02-Apr-15 More private high-end hospitals have come to Shenzhen as its middle-class keeps expanding. The city is also reported to be encouraging private investment in the public health sector. “The city government has... included the hospital into the national health care insurance network to help patients reduce their costs,” said Liu Jiangning, executive president of C-Mer (Shenzhen) Dennis Law Eye Hospital. [image: Shenzhen Standard]

02-Apr-15 China has completed the constitution of its much-anticipated new regulations for online drug retailing. Once the provisions on deregulation of prescription drugs and loosening of distribution conditions are implemented, a 'golden age' for medical e-commerce companies is expected to begin. The medical e-commerce sector has been valued at RMB7 bn (USD1.1 bn) in 2014. [image: Xinhua Finance]

31-Mar-15 Alibaba's healthcare subsidiary will tie up with Zhejiang DiAn Diagnostics to develop an online hospital platform. Ali Health is looking to technology to help overhaul China's fragmented and over-burdened healthcare system. [image: Greetlane News]

31-Mar-15 China will almost double the number of its general doctors by 2020, trim its public sector and improve technology, as it seeks to reform a healthcare system plagued by overloading and poor rural services, its main administrative authority has said. [image: Fox News]

30-Mar-15 It may be in China that the digital innovations which will eventually transform healthcare everywhere will first take hold. The country’s Internet companies see a huge opportunity. Alibaba Health has launched an app that lets users find nearby pharmacies. Tencent has a doctor appointment system using WeChat and WePay. Beijing’s government is using Baidu’s 'health cloud' service. [image: Bloomberg View]