China’s rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), underscored by the recent launch of Qwen2.5-Max, Kimi k1.5, and DeepSeek v3, are sparking excitement among AI professionals. This progress is expected to have a considerable impact on multiple industries, including healthcare. Consequently, the Chinese digital health market is likely to see further developments, provided the data security is safeguarded, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
GlobalData’s research reveals that in 2024, China represented around 20% of the digital health market in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, reflecting the increasing demand for innovations such as DeepSeek within the healthcare sector.
Pratibha Thammanabhatla, Medical Devices Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “The recent launch of Qwen2.5-Max, Kimi k1.5, and Deepseek highlights China’s increasing presence in the AI sector and its dedication to achieving technological self-sufficiency. The advanced AI features they assert, including huge efficiency gains, better reasoning, and accessibility, may have considerable potential to provide enhanced diagnostic abilities, personalized recommendations, and improved communication between patients and healthcare professionals.”
Alibaba Cloud claims that its latest Qwen2.5-Max demonstrated significant advantages over other AI models such as Llama-3.1-405B, DeepSeek V3 and Qwen2.5-72B when evaluated using benchmark tools such as Arena-Hard, LiveBench, LiveCodeBench, and GPQA-Diamond and they are expecting that advancements in post-training techniques will elevate the next version of Qwen2.5-Max to new heights.
Thammanabhatla concludes: “Although AI has the potential to revolutionize healthcare by improving efficiency and patient outcomes, challenges such as data privacy, doctor-patient relationship, and lack of sufficient trained personnel must be addressed to ensure its successful implementation. A collaborative approach involving stakeholders from various countries and sectors, including healthcare professionals, regulators, and data privacy experts, is essential for overcoming these challenges, which would result in wider adoption.”
