The predecessor of the hospital was the "Huidian Hospital" founded by the Church of England (Chinese Anglican Church) in 1920; in 1950, it was taken over by the Kunming Municipal People's Government and renamed "Kunming Army Hospital Obstetrics and Gynecology Branch"; in 1958 It was restructured into Kunming Children's Hospital; in 2012, the Kunming Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government introduced the funds and advanced management concepts of China Resources Group, a Fortune 500 state-owned enterprise, to transform the hospital into a non-profit joint-stock public hospital.