Baoding Maternal and Child Health Hospital was built in 1950, formerly known as Hebei Maternal and Child Health Hospital, and was handed over to Baoding in 1962. After half a century's journey, it has developed into the only maternal and child health care institution with considerable scale in Baoding, which integrates medical treatment, health care, teaching and scientific research. Responsible for the prevention, health care, rehabilitation, reproductive health, family planning and medical technical guidance of women and children in the city. As early as 1994, it was named as "baby-friendly hospital" by the Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization and UNICEF, and was approved by the Ministry of Health as the first third-class first-class maternal and child health hospital in Hebei Province on 1998.