📋 Tender Overview
Project No.
PPSTI_108_2025A
Project Title
Enhancing Access and Quality through Large Language Models and Advanced Technologies: Addressing Healthcare Disparities in the APEC Region
Project Status
Project in Implementation
Fund Account
APEC Support Fund
Sub-fund
ASF: Connectivity
Project Year
2025
Project Session
Session 1
APEC Funding
140,982
Co-funding Amount
91,000
Total Project Value
231,982
Sponsoring Forum
APEC Policy Partnership on Science, Technology and Innovation (PPSTI)
Topics
Digital Technology and Innovation; Health; Science and Technology
Committee
SOM Steering Committee on Economic and Technical Cooperation (SCE)
Other Fora Involved
Other Non-APEC Stakeholders Involved
Proposing Economy(ies)
China
Co-Sponsoring Economies
Hong Kong, China; Malaysia; Peru; Russia
Expected Start Date
01/01/2026
Expected Completion Date
31/12/2026
Project Proponent Name 1
Xinyuan Zhang
Job Title 1
Professor, Standing Committee Chair
Organization 1
Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University
Telephone 1
+8615010117268
Email 1
mmzxy2010@163.com
Project Proponent Name 2
Not Applicable
Job Title 2
Not Applicable
Organization 2
Not Applicable
Telephone 2
Not Applicable
Email 2
Not Applicable
Declaration
Xinyuan Zhang
Project Summary
This project continues our 2024 PPSTI-funded initiative, aligning with the APEC’s Putrajaya Vision 2040, the Aotearoa Plan of Action, and the APEC 2025 theme Connect, Innovate, Prosper. It aims to leverage advanced technologies, particularly large language models (LLMs) to address healthcare disparities across APEC economies. The initiative fosters collaboration among healthcare professionals, AI experts, data scientists, and policymakers, creating a forum for voluntary knowledge exchange. We will closely collaborate with HWG and DESG to ensure the initiative's success. The 2-day Forum in Beijing on 29-30 August 2026 will include Showcase, panel discussions, and hands-on workshops designed to generate actionable insights. It will facilitate informal networking sessions among diverse stakeholders, essential for improving healthcare delivery and addressing access and quality disparities in the APEC region. The expected outcome is to assess the benefits for integration of LLM technologies into healthcare systems, promote the dissemination of knowledge, and advocate for the adoption of technologies-including LLMs to ensure equal access to services, and address the challenges in healthcare in the APEC region.
Relevance
Region
The healthcare systems in the APEC region face significant challenges, including the aging population, emerging infectious diseases, rising numbers of non-communicable diseases (such as diabetes millets etc.), particularly in terms of disparities in access to quality services. Many communities, especially in rural or underserved areas, encounter difficulties accessing timel
