Artificial intelligence opens new avenues for healthcare in China

China's healthcare industry is ramping up artificial intelligence application in disease diagnosis and healthcare, and industry sources said AI-incorporated healthcare solutions will help alleviate the country's inadequate and imbalanced medical resource allocation.

AI is rapidly improving disease diagnosis and treatment accuracy in county-level hospitals, as China calls for more efforts to develop the new generation of AI to inject a fresh driving force into the country's high-quality economic growth, according to Fang Cong, vice-president of Hangzhou Yitu Healthcare Technology Co Ltd, a startup that pioneers in AI healthcare innovation.

"China has the world's richest medical data, and a keen thirst for AI. The government has been creating a good environment for the AI industry to develop, and we also have resourceful AI talents," she said.