The size of industrial cluster into three regions leading the trend for

  Medical equipment, Jiangsu Province, is characterized by small but complete. Products are mainly concentrated in the ophthalmology, orthopedics, surgical instruments, disposable medical equipment supplies and so on. Medical equipment such as a one-time items, Jiangsu, accounting for almost more than half of the national market, there are a number of products into the international market. Routine needs of the hospital medical equipment, generally can be found in Jiangsu Province. “April 26, the 55th China International Medical Equipment Fair Spring-cum-second session of the China International Medical Equipment Design and Manufacturing Technology Exhibition held in Shenzhen, the Shenzhen International Exhibition Hall in the noisy, is attending the medical device, Jiangsu Province, Cheng, general manager of industrial companies and in detail to the reporters said.

 

    ”Jiangsu affiliated with Shanghai as the center of the Yangtze River Delta. In fact not only in Jiangsu, high-quality disposable medical equipment supplies and consumables sales at home and abroad, but also the Yangtze River Delta region, a feature of the medical device industry.” State 863 Project “of China’s modernization Digital the core and key technologies of medical equipment, “Task Force Leader, Beijing Institute of Technology Professor Wu Chi-Yao says.

 

    Wu Chi-yao said that, in fact, as China’s medical device industries, the country has formed a number of medical device manufacturing industry, gathering area and the development zone; Pearl River Delta, Yangtze River Delta and Beijing-Tianjin-Bohai Bay region as the three local the three major medical device industry cluster areas. According to incomplete statistics, the three major regional medical equipment output value of the sum of the sum of their sales account for more than 80% of the national total. Because of different conditions inherent in these three industrial agglomerations also showing a significant local characteristics.

 

    The Pearl River Delta path of internationalization

 

    Speaking of Shenzhen’s scientific and technological innovation, people do not lose sight of some medical equipment manufacturing enterprises, such as Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd., Anke High-tech Co., Ltd. and so on. Most of these companies are large-scale production of high-tech medical equipment-based.

 

    In fact, in Shenzhen as the center of the Pearl River Delta (including Zhuhai, Guangzhou and other places), research and development production of integrated high-tech medical equipment products are its strengths, the main products include monitoring equipment, ultrasound, MRI and other medical imaging equipment, and gamma ma knife, X knife stereotactic radiotherapy equipment and other large tumor hyperthermia equipment, a direct reflection of the modern medical equipment of the new technology. Shenzhen rapid development of medical equipment exports, the output value of more than 30% annually. Shenzhen Association of Medical Device Tao Duchun said that in 2005 alone, the medical device industry in Shenzhen’s GDP reached 5.338 billion yuan, up 30.2%; exports 377 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 72.9%. Wu Chi-yao said: “This area of international exchange, trade, cooperation dynamic. Products based on a globally integrated market, attach importance to the internationalization of production and operation management. Path of internationalization is an important feature of the region.”

 

    The most typical than Mindray. Mindray can be said that the representatives of China’s medical device industry, enterprise, at present their products to the Guardianship, clinical examination, ultrasound diagnosis of the three series of products with independent intellectual property rights. The company’s output value for three consecutive years of 50% of the rate of growth of output in 2005 reached 1.15 billion yuan output value in 2006 is expected to achieve 1.7 billion. Compared with other domestic enterprises, Mindray pay more attention to the development of global economic integration, at present its products in the international market and domestic market performance has been evenly divided.

 

    There is also a set of data is also very persuasive. To date, Shenzhen, 20% of companies take the initiative to implement an enterprise quality management system ISO third-party certification, and there are a considerable part of the product passed the European CE, U.S. FDA and other foreign products certification. The most influential in the international arena in Düsseldorf, Germany International Medical Equipment Fair (MEDICA), on 2004 in Shenzhen, 31 exhibiting companies, accounting for nearly 25% of participating enterprises.

 

    Obviously, the formation of this region with its unique policy environment, geographic location and the existing economic climate has a close relationship. Since the reform and opening up, Shenzhen has been playing a “window of China’s reform and opening up,” effect, the State providing relatively preferential development policies. Meanwhile, Shenzhen borders Hong Kong, foreign exchange facilities, easy to absorb the international advanced technology and experience. Coupled with the regional business developed, people’s thinking, active, making it the returned overseas students start the first leg. This is also precisely the ground for the development of sophisticated medical equipment to provide a reservoir of talent and technology.

 

    ”Shenzhen’s industrial advantages of electronics, computers, communications, mechanical and electrical integration of fields, and the development of modern medical equipment is an integrated high-tech achievements in these areas, resulting in intensification of advantages, coupled with the policy of Shenzhen, mechanisms, market factors such as incentives and cultivation, so that the medical device industry in Shenzhen to flourish. “commented one industry.

