Two ministries support the domestic medical equipment and will establish incentive mechanism

Recently, the National Health Commission and the Ministry of Industry jointly held the conference to promote the development and application of domestic medical equipment, the domestic medical equipment upgrades once again become the focus. Miao Wei, Minister of Industry and Information, said that in order to promote the development of domestic medical equipment industry, will establish the initiative to use domestic medical equipment incentive mechanism. Li Bin, director of the State Planning Commission, said the focus will be to promote the application of domestic medical equipment top three hospitals.

At present, more than 70% of China`s high-end medical equipment market is monopolized by foreign-funded enterprises, domestic manufacturers still imitation, improvement-based, very few original products. Encourage and support innovation, can not wait. "There is a policy to protect the market will have the passion and motivation of innovation." A listed medical device enterprises, general manager of the Shanghai Securities News said.