Center on Perinatal Health Care." In 1992 through the first national baby-friendly hospital review. 1993 Fudan University Medical College (formerly Shanghai Medical University) Clinical Teaching Hospital. In 1995 was named three level first-class hospital. In December 2006, Tongji University became the first maternal and child health hospital.

Shanghai 1^st Maternity and Infant Hospital is the only cooperation center for maternal and infant health care training in China by WHO. Bearing the obstetrics and gynecology teaching and research and the city's maternal and child health care business management and guidance of the dual responsibilities. In particular, prenatal diagnosis of high-risk pregnancies and birth defects has become a hospital feature.

Hospital obstetrics, women's health disciplines as the key disciplines, medical education research overall coordinated development. Hospital prenatal diagnosis center "prenatal diagnosis of birth defects" project was listed as the emerging market-leading hospital technology projects. The "Congenital Hearing Impairment Strategy and the Study of 130,000 Newborn Hearing Screening" participated by the hospital won the first prize of Shanghai Science and Technology Progress Award.

The hospital covers an area of 10 mu, building area of 12,000 square meters, 242 approved beds. The hospital has an annual outpatient and emergency department number of 400,000 person-times, annual discharge of more than 12,000 passengers, the average annual delivery volume of nearly 6000 cases. The hospital has a full set of Oxford imported fetal care system, fetal heart rate and the United States imported RITTER advanced examination bed, Europe and the United States Giraffe multi-function incubator and neonatal radiation rescue station, GE Abdominal cavity four-dimensional color stereoscopic ultrasound system, imported abdominal cavity mirror and ultrasonic knife ligation and other advanced equipment.