 

    Bohai Bay region, diagnosis and treatment technology, eye-catching

 

    On the scientific and technological strength, we can say that no place can match the National Beijing. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tsinghua University and other top level of scientific research indicates that China’s scientific research institutes in Beijing. Is no exaggeration to say that in the medical device industry, the latest technology and personnel training strengths are in Beijing, but because of Beijing than Shanghai industrial base, industrial base than in Shenzhen, scientific and technological achievements in the industry to reflect on their ability to do so out of proportion with the R & D . Reporter in the Pavilion “Beijing group” also found an interview in Beijing despite the number of participating companies a lot, but few products, and more by virtue of the political center of Beijing’s unique status of the agent of foreign products. However, Miss Chi-yao said that as the adjustment of government policies, as well as changes in people’s attitudes in recent years in Beijing as the center ring of Bo in the Gulf region (including Tianjin, Liaoning, Shandong), the momentum of rapid development of medical devices, including a DR, MRI, digital ultrasound, accelerator, computer navigation and positioning medical equipment and respiratory anesthesia machine, including the number of diagnosis and treatment equipment manufacturing enterprise group is taking shape.

 

    ”A group of SMEs in the region, the rapid rise of concern. These enterprises to set up a few years time, but production has been close to or more than 100 million yuan. They are with the Government’s concern, as well as scientific and technological capabilities inherent in even more inclined to digital medical equipment in this area, although the market is not yet demonstrated the power of a very prominent and powerful, but the momentum strong, the potential should not be overlooked. ”

 

    Wu Chi-yao, told reporters that cited two examples. Beijing Tian Hui China Digital Technology Co., Ltd. was incorporated in 2001, began in 2003 to launch its own product. When the low-end analog ultrasound overwhelming, the company’s high-end technology development using conventional equipment, to develop a class of digital black and white ultrasound products. Good technical course presents a good market, it is learned that the company’s products in medical institutions, one-year bid procurement reached more than 7,000 yuan. Present its output has reached billion.

 

    Similarly there are Beijing Institute of Tece magnetic. MRI magnetic field on the market more than a strong following in the 0.35T, which are developed with the use of the original innovative content and technology with independent intellectual property rights, made a 0.5T-level permanent magnet, the field strength magnets to achieve the same at home and abroad The maximum magnetic field level. This not only shows that China has permanent MRI magnet to the world advanced level in the field of a big leap forward, but also to enable local enterprises in the fierce market competition to get a certain amount of right to speak. Some experts said the MRI market size in China in 2010 will reach 1,000 billion yuan, the industrialization of the technology, once achieved, will have a very broad market space.

 

    However, Wu Chi-yao stressed: “pay attention to how science and technology advantages into economic advantages, and actively promoting innovation and transformation platform for the construction of Beijing’s recent developments in the medical device industry, an issue requiring attention.”

 

    Outstanding performance in small and medium enterprises in Yangtze River Delta

 

    Speaking in Shanghai, China Society of Biomedical Engineering Professor Yang Guozhong executive director of deep emotion. He said the planned economy era, as has a solid industrial base, whether products or technologies, Shanghai is China’s medical device industry leader. However, due to industrial operation, and the concept of the idea of flexibility than in Shenzhen, the market economy, Shanghai’s leading position in the industry declined. However, in the original sound industrial base, rapid development of private enterprises, as well as Jiangsu developed organic chemical industry, led by the Shanghai-centered Yangtze River Delta region (including Jiangsu, Zhejiang) became China’s medical equipment, one of the three major industry groups.

 

    Wu Chi-yao said that the region is characterized by the rapid industrial development, small and medium enterprises active obvious regional characteristics. “In the past this area is mainly producing high-tech products, and now because of back with Jiangsu, Zhejiang, mainly the production of disposable medical equipment and supplies mainly. In addition, there are ophthalmic devices such as Suzhou, Wuxi, Medical Ultrasound, Nanjing, microwave, radio-frequency tumor hyperthermia, Ningbo and Shanghai’s overall strength MRI, are relatively more prominent. ”

 

    Jiangsu representation of certain medical equipment. Cheng-zhong, and says that in the medical equipment “small and complete” feature under the Jiangsu did not like MRI, CT and other large medical equipment; X-ray machine manufacturers in Jiangsu particularly large, but does not exceed 500 mA . But in the entire process of medical devices, Jiangsu, when the fast-growing number of private enterprises in southern Jiangsu. Although the technical content of these products is not high, but the internationalization of production and sales, it has a good reputation abroad.

 

    Headquarters in Shanghai, Zhejiang, Wenzhou, Candeley Group is specialized in production of disposable medical devices, research and development, sales business, to obtain import and export rights in 1998 after its products are exported to the United States, Britain, Germany and other countries. In 2005, the company’s output of 7.6 billion yuan, exports accounted for 60% to 70%. Wu Chi-yao, told this reporter that the company’s products although the technical content is not high enough, it has fully realized the “internationalization”, that is, in accordance with international standards of production, products, through international-related certification, to achieve the international market, direct sales. “Leaving aside the great products, so they took a small needle, its production are used in the most advanced production lines, the production process all the modernization.”

 

    For the future development trend of the region, stakeholders said that at present the development of Shanghai Medical Device Industry Strategy Research is being carried out, at present not yet available. However, Wu Chi-yao pointed out that Shanghai has emerged a group of high-tech products in emerging companies. Such as minimally invasive medical devices (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is the first company specializing in minimally invasive interventional medical device R & D and production enterprises, its vascular stents and catheter products already account for a large share of the domestic market and exported to Europe, the United States, Japanese national, is an international market, fast-rising Chinese brands. Can be expected that, with this trend, the future of the region, the proportion of disposable supplies will be less than the production.