Beijing has the best collection of doctors and hospitals in China; unfortunately for most expats, it’s next to impossible to find which ones are good. If you have any need for a good doctor or surgeon here in Beijing, the best way is usually to talk first with your expat doctors as they would have the best and most reliable connections.

But, if you wanted to go it alone and you can read Chinese, there are a couple well-used consumer websites which rank doctors and surgeons. The surgeon website, meiloo.com, has ratings of Beijing surgeons, and can also help make appointments. The Washington Post has an article today about meiloo and its owner.

There’s also another popular site called haodaifu.com (literal translation of “good doctor”). With this well designed site, you can read and write reviews of hospitals and doctors.