Shanghai’s Pudong New Area served as the prestigious host for the 2025 National Intelligent Healthcare Security Contest awards ceremony on December 12, marking a significant milestone in China’s healthcare innovation landscape. The event celebrated exceptional achievements in leveraging next-generation information technology to revolutionize healthcare security systems and pharmaceutical industry advancements.
The prestigious competition, a collaborative initiative between the National Healthcare Security Administration and the Shanghai Municipal Government, attracted nationwide participation with over 800 competing teams. The contest featured eleven distinct categories spanning innovative drug research, post-marketing real-world studies, comprehensive medical device evaluation, healthcare services, financial insurance, and platform economy applications.
National Healthcare Security Administration Director Zhang Ke emphasized the competition’s remarkable success in attracting top-tier innovative talent across multiple sectors. “The contest has demonstrated the tremendous potential and broad prospects of healthcare security data in empowering various industries,” Zhang stated during his address. He further committed to ongoing exploration of high-value application scenarios for healthcare security data that align with public welfare needs, governance enhancement, technological innovation, and industrial development priorities.
Shanghai Mayor Gong Zheng and Deputy Mayor Chen Yujian represented the municipal government’s strong support for healthcare security initiatives and data element development. Chen reaffirmed Shanghai’s commitment to facilitating compliant and orderly development of healthcare security data to empower multiple industries. “Shanghai will provide comprehensive transformation and validation services for outstanding projects emerging from this contest,” Chen announced, “ensuring these innovations achieve broader and faster implementation across the nation.
The ceremony culminated with 178 teams receiving first, second, and third place awards for their groundbreaking contributions. Strategic cooperation intentions were immediately established between winning teams and major institutions including Bank of Shanghai, Zhangjiang Group, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology’s Industrial Internet Innocenter Shanghai, and China Telecom Quantum Group, ensuring practical implementation of these innovations.