- Company expands preventive care drive as AI health usage grows
- Feature targets mass-market users with automated report interpretation
Ant Group’s AI health app Afu has launched a campaign to provide free medical checkup report analysis for 100 million users, as Chinese tech firms race to expand AI-powered healthcare services beyond online consultations.
Starting May 6, users can upload photos or PDF copies of medical examination reports through the app to receive automated interpretations highlighting potential health risks and follow-up recommendations.
The system uses a color-coded format—red, yellow, blue and green—to flag abnormal indicators and distinguish between issues requiring urgent attention and those suitable for routine monitoring.
The company said the feature is aimed at improving early screening, prevention and intervention.
Afu says it currently achieves more than 95% accuracy in recognizing reports and medical images.
Users can also upload reports from multiple years, allowing the AI system to track long-term changes in key health indicators and identify less visible risk patterns, according to the company.
Upon analysis, users can choose whether to store reports in a personal health archive within the app, which the company says could support more personalized health consultations in the future.
“AI is becoming an important gateway for users to access healthcare services,” a product executive at Afu said, adding that the report-reading function is particularly suited to office workers, family caregivers and elderly users focused on preventive health management.
The rollout comes as preventive healthcare gains traction under China’s broader “Healthy China” strategy, with routine health screenings increasingly positioned as a tool for public health management.
According to a QuestMobile report released May 7, the app’s monthly active users stabilized at about 27.15 million after peaking at 30 million during the Lunar New Year holiday period, when traffic was boosted by digital red-packet promotions.
Total users surpassed 100 million as of February 2026, while daily health consultations exceed 10 million.
More than 55% of newly added users come from lower-tier cities, and roughly one-third are middle-aged or elderly, suggesting growing penetration outside major urban centers, market data shows.
