Asian American Medical Group Limited (AAMG), helmed by leading liver surgeon Dato' Dr. Tan Kai Chah, said its Asia Advance Multi-Specialty Medical Centre will be staffed by permanent and visiting doctors from Singapore, South Korea and the United Kingdom, and will target the more than 600,000 mainland Chinese who travel annually overseas for medical advice and treatments. Operated by Asia Advance Medical Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AAMG, the centre offers industry- leading facilities and comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services, including health screening, endoscopy, radiology, laboratory testing and surgical procedures. It is located in the Boao International Hospital, where AAMG has rented over 3,500 square metres of space. Asia Advance Multi-Specialty Medical Centre is the first such comprehensive facility in the only medical tourism zone in China. It is opening at a time of rising demand for quality specialist care in China because of rising affluence. The Covid-19 pandemic with its travel restrictions has had a major impact upon this demand within China. The Hainan Boao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone enjoys policy concessions as part of China's plan to transform it into the country's "freest free port" and a leading medical and wellness destination. The preferential treatments are aimed at attracting medical tourists as well as foreign medical talent and technology. They include granting foreign doctors, patients and people accompanying them fast-track visas and residence permits, and allowing urgently needed foreign drugs and medical equipment to be fair traded and imported into China through the Pilot Zone. At a soft launch of the centre, AAMG said it has sealed partnerships with some of the world's leading names in liver research as well as in medical aesthetics. It has signed five agreements and letters of intent namely: a partnership agreement with Dream Plastic Surgery, one of South Korea's largest plastic surgical practices, to establish an aesthetic and beauty centre within the Centre to offer bespoke plastic surgery and non-invasive treatments; a letter of intent with London's King's College Hospital, a world leader in liver research and treatment, to collaborate and establish a liver centre to be managed by Asian American Liver Centre, offering screenings and treatments for liver diseases, pancreatic disorders and biliary tract and gallbladder disorders; ·a partnership agreement with Yes Doctor, an on-demand telehealth platform, to establish a telemedicine service with AAMG providing patients with a second opinion from its panel of international medical experts.