Two ministries: Improve medical device regulations and standards; strengthen research and development of critical core technologies.


Release date:

2023-12-30

According to the official WeChat account “MIIT WeiBao,” on the 28th, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the National Health Commission jointly convened in Beijing a working meeting of the Leading Group for Promoting the Development and Application of Medical Equipment. The meeting emphasized the need to continuously strengthen top-level design, improve regulations and standards for medical devices, enhance inter‑departmental policy coordination, and refine institutional mechanisms to provide robust safeguards. It called for intensified efforts to master critical core technologies, focusing on cutting-edge advancements and addressing key shortcomings, while innovating approaches to organization and implementation to drive breakthroughs across the entire product value chain. Furthermore, it urged deepening all‑round collaboration between the medical and engineering sectors, encouraging multi‑level, multidimensional innovation partnerships among industry, academia, research institutions, and healthcare providers in areas such as product R&D, engineering‑scale industrialization, and the cultivation of interdisciplinary talent. The meeting also stressed the importance of ensuring seamless policy integration throughout the entire process—spanning product registration and approval, pilot‑scale validation, widespread application, and enterprise development—to forge a coordinated policy framework that supports the innovative development and deployment of medical equipment. In addition, it advocated for extensive demonstration projects, supporting medical institutions and manufacturers in jointly establishing benchmark demonstration bases for high‑end medical equipment to facilitate product iteration and upgrading. Finally, the meeting highlighted the need to widely disseminate best practices, actively build platforms for industry–medical institution exchanges, and translate localized experiences into broader consensus, thereby jointly promoting the international outreach of outstanding medical equipment.