Medical companies increasing focus on nation's grassroots market

When showing the device he is selling, Liu Simin usually has to explain that it is not a smartphone but medical equipment.

Looking like an iPhone, with a big screen and white in color, the device in Liu's hand can do all-body ultrasound diagnoses, color doppler ultrasounds and save and transfer data.

The Vscan, from international medical equipment and solution provider GE Healthcare, not only targets major hospitals, where doctors can use it to do immediate diagnosis, but also grassroots medical institutes, including village clinics, county and township hospitals and community health clinics.