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Climate of Mistrust: China’s Vaccine Dilemma

August 29, 2019 By Timothy Ang

After a stream of scandals and medical incidents, the Chinese public appears to be losing faith in drugs made in China. What are the implications for domestic and international pharmaceutical companies?

Filed Under: All Articles, China, Chinese Economy, Economy, Know China, Policy and Law, Society Tagged With: Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals

The Heat is On for the Chinese Pharmaceutical Industry

November 14, 2016 By Matthew Nitkoski

China’s large and still growing population, accompanied by rising household wealth and rapid increases in healthcare spending, has transformed China into the world’s second-largest pharmaceutical market. In 2015, overall pharmaceutical sales in mainland China totaled more than $115 billion, placing China behind only the United States ($330 billion). With a population of over 1.3 billion, the sheer size of the market all but guarantees that the Chinese market will continue to grow despite the problems faced by the healthcare system. “Healthcare is the one market where the market size equals the population,” says Kent Kedl.

Filed Under: All Articles, China, Consumers, Know China, Society Tagged With: China's Healthcare System, Healthcare, Multinational Company

China’s Digital Healthcare Dreams

May 16, 2016 By Deng Yuanyuan

China’s healthcare sector is huge but it doesn’t mean that people are getting what they need. China’s public health infrastructure is bursting at the seams: it is clearly not equipped to meet the growing demands of 1.35 billion people and an aging society. The problem in China’s healthcare sector is two-dimensional: it involves both shortages, wherein current healthcare infrastructure is just not enough to meet the people’s needs, and skewed market dynamics, where the demand isn’t necessarily for the healthcare services that are easily accessible. Can tech companies step in with digital healthcare services and apps to help bridge the gaps?

Filed Under: All Articles, Infographics, Know China, Mobile Commerce Tagged With: Healthcare, Online healthcare, Start-ups

The State of Philanthropy in China

May 18, 2015 By Chris Russell (Additional reporting by Milo Zhang)

Philanthropy in China doesn’t exactly have a good track record. What are the chances that the country will turn it around?

Filed Under: All Articles, Know China, Social Good, Society Tagged With: Bill Gates, Charities, Education, Environment, Healthcare, Jack Ma, Philanthropy, Slider

Robots in China: The Bot Connection

November 11, 2014 By Greg Isaacson

How the growing use of robots in China will impact different sectors of the economy, as well as the country’s robot makers.

Filed Under: All Articles, Connections, Digital Economy, Economy, Employment, Know China, Manufacturing, Technology Tagged With: economic development, Employment, Factory, Foxconn, Healthcare, Industry, Japan, Korea, Labor, Robotics, Slider, Technology

Plague Management for Dummies: Lessons from the Ebola pandemic

November 3, 2014 By Bennett Voyles

The Ebola pandemic has exposed our vulnerability and lack of preparedness to deal with disaster. What can we learn from our mistakes?

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Know China, Management, Society Tagged With: Africa, Crisis Management, Ebola, Healthcare, NGO, Slider, WHO

China Roundup: China’s Economy May Need a Boost and Alibaba Triples Profits Ahead of IPO

August 29, 2014 By Major Tian

This week, we contemplate whether China’s economy needs another stimulus given that the state of various economic indicators. In other news, the Shanghai Free Trade Zone plans to become an international trading hub for various commodities and Alibaba’s profits stunned company watchers. Does the economy need more stimulus? Since China barely missed its GDP growth target in the […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Automobile Industry, China Round-up, Chinese Economy, Connections, Digital Economy, eCommerce, Economy, Know China Tagged With: Alibaba IPO, Chinese Economy, Economic Growth, Foreign Direct Investment, Healthcare, Jack Ma, PBOC, Shanghai FTZ, Slider, Tencent, Youku

Private Healthcare in China: Will Business Sentiment Survive?

May 26, 2014 By Suzanne Edwards

China’s public healthcare system is ill-equipped to handle growing demand. On the other hand, private healthcare in China is not an easy field to play in due to several reasons. Will investment sentiment survive in the country’s beleaguered healthcare sector? It’s a typical scene in Subei People’s Hospital in Yangzhou, a third-tier city in China’s coastal […]

Filed Under: All Articles, China, Demographics, Know China, Society Tagged With: China's Healthcare System, Demographics, Elder Care, Government Control, Healthcare, Hot Issues in China, Investment, Slider

Stem Cell Research in China: Regenerative Economics

May 5, 2014 By Colin Shek

What is the state of stem cell research in China? Who is positioned to make the most money from stem cell therapy, and who or what will stand in their way? Hours after delivering her first baby, Oscar, in November 2011 at the International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital in Shanghai, Cecilia Huang readily […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Infographics, Know China, Society, Technology Tagged With: Healthcare, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Research, Science, Slider, Stem Cell

Doing ‘Good’ Science by Decoding Genes

January 21, 2014 By Neelima Mahajan

BGI-Shenzhen, the world’s largest gene sequencing entity, is placing China on the global genetics map. Yanmei Zhu, Associate Director for the Strategic Planning Committee, explains BGI’s philosophy and approach. Ten years back it would have been hard to imagine that a Chinese entity could do cutting-edge work in genetics. Today BGI-Shenzhen has changed that perception. […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Technology Tagged With: BGI, DNA, Genetics, Healthcare, Shenzhen, Technology

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