Kingsoft Cloud Unveils 'Internet + Health Poverty Alleviation' Initiative at Wuzhen, Leveraging Cloud Computing to Drive Equitable Healthcare Access

“China’s poverty alleviation efforts are fundamentally not just a matter of funding; more importantly, they involve identifying appropriate models and enhancing relevant capabilities. We have reason to believe that the emergence of the ‘Internet + Health Poverty Alleviation’ model will serve as a key engine in helping residents in impoverished areas overcome challenges in accessing medical care.”

From December 3 to 5, 2017, the global internet industry once again entered its annual “Wuzhen Time” as the 4th World Internet Conference was held in Wuzhen, Tongxiang, Zhejiang Province. Wang Yulin, CEO of Kingsoft Cloud, attended the event and shared his insights on leveraging internet technologies for targeted poverty alleviation at the forum titled “Sharing Dividends: Internet-Enabled Targeted Poverty Alleviation.”

Kingsoft Cloud CEO Wang Yulin Attends “Sharing the Dividends: Internet-Based Targeted Poverty Alleviation” Forum

The forum invited representatives from international organizations, governments, experts, and entrepreneurs to share policy measures and typical cases of Internet-based targeted poverty alleviation, explore how to better leverage the roles of governments, social organizations, enterprises, and the public, resolutely win the battle against poverty, accelerate the bridging of the digital divide, and promote inclusive and sustainable development globally.

As early as November 2013, during his field research on poverty alleviation in western Hunan, General Secretary Xi Jinping formally proposed the concept of “targeted poverty alleviation.” At a symposium with key party committee leaders from several provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities held in Guizhou, he emphasized that targeted poverty alleviation must involve “prescribing the right remedy, delivering precise drip irrigation, and administering targeted treatment,” while avoiding “blanket flooding, superficial inspections, and overly generalized approaches.”

As a core component of targeted poverty alleviation, health-focused poverty alleviation is essential to winning the battle against poverty. Developing primary healthcare services and improving the overall health of the population, including those living in poverty, represents a key direction for China’s social development efforts in poverty reduction and eradication.

Wang Yulin stated that an increasing number of leading domestic enterprises are striving to fully leverage the innovative “Internet+ Targeted Poverty Alleviation” model, build effective bridges between impoverished regions and businesses, contribute more swiftly, effectively, and substantially, and jointly focus on and participate in poverty alleviation efforts to help address national challenges.

In recent years, with the rapid development of mobile internet, cloud computing, big data, and artificial intelligence, the internet has gradually permeated various sectors critical to national welfare and people's livelihoods, making it possible to address medical challenges through technological means. Kingsoft Cloud regards poverty alleviation as a key corporate social responsibility and has intensified its strategic investments in the healthcare sector. Wang Yulin believes that the application of information technology in healthcare services will be pivotal in resolving the difficulties of accessing affordable and timely medical care in impoverished areas. Furthermore, the emergence of the “Internet + Health Poverty Alleviation” model will serve as a vital engine to help residents in these regions overcome barriers to healthcare access.

“Kingsoft Cloud, as one of the top three cloud computing companies in China, has been contributing its strength to the nation’s economic development,” emphasized Wang Yulin. He stated that, as a socially responsible enterprise, Kingsoft Cloud is committed to integrating corporate social responsibility into every stage of product production and supply chain management, while providing targeted solutions.

Particularly in the healthcare sector, Kingsoft Cloud leverages its technological advantages in artificial intelligence, big data, and cloud services to focus on the informatization of primary healthcare institutions and the capacity building of their medical staff. By striving to streamline referral pathways between different levels of care, it aims to facilitate the implementation of China’s tiered diagnosis and treatment policy.

Specifically, Kingsoft Cloud provides one-stop, multi-scenario cloud service solutions for primary healthcare institutions and government health agencies. Its services currently cover various dimensions, including medical cloud, family doctor contracting, public health services, cloud-based electronic medical records (EMR), and cloud Hospital Information Systems (HIS). For healthy individuals, it implements resident health management centered on disease prevention by establishing personal health records and promoting family doctor contracting. For patients, it leverages big data and diverse information technology tools to enhance the quality of care delivered by primary healthcare institutions.

China’s current distribution of medical resources is highly uneven. Unlike residents in major metropolitan areas who can conveniently access tertiary hospitals, the health needs of the vast rural population still rely primarily on primary healthcare institutions such as township health centers.

“China’s poverty alleviation efforts are, at their core, not merely a matter of funding; more importantly, they involve identifying appropriate models and enhancing relevant capabilities. We leverage new technological approaches to address healthcare challenges at the grassroots level, particularly in impoverished areas. By applying intelligent solutions in the medical field to bolster capacity, our strategy can be summarized by the acronym ‘ABC’: A for Algorithm, B for Big Data, and C for Cloud computing.”

“First, we achieve interconnectivity among healthcare information systems using basic cloud computing methods. Then, building on enhanced informational capabilities, we facilitate the flow of big data, thereby significantly improving medical standards and diagnostic and treatment efficiency. Finally, we advance medical techniques and capabilities. On this foundation, Kingsoft Cloud can deploy inclusive, high-tech solutions—such as intelligent triage and medication assistance—to grassroots levels, thus helping to address healthcare challenges,” summarized Wang Yulin.

In March this year, Beijing’s first “Key Technologies Engineering Laboratory for Smart Healthcare Cloud,” established by the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission, was hosted on Kingsoft Cloud. Leveraging the laboratory’s robust technical support, Kingsoft Cloud has significantly enhanced primary healthcare service capabilities, reshaped health information technology services, and built a regional medical and health data interoperability platform. The company continues to pioneer a new public-welfare model of “Internet Plus” health-focused poverty alleviation, fostering a diversified health ecosystem that enables more residents in impoverished areas to enjoy the conveniences of the internet era.