Cancer ward bed numbers in China 2021, by province
In the past decade, the number of beds in cancer wards in China increased by around 100 percent, exceeding 270,000 in 2021. The capacity and quality of cancer treatment services can vary significantly between regions. Provinces of Henan, Shandong, and Jiangsu all had more than 20,000 cancer ward beds. In contrast, autonomous regions of Ningxia and Tibet had the fewest oncology ward beds, with Tibet only equipped with 42 beds in cancer wards.