18-Nov-15 UK healthcare providers and elderly care companies are seeking business opportunities in China to tap the rising demand for elderly care. Tunstall Healthcare, a UK health technology firm, is opening a showroom in Shanghai to showcase its health monitoring capabilities. The UK's IHG is building a hospital in South China for China Railway Engineering Corp, while Annie Barr, Glasgow Caledonian University and Kings College London are training Chinese health professionals in five cities as China aims to train 150,000 doctors and 2 million nurses by 2020. [image: Venture Capital Post]

05-Nov-15 Australia's Ramsay Health Care has struck a joint venture agreement to open a string of high quality international hospitals in China's Pearl River Delta. The JV is with Jinan University No.1 Affiliated Hospital, also known as Guangzhou Overseas Chinese Hospital, and has the support of the Chinese government. [image: The Sydney Morning Herald]

20-Nov-15 China’s first listed psychiatric hospital is on track to break the mental-health taboo in a country where such illnesses are still stigmatised by traditional perceptions. Due to begin trading on 27-Nov-15, privately-owned Wenzhou Kangning Hospital is set to raise HKD681 million in a Hong Kong IPO. [image: SCMP / Bruce Yan]

12-Nov-15 China will promote the integration of healthcare with elderly care to address the needs of its aging population, an official statement said. Medical institutions are being urged to make it convenient for senior care agencies to make appointments and cooperation between community hospitals, communities and home-based elderly care service providers is being encouraged. [image: The China Voice]

11-Nov-15 China's online healthcare market is estimated to be worth RMB17 bn (USD2.7 bn) in 2015. Companies such as Spring Rain and Kingdee are wading into the online market to make health care more accessible. Kingdee launched its "M-health" service in 2014 and had forged partnerships with 160 hospitals by Aug-15. [image: China Daily]