Alibaba-Affiliated Ant Group released a new AI-powered healthcare application on June 26, 2025.
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Beijing – New smartphone app based on artificial intelligence technology, Alibaba-affiliated Ant Group is doubling the new smartphone app, which the company says can launch overseas.
This is the latest sign that AI developed in China is rapidly building consumer applications. Ant is the operator of the popular Alipay Mobile Payments application, with most of its AI development efforts focused on Health care Large language model based on DeepSeek, Alibaba and ants.
On the clear sign of global aspirations, the new healthcare app launched Thursday has a direct English name – AQ – stands for “Answer Your Questions”, Zhang Junjie said, general manager of Alipay’s healthcare business.
He said that if the situation is already serious enough, users can consult the AI avatar of real-life Chinese medicine experts to get priority for diagnostic appointments or hospital care. According to Ant, AQ can leverage over 5,000 hospitals and nearly 1 million doctors in China.
Zhang said that while Ant’s focus is currently on the mainland Chinese market, new applications or their technologies can be licensed to third parties, but there is no specified time range. He said many foreigners in China have used a pilot version of the app and that ANT plans to release the version of the app in other languages.
From startups to more well-known companies like Tencent and Ping Insurance, Chinese companies have long tried to leverage the integration of the Internet and software with healthcare. In the past few months, American tech giants such as Microsoft and Amazon.com have also been around. Announce progress Driven in AI Healthcare Tools.
In China, in China, large databases and nationwide digital focus provide the foundation for AI-driven healthcare capabilities. Report Last month, the Confucius Institute’s business school was celebrated. It noted that China’s national health insurance system accounts for more than 95% of the country’s 1.4 billion population, while approximately 70% of hospitals have digital record keeping systems.
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Alipay is one of the two major mobile payment applications in mainland China. In addition to payments, the app can also be used to pay for water bills, acquire taxis or order groceries from Alibaba’s supermarket chain.
Over the past decade, the Payments App has also branched out healthcare, such as allowing users to make digital appointments in one of China’s notoriously crowded public hospitals without having to queue up for tickets.
Zhang said that these Alipay medical services have attracted nearly 800 million users in China.
A standalone AQ application combines these features, along with AI-driven features such as doctor advice, medical report analysis, and personalized medical advice.
Alipay has Expand to users outside ChinaThe same is true for its mobile payment competitor WeChat.
– Correction: This story is updated to reflect the number of users reached by China for China.
