By way of an example, Spring Rain has provided weight-loss programs based on an individual's body data interpreted by doctors.

Spring Rain is also cooperating with BGI, a Shenzhen-based world leading genomics organization.

Zhang said China has more than 100 companies engaged in mobile healthcare businesses or planning to develop them, but they are still at the beginning and in the process of exploring all the opportunities the market has to offer.

Established in July 2011, Spring Rain received $3 million of Series A financing from Singaporean venture capital firm BlueRun Ventures by the end of that year. It finished Series B financing totaling $8 million from Bertelsmann Asia Investments in 2013.

US-listed Concord Medical Services Holdings Ltd, the operator of the largest network of radiotherapy and diagnostic imaging centers in China, has launched a mobile health application called DoctorInPocket or Zhang Shang Hao Yi.

DoctorInPocket is a doctor-patient communication and diagnosis application. Through an easy-to-complete registration process, patients can establish a patient-doctor relationship with selected doctors.

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