Objective：To reveal the development status of private hospitals in Jiangsu, and provide effective policy recommendations to further encourage and attract the social capital enter medical field. Methods: We used the descriptive analysis and comparative analysis to study the number of private hospitals, bed allocations, health human resources, medical service and service efficiency in Jiangsu Province from 2011 to 2015. Results: At present, private hospitals had experienced rapid growth. The number of hospitals, beds and the amount of services had a rapid growth. But there were still some problems such as lack of market positioning, shortage of medical and health resources, difficulties in policy implementation. Conclusion: Private hospitals should adhere to diversified development and correct orientation; strengthen their human resources training to reserve talents; the government should strengthen the supervision of private hospitals, standardize the medical service market.