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Sector radar / Medical devices

Medical devices rank 13 of 16 (range 9–15 under random weights) · evidence strong · set precision 6/10

Sector brief: what Chinese policy is doing in this sector, how it treats foreign firms, who is named, and what China sells abroad. Every figure links to its documents. Goods: Medical instruments (9018), implants (9021), X-ray and CT (9022).

Policy momentum +0.44Provincial spread +0.91Money -1.28Local preference -0.43Substitution -0.92Export growth -0.19Exports to EU, growth -0.22EU share -0.02Export / import -0.63EU dependence -0.81
121
Documents, last 24 months
momentum 1.13× · central 15, provincial 88, city 18
23
Provinces active (36 m)
Beijing, Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Shanghai …
20
Documents with money measures
7% of 300
7
Local-preference documents
2% · 3 name foreign-owned firms
$19.0bn
China's exports, 2025
9% a year since 2019
23%
to the EU-27
$4.3bn · 11% a year
10%
China's share of EU imports, 2025
2 points since 2019 · €5bn
1.0×
Exports per $ imported
imports $19.0bn
0 / 2
Start / end in 12 months
EU countervailing cases held: 0

Next five years: named in 12 of the 15 15th Five-Year Plan outlines held (5.3 mentions per 100k characters), against 6 of 7 14th-plan outlines (4.7): 1.1× as dense; up in 3 and down in 1 of the 4 places with both. Chongqing: “协同打造战略性新兴产业和未来产业高质量发展集聚地,发展创新药、智慧医疗装备产业,打造成渝低空经济带,构建“氢走廊”“电走廊”“智行走廊”等应用场景。” (outline) Plan watch.

Reading, by audience

Risk and trade policyPolicy output on medical devices is steady relative to the rest of the corpus (121 documents in 24 months, in 23 provinces). China exported $19.0bn of these goods in 2025, +9% a year since 2019; 23% went to the EU-27 (+11% a year). From the EU side, China supplied 10% of the EU's imports of these goods from outside the EU in 2025 (+2 points since 2019). No EU countervailing case held on these goods.
Compliance and legal7 of 300 documents (2%) carry a provision or condition that favours local or Chinese firms or production, 3 naming foreign-owned firms as the ones disadvantaged. 0 sector measures come into force and 2 expire in the next 12 months.
Investors20 documents (7%) carry a fiscal or financial support measure. 282 firms are named on lists in these documents, 1 of them foreign-owned or joint ventures.
ResearchSector set: 214 documents whose title names the sector, plus 167 in its topic tree (300 together). Measures and preference are keyword and model screens: leads to check against the text. Momentum is relative to the corpus, which reduces but does not remove the effect of uneven collection.
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Documents per year

CentralProvincialCityCounty
0204060801314151617181920212223242526057

Documents held, so collection shapes the curve; the momentum ratio is relative to the corpus.

China's exports, USD bn

WorldEU-27US
$0$5.0bn$10bn$15bn$20bn2019202020212022202320242025World $19bnEU-27 $4.3bn
Headingworldgrowth/yrEU-27EU since 2023share of EU imports
Medical instruments 9018$12.7bn9%$2.7bn 37% 10%
Implants and orthopaedic devices 9021$3.0bn9%$715m 35% 7%
X-ray and CT apparatus 9022$3.3bn9%$886m 0% 25%

EU price and volume: imports from China €33.92/kg against €141.78/kg from other suppliers in 2025 (-76%; -74% in 2023). Volume since 2023: China 17%, others -6%.

Central → local: who restated the sector's central documents

DateCentral documentprovincesmedian lag
2021-02-09医疗器械监督管理条例
Regulations on the Supervision and Administration of Medical Devices
国务院令第739号
22546 d trace →
2022-03-10医疗器械生产监督管理办法
Measures for the Supervision and Administration of the Manufacture of Medical Devices
国家市场监督管理总局令第53号
91226 d trace →
2024-12-30国务院办公厅关于全面深化药品医疗器械监管改革促进医药产业高质量发展的意见
Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Comprehensively Deepening Reforms in the Regulation of…
国办发〔2024〕53号
8297 d trace →
2022-03-10医疗器械经营监督管理办法
Measures for the Supervision and Administration of the Distribution of Medical Devices
国家市场监督管理总局令第54号
81119 d trace →
2021-04-27国务院办公厅关于全面加强药品监管能力建设的实施意见
Implementation Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Comprehensively Strengthening the Capac…
国办发〔2021〕16号
6184 d trace →
2021-08-26体外诊断试剂注册与备案管理办法
Measures for the Administration of the Registration and Filing of In Vitro Diagnostic Reagents
国家市场监督管理总局令第48号
51283 d trace →
2021-08-26医疗器械注册与备案管理办法
Measures for the Administration of the Registration and Filing of Medical Devices
41433 d trace →
2023-12-04国家药监局关于发布医疗器械经营质量管理规范的公告
Announcement by the National Medical Products Administration on the Publication of the Quality Management Spe…
3485 d trace →

Across all State Council directives the median lag to a province's implementing document is about 151 days (middle half 84–259).

