Doctors get a virtual helping hand

Smart medical solutions are emerging all over China in light of the national initiative to enhance health services using internet technologies

China's medical sector will grow to the size of 1 trillion yuan ($145 billion) within the next 20 years, and this growth will be fueled by not only an army of doctors and nurses, but also troves of data, according to experts in the field of artificial intelligence.

"When you combine AI with the nation's trillion-dollar healthcare sector - especially healthcare at the smaller, local level - there are infinite possibilities," said Xie Guotong, chief healthcare scientist at Ping An Technology.