AI in Chinese healthcare: From medical imaging to AI hospitals
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Chinese healthcare has seen remarkable growth since implementing the Healthy China 2030 Initiative in 2016. With strong government backing, AI plays a pivotal role in cancer treatment, diagnostic imaging, and telemedicine. The country’s regulatory framework such as Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), ensures that while healthcare data is protected, it also […]
Digital healthcare in China: Sustained expansion and transformation post-pandemic
Digital healthcare in China is rapidly transforming the healthcare landscape by integrating cutting-edge technologies such as the Internet of Things, big data, and artificial intelligence into medical services, including digitization, standardization, and intelligence of medical consultations and pharmaceutical offerings. The number of online medical users in China increased from 214.8 million in December 2020 to […]
China’s healthcare market: Reform, innovation, and investment shifts
China’s healthcare system is undergoing reforms to improve public hospital operations and integrate advanced technologies. Key changes in 2024 aim to control costs, enhance drug procurement, and open up the medical sector to foreign-owned hospital operations. These changes reflect the government’s efforts to balance rising healthcare demands with fiscal sustainability, all amid China’s rapidly aging […]
Will GLP-1 drugs help control China’s impending obesity epidemic? Behind the burgeoning popularity of Ozempic in China
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 38% of China’s population was overweight and 8% was obese in 2022. While the obesity rate is much lower than many western countries including the United States, the growth rate is outpacing its eastern neighbors South Korea, Japan, and Singapore. This has not only captured the attention of […]
Growth opportunities for foreign-owned hospital operations: What healthcare companies in China should know
Foreign-owned companies can now direct clinical operations and open 100% foreign owned hospitals in some Chinese cities. On September 7th 2024, China’s Ministry of Commerce, National Health Commission and the National Medical Products Administration announced the opening up the medical sector and, in particular, medical innovation to international players. As of this date, foreign-owned healthcare […]
Boao Hope City: trailblazing medical tourism in Hainan through preferential policies
In the past, the medical tourism market in China primarily involved Chinese citizens traveling abroad for medical treatments. However, Hainan Province in South China has been actively boosting its medical sector, with a particular focus on the Hainan Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone (海南博鳌乐城国际医疗旅游先行区), also known as Boao Hope City. This initiative targets […]
Government policies are reshaping the landscape of China’s Medical Technology Industry
The medical technology industry, commonly known as the MedTech industry, is an essential component of the healthcare industry. Such segment includes all those that create, produce, and market innovative medical equipment and health information systems that allow simpler prevention, earlier disease detection, less invasive procedures, and more potent therapies. China’s policies in the medical industry […]