Where in China

Provincedocuments (36 m)leanswith moneyfavouringlocal-only programmes
Hubei19×3.101 7% of 266 exposure →
Beijing16×2.031 13% of 100 exposure →
Jiangsu11×3.510 6% of 141 exposure →
Shanghai11×0.701 15% of 620 exposure →
Xinjiang11×4.900 3% of 228 exposure →
Fujian9×1.800 2% of 199 exposure →
Zhejiang9×1.400 3% of 417 exposure →
Qinghai7×3.700 0% of 14 exposure →
Inner Mongolia5×0.700 1% of 154 exposure →
Guangdong4×0.110 0% of 67 exposure →
Shandong4×1.210 4% of 169 exposure →
Shaanxi4×1.000 2% of 265 exposure →

Latest central documents

2026-04-07关于2025年国家医疗器械监督抽检不合格产品处置情况的公告(2026年第二期)
Announcement on the Disposition of Products Found Non-compliant in the 2025 National Supervision and Random I…
2026-03-20国家药监局关于印发药品现代物流规范化建设指导意见的通知
Notice of the National Medical Products Administration on the Issuance of the Guidelines on the Standardisati…
国药监药管〔2026〕7号
2026-03-11国家药监局关于“人工智能+药品监管”的实施意见
Implementation Guidelines of the National Medical Products Administration on ‘Artificial Intelligence and Med…
国药监综〔2026〕6号
2026-03-05河北省药品监督管理局关于发布全省医疗器械监督抽检结果的公告(2026年第一期)
Announcement by the Hebei Provincial Drug Administration on the Publication of the Results of Provincial Medi…
2026-02-04河北省药品监督管理局关于调整《河北省药品监督管理系统政务服务事项清单》的公告
Announcement by the Hebei Provincial Drug Administration on the Revision of the ‘List of Administrative Servi…
2025-12-24国家药监局关于发布医疗器械出口销售证明管理规定的公告
Announcement by the National Medical Products Administration on the Issuance of the Administrative Provisions…
2025-12-19国家药监局关于发布互联网药品医疗器械信息服务备案管理规定的公告
Announcement by the National Medical Products Administration on the Issuance of the Provisions on the Filing …
2025-11-04国家药监局关于发布医疗器械生产质量管理规范的公告
Announcement by the National Medical Products Administration on the Publication of the Good Manufacturing Pra…

Latest local documents

2026-10-20贵州省健康医药产业高质量发展实施方案(2026-2030年)(征求意见
Implementation Plan for the High-Quality Development of the Health and Pharmaceutical Industry in Guizhou Pro…
Guizhou Provincial People's Government
2026-10-09北京市经济和信息化局 北京市卫生健康委员会等部门关于开展2026年高端医疗装备推广应用项目申报工作的通知
Notice from the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology, the Beijing Municipal Health …
Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology; Beijing Municipal Bureau of Drug Administration; Beijing Municipal Health Commission
2026-09-18关于广东省人民医院医学影像设备更新升级项目(一)可行性研究报告的批复
reply · Guangdong Provincial Development and Reform Commission
2026-09-18关于广东省人民医院医学影像设备更新升级项目(二)可行性研究报告的批复
reply · Guangdong Provincial Development and Reform Commission
2026-09-01医疗器械行业标准信息表序号标准编号标准名称制修订替代标准适用范围实施日期1YY0267—2025血液净化体外循环系统血液
Document · Xinjiang Autonomous Region People's Government
2026-08-31青海省生态环境厅关于注销青海九域医疗器械有限公司辐射安全许可证的批复
reply · Qinghai Provincial People's Government
2026-08-31青海省生态环境厅关于青海诚裕医疗器械有限公司申领辐射安全许可证的批复
reply · Qinghai Provincial People's Government
2026-08-25省药品监督管理局关于取消医疗器械网络交易服务第三方平台备案凭证的通告
circular · Hubei Provincial Bureau of Drug Administration
2026-08-23西安市人民政府办公厅关于公布行政许可事项清单(2026年版)的通知
notice · General Office of the Xi'an Municipal People's Government
2026-08-04鄂尔多斯市行政审批政务服务与数据管理局 关于注销第三类医疗器械经营许可证的公告 (2026年第1批)
Document · 鄂尔多斯市政数局

Measures

MeasureGroupFoundchecked precision
Capital grantFiscal and financial support1470%
Tax reliefFiscal and financial support680%
Local registration conditionLocalisation conditions260%
Interest subsidyFiscal and financial support290%
Foreign investment ruleTrade and foreign investment2not checked
Usage privilegeUsage privileges2not checked
Credit guaranteeFiscal and financial support190%
Import duty relief on inputsTrade and foreign investment1not checked
Policy lendingFiscal and financial support1not checked
Local production conditionLocalisation conditions120%

Precision from the Data page: samples of ten, checked by the AI assistant; a human-coded sample is still to come.

