Decoding healthcare in China

“Techfor good” is the vision and mission of Tencent, which believes that progressive technology can help humans unlock the mysteries of life.

“Our vision and mission guide us to make good use of technology and let the ever-changing technological innovations better benefit humanity,” said Zhang Meng, VP, Tencent Medical. “We can provide an open platform and with the wisdom of experts and the power of Internet technology, we can jointly build a bridge of trust between physicians and the public,” Zhang, told the press from Asia on the eve of the 2019 Tencent Medical Enlightenment (ME) summit in Beijing. Later, in the summit he also made a keynote presentation on ‘The new medical science lighthouse’.

Themed ‘Decoding life’ the first ME summit organised jointly with New England Medical Journal (NEJM) Medical Frontier, the world’s leading medical journal, at the Beijing exhibition centre attracted over 2000 people. Influential medical scientists and healthcare experts presented their latest advancements in cutting-edge medical technologies for major diseases.

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD), stroke and other chronic diseases are the major health threat in China. Particularly, CVD prevalence and mortality rate is continuously growing. “Chronic diseases is a major cause of deaths in China accounting for 73 per cent of total mortality. When deaths caused by chronic diseases are reducing in US, it is rising in China,” said Dr Xiao Ruiping, Dean, Institute of Molecular Medicine in Beijing University, and Deputy Editor of NEJM, in her presentation.