Wuxi Fourth People's Hospital was built in 1976. In 1994, it became one of the first batch of tertiary B hospitals of the Ministry of Health. In 1997, it became the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University (the Fourth Clinical School of Soochow University School of Medicine). . In 2005, the brand name of Wuxi Cancer Hospital was added. It is a teaching hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangnan University and other institutions of higher learning. The Wuxi Cancer Prevention and Treatment Research Institute is located in the hospital. In 2006, the only social development project of Wuxi Municipal Industry, University and Research "7+1" project, "Fudan University Affiliated Cancer Hospital Wuxi Oncology Base" was officially launched.