Money on the table

四川省人民政府办公厅关于印发《四川省支持生物医药和医疗器械产业高质量发展若干政策措施》的通知 2025-12-15 · Capital grant
对我省取得1类创新药《药品注册证书》并成功上市的首任药品上市许可持有人,按照其国内Ⅰ期、Ⅱ期、Ⅲ期临床试验不同阶段的实际投入给予不超过研发投入的20%,最高分别300万元、500万元、700万元省级财政支持,对每个持有人年累计支持金额最高5000万元。
北京市经济和信息化局等六部门关于印发《北京市促进医疗器械产业高质量发展若干措施》的通知 2025-11-24 · Capital grant
实施首都医学科技创新成果转化优促计划,开展“创赢未来”项目公开路演,推动具有创新性、前瞻性和应用潜力的创新成果临床应用和产业化落地,对符合条件的早期创新创业项目给予不超过100万元奖励。
重庆市人民政府办公厅关于印发《重庆市智慧医疗装备产业创新发展行动计划(2025—2027年)》的通知 2025-11-18 · Interest subsidy
对企业技术改造项目贷款按照实际项目贷款利率的50%,最高不超过贷款金额的2%给予贴息,单个企业项目每年贴息上限为1000万元。
生物医学新技术临床研究和临床转化应用管理条例(2025) 2025-10-14 · Tax relief
第四十九条临床研究发起机构、临床研究机构向受试者收取与生物医学新技术临床研究有关的费用的,由县级以上人民政府市场监督管理部门责令退还,处违法收取的费用5倍以下罚款;
安徽省人民政府关于公布一批省政府文件清理结果的决定 2025-09-13 · Tax relief
2.删除文件第五条“企业办的各类学校、托儿所、医院(包括门诊部、诊疗所)等自用的房产,免征房产税”。
深圳市发展和改革委员会 深圳市卫生健康委员会 深圳市市场监督管理局 深圳市医疗保障局关于印发《深圳市全链条支持医药和医… 2025-04-02 · Capital grant
对完成临床试验并实现海内外上市的1类创新药,面向其Ⅰ期、Ⅱ期、Ⅲ期临床试验研发环节,分别给予最高1000万元、2000万元、3000万元资金奖励。

Rules that favour local or Chinese firms

ProvisionHowDisadvantages
“研究制定医疗器械注册证跨省转移的落地政策与服务流程,对转入本市注册的Ⅱ类医疗器械,优化申报资料及核查程序。” Local registration / taxother regions
“对境内隶属于同一集团或者具有同一实际控制人的企业,将已获准境内注册且在有效期内的第二类医疗器械注册证迁入我省注册且自行生产的,若产品无实质改变,符合现行法律法规及强制性标准,完成工艺验证且检验合格的,在申报产品注册时,可使用原产品注册时的综述资料、非临床资料(安全和性能基本原则清单、产品技术要求及…” Local registration / taxother regions
“对在研重点药品、进口转本地生产药品优先进行注册抽样和检查,同步开展注册核查与生产质量管理规范符合性检查。” Local production requirementimports, other regions
“业务)审批意见书定》管理局电信企业落实股比限制强信用监管,向社会公布电信业务” Ownership, own-brand or own-IP testforeign-owned firms
“7.“产地”分为“本国企业境内生产”(指由中方独资或中方控股企业在境内生产)、“外资企业境内生产”(指外资企业在境内设厂生产)、“国外进口”(指在境外生产并通过海关报关进入我国)。” Ownership, own-brand or own-IP testforeign-owned firms
“支持药械企业享受《泉州市进一步支持民营企业健康发展行动方案》(泉委办发〔2018〕34号)的各项优惠政策,把药械行业纳入支持民营投资项目清单,积极引导社会资本、民间资本进入,盘活“闲置”批文。” SOE or private-firm preferenceSOEs

Keyword and model screens: leads to check against the document, not findings. Newest first, one per document.

Coming into force (12 months)

No in-force date in the next 12 months.

Expiring (12 months)

Firms named most often

Listed groups: reported government grants

No listed group in this sector with HKEX grants extracted.

How this sector is defined

214 documents whose title matches 医疗器械|医疗装备|体外诊断|医学影像, plus 167 in the topic tree medtech; 300 together. Goods: HS 9018, 9021, 9022. Measures and preference provisions are screen output; open each document for the clause.