CIIE sets up medical device committee

The China International Import Expo Exhibitors Alliance established a professional committee for medical equipment on Monday with the aim of promoting exchanges between enterprises and enhancing their communication with the government.

A total of 43 CIIE exhibitors in the medical equipment industry, such as Medtronic, Johnson & Johnson, and Abbott became the first members of the committee.

American medical device company BD was selected to serve as the chair, and the Shanghai municipal drug supervision administration was invited to be the supporting member of the committee.

Liu Fuxue, deputy director-general of the CIIE Bureau, said at the committee's founding ceremony that he hopes the committee will help further increase the professionalism of exhibition and provide industrial advice to the expo.

Deng Jianmin, senior vice president of BD, said the company is calling on all members of the committee to use the platform to connect with different stakeholders and better serve the Chinese market.

Chen Jianzhong, vice president of Abbott Core Diagnostics, said the spillover effect of the CIIE has convinced the company of the effectiveness of the expo, and that it is honored to be part of the high quality development of China's medical equipment industry.

An official from the National Medical Products Administration said at the event that the government will formulate more open policies regarding market entry and supervision, and it hopes more high quality products from foreign medical companies will benefit the Chinese through the CIIE.