DXY.cn

DXY.cn
丁香园

Type of site	Medical, Social network service, Health
Available in	Chinese
Website	www.dxy.cn
Alexa rank	50,253, 4,633 China (April 2014)[1]
Commercial	Yes
Registration	Optional
Launched	July 23, 2000
Current status	Active

DXY.cn (Chinese: 丁香园; pinyin: DīngXiāngYuán) is an online community for physicians, health care professionals, pharmacies and facilities, established on July 23, 2000 by Tiantian Li.^[2]

About

DXY is more of a vertical community (a type of virtual community) than a traditional social network service, where physicians can gain insight from colleagues, discuss new clinical findings, report usual events and more. The company's Chinese name is 丁香园 (meaning "lilac garden"). The site is one of the largest physicians online community worldwide, with more than 3.2 million members. ^[3]

It also publishes news on clinical progress and industry news, reports conference and prepares professional material for physicians' continue education. The commercial business covers Biomart (platform for biomedical e-commerce), JobMD (platform for healthcare job searching and matching and headhunt service), DXY survey (market research related service).

External links

• 丁香园 DXY.cn (DXY Portal)
• 丁香通 BioMart (DXY biomedical business information platform)
• 丁香人才 JobMD (DXY Career Platform)
• 丁香客 iDXY (DXY Professional Social Networks)
• www.dxy.com(DXY Patients Community)
• Interview with DXY Founder (Chinese Medical Community Site: Interview with the Founder)

References