Jakarta, Jan. 20 -- Indonesia and China have agreed to deepen cooperation in digital health by establishing a joint laboratory focused on artificial intelligence in medicine, a move Jakarta says will accelerate health system reform and strengthen its domestic medical industry.

Deputy Health Minister Benjamin Paulus Octavianus said Tuesday that Indonesia's Health Ministry, Xuzhou Medical University (XZMU) and the National Standardization Agency (BSN) had signed a tripartite memorandum of agreement to set up the Joint Laboratory for Digital Medicine and Proactive Health.

According to Octavianus, the initiative will support collaboration in treatment, research, standardization and the medical devices industry, with a strong emphasis on the...