Radiology residency training in China: results from the first retrospective nationwide survey

Insights into Imaging

Table 1 Number of radiology residency programs and residents by region

Region	Number of residency programs	Number of surveyed programs	Number of residents in surveyed programs	Number of responding residents
Total	408	308	3679	1163
East	185	144	1879	592
Central	93	67	655	186
West	89	68	743	241
Northeast	41	29	402	144

The four regions were defined by China’s National Bureau of Statistics based on the geographic location and economic status. The eastern region contains 10 highly developed coastal provinces and municipalities, including Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Shandong, Guangdong and Hainan. The central region includes 6 provinces, including Shanxi, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei and Hunan. The western region includes 12 less developed provinces and municipalities, including Inner Mongolia, Guangxi, Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia and Xinjiang. The northeastern region consists of 3 provinces, including Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang