Shanghai Children's Medical Center (SCMC) affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medcine was co-founded by Shanghai Municipal People's Government and Project HOPE in the 1990s. It was officially opened in 1998. The then President Jiang Zemin inscribed its name, and Hillary Clinton, the then first lady of the United States, came to the ribbon-cutting ceremony. In 2017, the hospital was granted as National Children's Medical Center. In May 2018, at the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the hospital, former President Donald Trump and the first lady of the United Satates posted a congratulation letter to the hospital.