---- Leute besuchen den Stand der Chinesischen online Lösungen für das Gesundheitswesen, die Plattform, die wir Arzt, die von Tencent Holdings gesichert ist, während einer Ausstellung in
--FILE--People visit the stand of Chinese online healthcare solutions platform We Doctor, which is backed by Tencent Holdings, during an exhibition in Hangzhou city, east China's Zhejiang province, 15 November 2017. WeDoctor Holdings, a medical care portal backed by Tencent Holdings Ltd, will partner with Hong Kong-based insurer AIA Group Ltd to offer insurance products and other services as competition intensifies in China's online healthcare industry. News of the partnership came as the platform announced on Thursday plans to raise $500 million from a group of investors led by AIA, valuing the company at $5.5 billion. WeDoctor claims the financing round will be "the largest pre-IPO financing ever in China's technology-based medical and healthcare sector", just weeks after major player Ping An Healthcare, a unit of Ping An Insurance, raised HK$8.8 billion ($1.12 billion) through a Hong Kong listing. The tie-up will give AIA exposure to WeDoctor's 27 million monthly active users, who will be able to use the insurer's protection plans in the areas where AIA China operates, according to a news release. "Together, we hope to tackle China's growing protection gap by providing WeDoctor's customers access to AIA's wellness and insurance propositions, " said John Cai, the insurer's regional chief executive officer.
