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Ping An, Grab JV

Digital healthcare services provider Ping An Health Cloud (also known as Ping An Good Doctor) and Singapore-based on-demand services provider Grab are teaming up to establish a joint venture company to deliver transformative online healthcare services in Southeast Asia.

The joint venture, the first of its kind to operate regionally, will provide an array of integrated medical services such as artificial-intelligence assisted online medical consultations, medicine delivery and appointment bookings through an online platform.

“Together with Ping An Good Doctor, we will deliver affordable healthcare through technology. This has the potential to make a huge impact in the lives of our families and communities we serve” in Southeast Asia, said Anthony Tan, CEO of Grab.

Car sales in Russia

Sales of Chinese cars in Russia reached 16,000 in the first six months of 2018, a year-on-year increase of 17.2 percent. Lifan ranked first, selling more than 7,352 cars and Chery Automobile ranked second, with a total volume of 2,925.

Founded in 1992, Lifan’s total sales volume of automobiles was 133,000 units, some 13 percent of which were sold in Russia in 2017.

It is expected that a number of new cars from China will also be on display at the upcoming Moscow Motor Show, including the Geely SX11, Haval F7 and Lifan X80.