OUE Healthcare Limited launched its first joint venture (JV) hospital in Changshu, Jiangsu Province, China. The Changshu Hospital, was officially commissioned by Singapore's Senior Minister of State for Manpower, and Sustainability and the Environment, Dr. Koh Poh Koon, and Suzhou's Mayor Mr. Wu Qingwen. Operated by OUEH's joint venture company, China Merchants Lippo Hospital Management (Shenzhen) Limited ("CM Lippo"), the 100-bed Obstetrics and Gynaecology ("O&G") hospital is the first private O&G hospital to be commissioned in the city of Changshu.

The hospital will be providing premium obstetrics, gynaecology, paediatric and other related medical services to patients in Changshu, Suzhou, and the Yangtze River Delta region. CM Lippo is the Group's 50:50 joint venture company with a subsidiary of China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone Holdings Co. Ltd., ("CMSK").

CMSK is a member company of the China Merchants Group ("CMG"), which is a state-owned conglomerate based in Hong Kong, under direct supervision of State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council.