Analysis of the development history of China's medical device industry High innovation, high-tech development trend is irreversible
In the 70 years since the founding of New China, China's medical device industry has experienced the development from scratch and realized the development from running behind to running in tandem, and the individual disciplines have already been in the leading
Yu Qingming said that in the past 70 years since the founding of New China, thanks to the support of the policy level, the development of the medical device industry has gone through three phases:
The first phase was from 1949 to 1978, the industry from scratch. 1952, China's first X-ray machine, which also laid the foundation for medical devices to become a branch of the field of health.
The second stage from 1978 to 2000 is the stage of rapid development of medical devices. "During this period medical devices as small as gauze supplies, to large equipment, we have been running to keep up with the development of international medical device technology.
The third stage is from 2000 to now, we have developed from following to parallel running, and individual categories have even led.
China's medical device industry market size analysis and forecast in 2019
With the improvement of China's residents' living standards and the enhancement of health care awareness, the demand for medical device products continues to grow. According to Foresight Industry Research Institute released the China Medical Device Industry Market Demand Forecast and Investment Strategy Planning Analysis Report statistics show that China's medical device market maintains a high growth trend from 2014-2018.In 2014, the market size of China's medical device industry has reached 2556 yuan , and in 2015 the market size of China's medical device industry exceeded 300 billion yuan. By 2017 the market size of China's medical device industry grew to 445 billion yuan, and by the end of 2018, the market size of China's medical device industry reached 530 billion yuan. It is predicted that the market size of China's medical device industry will reach 645 billion yuan in 2019.
2014-2019 China's medical device industry market size statistics and forecast
Data source: forward-looking industrial research institute
Medical device industry must develop in the direction of high innovation and high technology
China's China's medical devices compared with the developed countries, the market size is not large, especially in the 90% of the domestic medical devices can already meet our own needs, and 10% need to be imported." Yu Qingming believes that from the perspective of industrial development, the medical device industry must develop in the direction of high innovation and high technology.
In the trade sector, by the end of 2016, there were about 338,000 enterprises in the medical device field, reaching 410,000 by the end of 2018. Yu Qingming suggested that medical equipment is a high-tech industry, and medical equipment is also a special commodity, so it is necessary to increase the concentration of the industry in the trade field. "On the one hand, it is conducive to regulation, especially the regulation of the quality of devices, and it is also recommended that the government work on regulation."