With a huge gap in the market for accessible and affordable regional healthcare in China, WeDoctor is trying to fill the void by using AI to revolutionise the way Chinese citizens access GPs, offering an east-meets-west mixture of traditional Chinese healthcare and Western medicine.

Walklake is a health-check-conducting robot that operates in over 2,000 Chinese preschools, where kids undergo scans every morning. As people normalise the use of technology in their personal lives, brands are moving to integrate it in efficient and easy-to-access ways.

While the job-killing potential of AI is feared by many people around the world, a vast majority of Chinese workers would trust the tech over human managers. As AI is increasingly normalised in the workplace, people are having to fine-tune soft skills to retain an edge over their robot counterparts.

Tracking apps, wearables, and telemedicine services hold the potential to transform healthcare for women. But just how much autonomy do these digital tools provide over one’s wellbeing? And as traditional healthcare models diversify, how can they best harness tech to serve female patients?