DC Holdings Initiates the Establishment of China Healthcare Big Data Development Co., Ltd to Construct the Healthcare Big Data Ecosystem

HONG KONG, April 28, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital China Holdings Limited ("DC Holdings" or the "Group"; stock code: 00861.HK, 910861.TW), China's largest integrated IT service provider, is pleased to announce that the signing ceremony of China Healthcare Big Data Development Co., Ltd. (CHBDDC) was held in Beijing. DC Holdings initiated the establishment of CHBDDC. Guo Wei, Chairman of DC Holdings, and Jin Xiaotao, Deputy Director of National Health and Family Planning Commission, delivered speech at the ceremony. Lu Jiang, Vice Mayor of Xia'men, representatives of Changzhou Municipal Government, China Population and Development Research Center, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking University, and Philips (China) Investment Co., Ltd attended the signing ceremony.

Under the guidance of National Health and Family Planning Commission, CHBDDC was initiated by DC Holdings, and cosponsored by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited, Bank of China Limited, Chinese Academy of Sciences Holding Co., Ltd.,China Telecom Corporation Limited, China Cinda Asset Management Co., Ltd., Shougang Corporation, Guangzhou Urban Construction Investment Group Co., Ltd., Wonders Information Co., Ltd., Neusoft Corporation, Inspur and Ylz Information Technology, Bringspring Science and Technology Co., Ltd. and many other central enterprises, state-owned enterprises and well-known listed companies. The new company will respond to the country's policy guidelines to promote the "Interconnection, Open Sharing" of Big Data in healthcare and promote the supply-side structural reform on healthcare and fulfill the mission of "Digitalised China" for the benefit of the people.

Based on the top-level design for industrial parks of healthcare Big Data and combined with the development plan of "Healthy China", CHBDDC will be undertaking the construction of national and local industrial parks of healthcare Big Data. CHBDDC will put effort in the construction of Big Data center, Big Data platform, medical services, healthcare services, integrated management, precision medicine, delicacy insurance, insurance audit, medical payment and other key areas, to promote a full layout and construction of industrial parks of healthcare Big Data, and to become a new support for medical reform and a new driver of local economy.

The new company will serve as a platform to integrate the relevant advantages of state-owned enterprises and listed enterprises: to invest and operate the National Healthcare Big Data Center and industrial parks so as to build a service system of healthcare Big Data under the principles of "Government-led, Commercial Operation and Joint Innovation for Win-win"; to open up the data of the whole industry chain to build a Sm@rt Big Data ecology; to utilize financial means for the promotion of incubation and cultivation of health industry and to build a large healthcare data ecosystem and develop the construction of healthcare Big Data.

DC Holdings upholds its mission to drive the "Digitalised China". Combined with technology and capital, DC Holdings has formed cloud computing and Big Data as core capabilities. The Company is working towards the transformation to cloud computing and Big Data based on the ecological circle created through internal bottom-up innovation system and external investment for M&As and with Sm@rt City, modern agriculture, precision medicine and intelligent manufacturing as core business areas. The integration of healthcare resources and building up the integration platform by DC Holdings will fully demonstrate the benefit of health Big Data. As one of the key parts in DC Holdings' core business areas, Digital China Health is determined to build the top brand of healthcare Big Data in China by providing comprehensive and accurate information services and cancer-related data services.

About Digital China Holdings Limited

Digital China Holdings Limited ("DC Holdings", Stock Code: 0861.HK) was listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong in 2001 following a successful spin-off from the then Legend Group in 2000. It has developed its capital platforms across Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan through the following four listed companies – DC Holdings, Digital China Information Service Company Ltd., Digiwin Software Company Ltd., and HC International, Inc. Their combined market capitalization reaches nearly HK$50 billion.

Since its listing 16 years ago, DC Holdings has adhered to the mission of driving the "Digitalization in China". With the corporate value of "Commitment, Passion and Innovation", the Company evolved from China's largest IT product distributor into the largest integrated IT services provider and then the most influential Sm@rt City solutions provider in China. According to its latest development strategy, DC Holdings will capture the opportunities arising from the "Internet +" strategy and leverage on its technological strengths and capital resources to drive breakthroughs in Sm@rt City, precision healthcare, modern agriculture and Sm@rt manufacturing based on the Cloud computing and Big Data technology. With comprehensive innovation mechanism and multi-layer incubation system, the Company is determined to become a genuine innovative enterprise.

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