Our International Story

The Wellness Institute's model for chronic disease management and prevention has long garnered interest, awards and recognition in North America including from the Medical Fitness Association.

Canada Wellness Institute was developed as an international brand to bring the Wellness Institute's successful model abroad. Canada Wellness Institute is an active partner in a Joint Venture company to develop facilities and online services for wellness in China.

Canada Wellness Institute in China

In 2015, the Wellness Institute partnered with Rizhao Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, in Rizhao, Shandong province to establish China's first medical fitness facility using our international brand name Canada Wellness Institute (CWI). In 2017, a second CWI site was opened in partnership with Taihe Hospital in Shiyan, Hubei province.  Taihe Hospital System is the leading and largest tertiary teaching center in the region.

In 2018, CWI established a joint venture with More Health, one of Chinas largest and innovative digital health providers to advance the to advance Canada's award-winning preventive medicine to China and with the aim of helping people improve their lifestyle and reduce the risk of chronic disease. CWI is establishing facilities with partner organizations including insurance companies, local governments, hospitals and community health centers and senior care providers. There are now seven CWI sites established or in development across China including Beijing, Hangzhou, Zhengzhou, Xingtai, Shiyan and Rizhao.

In addition to developing state-of-the-art medical fitness facilities, CWI has combined its clinically-validated therapeutic lifestyle programs with next-generation digital solutions to enable broad scaling of personalized lifestyle interventions as an essential and innovative part of preventing and managing chronic conditions.

Featured above:

Mr. David Murphy, Senior Trade Commissioner, Embassy of Canada to China

Mr. Kong Fei Board Chair, Canada Wellness Institute

Ms. Carrie Solmundson, CEO, Seven Oaks General Hospital Chronic Disease Innovation Centre

The Honourable John McCallum, Canada's Ambassador to China

Dr. Zeng Qiang Director of the Health Management Institute of the Chinese PLA General Hospital

Mr. Bu Jiangyong, Chairman of MoreHealth

Mr. Yang Hongwei Director General of China Health Development Research Center