The medical device industry in China has developed rapidly from small to large, and has become a sunrise industry with a relatively complete range of products, continuously enhancing innovation capabilities, and strong market demand. Especially in recent years, the development speed of the medical device industry has further accelerated, not only maintaining double-digit growth in output value for consecutive years, but also continuously increasing the quantity and technological content of product exports.
With the accelerated transfer of international industries, China will become an important production base for global medical devices, and some instruments and equipment that previously relied on imports are gradually being replaced by domestic imports. At the same time, many provinces and cities in China have identified the medical device industry as a new economic growth point and are urgently cultivating it. Experts point out that in the next ten to fifteen years, China's medical device industry will enter a stage of rapid development.
According to the latest data from relevant departments, in 2015, the industrial clusters in the Pearl River Delta, Yangtze River Delta, and Bohai Bay led the development of the industry. Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Fujian, Beijing, Shandong, Liaoning, Hubei, and Tianjin were among the top ten exporters, with Guangdong Province's export volume reaching 28.82%, accounting for 23.54%, ranking among the top.
At the same time, it should also be noted that high-end medical equipment in China has been firmly occupied by the products of multinational corporations. The development foundation of China's medical device industry is weak, and the supervision of medical devices started relatively late. The phenomenon of small, numerous, scattered, and low-level competition among medical device enterprises has not yet undergone a fundamental transformation. Accelerating the improvement of China's medical device industry's technological innovation ability and strengthening the joint production, education, and research of medical device research and development, It has become a top priority. How to avoid vicious price wars, leverage internal advantages, and enhance competitiveness is a problem that many production enterprises are considering.
Unlimited business opportunities for automation enterprises
The rapid development of the medical device industry has brought numerous opportunities to other related industries. Among these numerous opportunities, the entry point for automation enterprises is even greater. More and more medical production enterprises are turning their attention to production automation and international standardization, realizing that automation and standardization can become the key to their success.
At present, the automation and informatization levels of pharmaceutical enterprises in China are uneven, with only a few enterprises achieving a certain degree of process automation, and the vast majority of enterprises still staying in the single automation stage of equipment control. Foreign pharmaceutical companies, especially those in developed countries, have achieved a level of comprehensive automation. Pharmaceutical companies must maintain a high level of process automation to ensure the safety, reliability, and consistency of drug production, as well as the safety, accuracy, and completeness of drug related information, which can be recorded, stored, traced, and obtained.