A glimpse of Beijing Anzhen Hospital’s smart transformation

A robot transports medicines to the fully automated dispensing machines in the smart pharmacy at the Tongzhou branch of Beijing Anzhen Hospital in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 3, 2026. Beijing Anzhen Hospital, designated by the Beijing municipal government as the city’s first demonstration unit for “robots plus medical” applications, currently has 25 types of medical robots undergoing clinical trials.

These robots are deployed across various departments including outpatient clinics, pharmacies, wards, operating rooms, and catheterization rooms.

Serving as intelligent assistants to doctors, these robotic “staff members” are becoming a driving force in the hospital’s smart transformation and upgrade. (Xinhua/Li Xin)

An automatic intelligent intravenous drug compounding robot system works at the Tongzhou branch of Beijing Anzhen Hospital in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 3, 2026. Beijing Anzhen Hospital, designated by the Beijing municipal government as the city’s first demonstration unit for “robots plus medical” applications, currently has 25 types of medical robots undergoing clinical trials.

These robots are deployed across various departments including outpatient clinics, pharmacies, wards, operating rooms, and catheterization rooms.

Serving as intelligent assistants to doctors, these robotic “staff members” are becoming a driving force in the hospital’s smart transformation and upgrade. (Xinhua/Li Xin)

This photo shows an automatic intelligent intravenous drug compounding robot system at the Tongzhou branch of Beijing Anzhen Hospital in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 3, 2026. Beijing Anzhen Hospital, designated by the Beijing municipal government as the city’s first demonstration unit for “robots plus medical” applications, currently has 25 types of medical robots undergoing clinical trials.

These robots are deployed across various departments including outpatient clinics, pharmacies, wards, operating rooms, and catheterization rooms.

Serving as intelligent assistants to doctors, these robotic “staff members” are becoming a driving force in the hospital’s smart transformation and upgrade. (Xinhua/Li Xin)

Experts perform orthopedic surgery using a robotic system at the Tongzhou branch of Beijing Anzhen Hospital in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 3, 2026. Beijing Anzhen Hospital, designated by the Beijing municipal government as the city’s first demonstration unit for “robots plus medical” applications, currently has 25 types of medical robots undergoing clinical trials.

These robots are deployed across various departments including outpatient clinics, pharmacies, wards, operating rooms, and catheterization rooms.

Serving as intelligent assistants to doctors, these robotic “staff members” are becoming a driving force in the hospital’s smart transformation and upgrade. (Xinhua/Li Xin)

A robot transports medicines to the fully automated dispensing machines in the smart pharmacy at the Tongzhou branch of Beijing Anzhen Hospital in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 3, 2026. Beijing Anzhen Hospital, designated by the Beijing municipal government as the city’s first demonstration unit for “robots plus medical” applications, currently has 25 types of medical robots undergoing clinical trials.

These robots are deployed across various departments including outpatient clinics, pharmacies, wards, operating rooms, and catheterization rooms.

Serving as intelligent assistants to doctors, these robotic “staff members” are becoming a driving force in the hospital’s smart transformation and upgrade. (Xinhua/Li Xin)

This photo shows the smart pharmacy at the Tongzhou branch of Beijing Anzhen Hospital in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 3, 2026. Beijing Anzhen Hospital, designated by the Beijing municipal government as the city’s first demonstration unit for “robots plus medical” applications, currently has 25 types of medical robots undergoing clinical trials.

These robots are deployed across various departments including outpatient clinics, pharmacies, wards, operating rooms, and catheterization rooms.

Serving as intelligent assistants to doctors, these robotic “staff members” are becoming a driving force in the hospital’s smart transformation and upgrade. (Xinhua/Li Xin)

Experts perform orthopedic surgery using a robotic system at the Tongzhou branch of Beijing Anzhen Hospital in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 3, 2026. Beijing Anzhen Hospital, designated by the Beijing municipal government as the city’s first demonstration unit for “robots plus medical” applications, currently has 25 types of medical robots undergoing clinical trials.

These robots are deployed across various departments including outpatient clinics, pharmacies, wards, operating rooms, and catheterization rooms.

Serving as intelligent assistants to doctors, these robotic “staff members” are becoming a driving force in the hospital’s smart transformation and upgrade. (Xinhua/Li Xin)

A robotic guide operates in the outpatient hall at the Tongzhou branch of Beijing Anzhen Hospital in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 3, 2026. Beijing Anzhen Hospital, designated by the Beijing municipal government as the city’s first demonstration unit for “robots plus medical” applications, currently has 25 types of medical robots undergoing clinical trials.

These robots are deployed across various departments including outpatient clinics, pharmacies, wards, operating rooms, and catheterization rooms.

Serving as intelligent assistants to doctors, these robotic “staff members” are becoming a driving force in the hospital’s smart transformation and upgrade. (Xinhua/Li Xin)

A medication sorting robot operates in the pharmacy of the Tongzhou branch of Beijing Anzhen Hospital in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 3, 2026. Beijing Anzhen Hospital, designated by the Beijing municipal government as the city’s first demonstration unit for “robots plus medical” applications, currently has 25 types of medical robots undergoing clinical trials.

These robots are deployed across various departments including outpatient clinics, pharmacies, wards, operating rooms, and catheterization rooms.

Serving as intelligent assistants to doctors, these robotic “staff members” are becoming a driving force in the hospital’s smart transformation and upgrade. (Xinhua/Li Xin)

A medical worker inspects an injection solution dispensing robot system at the Tongzhou branch of Beijing Anzhen Hospital in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 3, 2026. Beijing Anzhen Hospital, designated by the Beijing municipal government as the city’s first demonstration unit for “robots plus medical” applications, currently has 25 types of medical robots undergoing clinical trials.

These robots are deployed across various departments including outpatient clinics, pharmacies, wards, operating rooms, and catheterization rooms.

Serving as intelligent assistants to doctors, these robotic “staff members” are becoming a driving force in the hospital’s smart transformation and upgrade. (Xinhua/Li Xin)

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Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance

Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…

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