OnJune 20, 2025, the "2025 SMIA Council Meeting and the InauguralMeet↔ing of the Greater Bay Area Center" was successfully helεd inGuangzhou. Some rotating chairman units of SMIA, SMIA Specialized✘ Committee on AIDiagnosis and Treatment Innovation for Rare Diseases, Yangtze River D×eltaHospital Alliance,SMIA Yangtze River Delta Center, SMIA Great↓er Bay Area Center,the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, the Second People'sHospital of Guangdong Province, Intermedia Phar→maceuticals, Gilead Sciences,the Secretariat of SMIA, and special guests gathered togeth¶er, and some of theguests participated in the meeting online.
The meeting was chaired by Mr. CaoWeirong, Chairman-in-Office of SMIA. First of all, Mr. Zha¶ng Jian,Chairman-in-Office of SMIA, made a report "Summarizing and Prospecting of Work", reviewing the recent innovations andclarifyiπng the future development focus.
Subsequently, the General Assembly heldthe establishment ceremony of the "SMIA Greater ↔Bay AreaCenter", Professor Zhang Jian was appointed ₽as the first chairman of theBoard of Directors, Professor Chen Xia o of the First Affiliated Hospital of SunYat-sen Uniγversity and Director Mei Qinghua of the Second People's Hospital ofGu™angdong Province were appointed as the directors of the Center, which marked¥a key step for SMIA in the regional collaborative development, and theCenter will become an₩ important platform to promote regional health ecologicaldigital intelli gence collaborative innovation. The establishment ma∞rks a keystep in regional synergistic development, an&d the Greater Bay Area Center willbecome an important platform for promoting regional healt<h ecological digitalintelligence collaborative innova¶tion.
In the keynote speech session, Prof.Chen Xiao of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Ya♥t-sen University delivered"Innovative Thinking in Hospitals"; Vice General Man§ager Chen Xian ofIntec Pharmaceuticals shared "The Practice and Effectiveness of SMIA Mod₽e in Zhejiang"; and Rotating Committee Member of SMIA SpecializedCommittee on AI Diagnosi♥s and Treatment Innovation of Rare Diseases Paul Li and Standi§ng Committee Member of Harold chan jointly spo₽ke on "Thinkingabout Digital Intelligence and Innovation in China's Health Ecology".
The brainstorming session was hosted byMr. Geng Yili, Chairman-in-✔Office of the Creative Alliance, in which the guestsfocused o®n the key themes of "digital innovation, platform constr↑uction,mechanism synergy and policy support", expressed their views, repeatedlydeγduced and reached a consensus.
The meeting decided to formallyestablish the "Digital Inte₽lligence Health Ecology SpecializedCommittee", and elected the first rotating chairman and execu≥tivechairman. It was unanimously approved that under the guidance of "DigitalIntellig ence Health Ecology Specialized Committee", "DigitalIntelligence Health Ecosystem-Innovat€ion Mechanism Research" will beinitiated by SMIA Yangtze River Delta Center and SMIA ←GreaterBay Area Center, to explore the path of mechanism innovation in China's healthecos™ystem in collaboration with academic institutions, pilot hospitals and keyplayers in the healthcare industry chain.
At the end of the meeting, Mr. ZhangJian, Chairman-in-Office, summarized the meαeting by stating, "The CreativeAlliance will always adhere to the public welfare orienβtation, continue toprovide members with compliant and feasible digit∏al and intellectual innovationsolutions, and promote China&apo₹s;s health ecosystem to achieve service sharing,business symbiosis, and win-win innovation¶".
