China is expected to become the world's second largest exporter of medical devices

During the “Eleventh Five-Year” period, China's medical device import and export market was active and maintained a high-speed growth trend. The total import and export volume increased from 10.552 billion US dollars in 2006 to 22.656 billion US dollars in 2010, with a compound annual growth rate of 21.05%. At the same time, the proportion and ranking of the global medical device trade has also increased year by year, the proportion increased from 3.62% in 2006 to 5.74% in 2010, ranking from the seventh to the third. This series of data fully shows that China's medical device exports have strong competitiveness.

According to statistics from the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Medicines and Health Products, as of the end of December 2010, there were 14016 medical device manufacturers in China. In 2010, the total import and export volume reached US$22.656 billion, surpassing the US$20 billion mark for the first time, up 23.47% year-on-year. In the first quarter of this year, China's medical equipment import and export volume reached 5.457 billion US dollars, an increase of 59.64%.

Industry experts predict that in the next five years, China's annual export of medical device products is expected to exceed 31.5 billion US dollars, foreign trade accounted for 10% to 12% of the world's medical device trade, will become the world's second largest medical device market, part of the high Value-added medical consumables and medical dressing products will also become mainstream products in the world.

The rapid advancement of the globalization of medical device products in China cannot be separated from the quality of products. In recent years, the Medical Insurance Chamber of Commerce has been committed to improving the quality of medical device products, promoting the product quality and reputation through various channels, optimizing the product structure, strengthening intellectual property protection, and resolutely putting an end to counterfeit and shoddy goods.

The Medical Insurance Chamber of Commerce organized experts to prepare the "Quality and Safety Manual for Export Quality Control of Disposable Syringes", "Guidelines for Quality Control of Infusion Pumps/Syringe Pumps Exports", "Guidelines for Quality Control of Medical Catheters", etc. Provide quality basis; organize the compilation of "2011 China Medical Device Trade Yearbook", systematically expound the domestic and international medical device regulatory regulations and the development track of China's medical device foreign trade, provide marketing strategies for medical device production and trading enterprises; according to China Customs data, real-time Issue the price index of China's medical devices in different categories and regions, provide guidance for Chinese enterprises to “go global” and export of superior products; set up medical device expert committee of medical insurance association, play the role of expert technical support, promote new products and technologies for enterprises And provide suggestions for industrial structure optimization and product quality improvement; actively promote large-scale enterprises to gradually establish "foreign medical device product technology guidance center", in order to fundamentally solve the problem of China's products encountering after-sales service bottlenecks abroad and restricting China's domestic production The export of non-quality problems.

At the same time, the Medical Insurance Chamber of Commerce also held the first massage appliance industry leader summit, the president of the company issued a declaration of independent innovation, and promised to actively promote the transformation of product grade and structure, enhance the awareness of intellectual property protection, and oppose unfair competition; and massage at the 109th Canton Fair The appliance company issued a "Proposal on the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights at the 109th Canton Fair". Through the joint efforts of the Chamber of Commerce and enterprises, China's independent research and development and innovation of medical device products have begun to break through. New materials and new processes are widely used in production, and the product structure is gradually upgraded and the quality is increasing.

This year is the first year of the "Twelfth Five-Year", and it is also the year of product quality improvement advocated by the Chinese government. The medical insurance business association will fully cooperate with enterprises to create a group of enterprises with strong international competitiveness and independent intellectual property rights product systems. Contribute to the advancement of medical device products into the international market.