Although the largest medical instrument market America, Europe and Japan, now in the world, China is generally recognized the market potential hugest. In developed countries, output values between medical and manufacturing are 1: 19. It 'only 1: 5 in China. There is a huge potential market for medical instrument China.

The direction of health system reform in China is basically clear. The government increased investment in construction of sanitation systems, systems of communities in urban and rural grass-root systems, medical hygiene. It can be predicted that the market will be China's medical instrument in a period of rapid growth in two or three years.

At present, the world is faced with serious financial crisis strikes. But investment opportunities still exist in the international financial crisis. Given that developed countries are affected by the international financial crisis, they are required to reduce the welfare of public budgets and have reached agreements in order to find high quality and reasonably priced substitutes, which provides opportunities for growth in the Chinese medical instruments.

From the history before, the medicine industry has shown their resistance to reduction of the period of economic depression because of its fixed consumers. China is a large country production and export of medium and low quality of diagnostic equipment, medical dressing and evaluated in the medium and low all over the world. Many varieties of advantages comparative employment in the international market. Some products had dominated a certain market share on the international market. E 'was impossible to replace them with substitutes other countries in a short period of time. So far, the Chinese medicine is relatively stable under the influence of international financial crisis, while maintaining relatively high profits in the medical instrument. It is expected that more attention from national and international investors will be paid to Chinese medical instrument industry.

The author of this report focus on the development of the Chinese Medical Instrument Industry for a long time and studied in Chinese Medical Instrument Industry for writing this report, citing abundant valuable information second hand.

More information can be obtained in this report:

- Production Facility Chinese Medicine Industry

-Analysis on the Chinese domestic market calls for Medical Instrument Industry

- Imports and exports of China's Tool Industry Medical

- Development of sub-sectors in the Chinese Medical Instrument Industry

- Competition in China's medical instrument industry

- Increased competition manufacturers and their Chinese operations of Medical Instrument Industry

- Influences of the international financial crisis on the Chinese Medical Instrument Industry

-- Development trends of the Chinese Medical Instrument Industry

Summary

At present, Chinese Medical Instrument industry in its period of rapid growth, the rate of annual growth exceeding that of all the development of medicine. China was the third most great medical instrument market after America and Japan. In 2008, the market scale of China's medical instrument was approximately 10 billion U.S. dollars, growth 10% annual rate the past, where growth in sales of high-speed medical quality is more than 20%.

But the scope of the medical instrument market in China represents only about 10% of all medical produces, well below the international average of 40%. Medical instrument manufacturers in China are 13 thousand, most of which are small and medium enterprises.

From the end of 2008, the Chinese government has increased investment in basic networks with regard to sanitation. Without doubt, it would be space for development to bring medical instrument manufacturers. Government policies are preferred for the basic medical organizations. The demands on quality medium and low medical instruments are increasing by. The main points of the reform were the perfection of medical doctors in basic health service systems, to speed up construction of rural clinics municipality, county and community clinics in health service organizations in the cities. Most diagnostic service in the community hygiene organizations in the cities, the problems of difficulty and high cost of obtaining medical could be resolved.

In recent years, not only patients but also medical sources move from hospitals to community service centers and hygiene city clinics, driving the demands for medium and low quality instruments doctors. During 2005-2008, the number of service centers of the community hygiene achieved the growth rate of more than 20% under the circumstances, reducing of all Chinese medical organizations.

Under the circumstances of the international financial crisis, tools for diagnosis and treatment as the main instruments Chinese export of medical, maintained a rapid growth in 2008. The total income of Chinese exports medical instruments were 11.07 billion USD, with an annual growth of 31.5%.

Medical products are owned by consumer products inelastic. Generally speaking, are comparatively less affected by the macro-economy, in particular in developed countries, as the European Union. Most medical expenses are charged to the income of the welfare state and commercial insurance. Therefore, the Chinese demand for equipment diagnosis and treatment are still high in the international market.

In 2008, total imports and the proceeds of Chinese exports of medical instruments reached to 16.28 billion USD, an increase of 28.21% on an annual basis. The proceeds of exports were 11,067 billion dollars, increased by 31.46%. Imports Revenue was 5216 billion U.S. dollars with an annual growth of 21.81%. The medical instrument trade continuously maintained a positive balance of USD 5851 billion.

In 2008, Chinese medical instruments exported to 217 countries and regions. The five major trading partners of China were medical America, Japan, Germany, Hong Kong and Great Britain, accounting for 53.55%, 1.58% turning down compared to 2007. Among the top 20 of the proceeds of Chinese exports of medical instruments, in 2008, Brazil is the country with the largest growth in exports, reaching to 77.24%.

In 2008, China imported 5.216 billion USD medical instruments from 98 countries and regions, increased by 21.82% year on year. Import volumes in Europe were U.S. $ 2009 billion, an increase of 22.78% over the year. The volumes of imports from Asia have been 1545 billion USD, with an annual growth of 24.36%. The volumes of imports from North America were 1543 billion dollars, increased by 16.55% year on year. Import volumes in America were 1.5 billion dollars, a growth of 16.09%. The volumes of imports from Germany was 955 million dollars, increased by 22.44%. The volumes of imports from Japan were $ 900 million, an increase of 24.75%.

Among the Chinese imports, medical instruments, import volumes were more than 15 types of billions of U.S. dollars, five more than in 2007. 41 types exceeded the volume import of hundreds of millions of dollars, three more than in 2007. China mainly imported high-quality diagnostic equipment and laboratory equipment, to fill the void in China's high-quality medical instrument market.

Chinese diagnosis and treat medical equipment and consumables dressing had strong advantages in price on the world market. In 2008, revenues of Chinese exports of diagnostic equipment and treatment reached 3616 billion USD, an increase of 31.64% on an annual basis. The proceeds of exports of medical dressings were 3113 billion dollars, up 29.4% year on year. The proceeds of exports of consumer goods are was 1854 billion USD, increasing by 30.08% year on year.

Among the diagnostic equipment and treatment, the volume of exports in Course billion concluded: the volume of exports of CT were 228 million dollars, an increase of 49.36% on an annual basis. The volume of exports of equipment for diagnostic color ultrasound were 203 million dollars, increased by 51.54%. The volume of exports of nuclear equipment to therapy MRI were 158 million dollars, a growth of 79.76%. The volume of exports of type B were 109 ultrasonic equipment millions of dollars, an increase of 5.88%. The volume of exports of patient monitoring equipment have been 154 million dollars, an increase of 26.39%.

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