中国是亚洲乃至世界医疗器械生产大国，是全球医疗器械十大新兴市场之一。2006年中国医疗器械市场容量超过600亿元，按照原国家经贸委制定的《医疗器械行业“十五”发展规划》，到2010 年中国医疗器械总产值将达到1500 亿元，在世界医疗器械市场上的份额将占到5％；到2050 年这一份额将达到25％，成为世界一流的医疗器械制造强国。2007 年，医疗体制改革启动，政府将加大基础公共卫生网络的投入，给医疗器械生产商带来较大市场空间。2007 年及未来几年，中国医药器械产业将是一个巨大的发展时期。

　　据中国海关统计，2006 年医疗器械类商品的进出口总值为105.52 亿元，同比增长17.57％，其中出口68.71 亿美元，同比增长28.58％；进口36.81 亿美元，同比增长1.37％。2007年中国医疗器械的进出口额约127.0亿美元，其中进口额约42.8亿美元，出口额约84.2亿美元，比2000年医疗器械的进出口额（29.5亿美元）、进口额（13.1亿美元）、出口额（16.4亿美元），分别增长了332.0%，226.7%和416.5% 。

图：2002－2007年中国医疗器械进出口情况
 
数据来源：中国医药网

　　目前国内高端医疗器械市场的70%已被跨国公司占领。美国GE、德国西门子和荷兰飞利浦等国外公司在高端医疗器械市场中竞争优势明显，以放射诊疗设备为例，美国GE公司、德国西门子公司、荷兰飞利浦公司分别在CT、核磁共振成像装置、血管造影设备产品市场占有较高的市场份额。随着中国企业软件开发能力和精密电子设备制造能力的提高，正在逐步打破国外企业垄断，出现了一批如深圳迈瑞、江苏鱼跃、山东新华等从事医疗器械产品生产的优秀企业。

China is a large medical apparatus and instruments producer in both Asia and the world. China, as one of the top ten emerging markets in the world’s medical apparatus and instruments industry, had a market capacity in 2006 exceed CNY60 billion. According to the development plan for the medical apparatus and instruments industry during the period 2006-2010, issued by the former State Economic & Trade Commission, the total output value of China's medical apparatus and instruments industry is expected to reach CNY150 billion in 2010, accounting for 5% of the world total, and China’s market share in the world is expected to reach 25% in 2050, making China a world first-class, powerful medical apparatus and instruments producer. In 2007, China initiated the reform on its medical system. According to the reform plan, China will expand its capital expenditure in the infrastructure network of public health, implying a big market space for medical apparatus and instruments producers.

According to the statistics of the General Administration of Customs of China, China’s total trade volume of medical apparatus and instruments in 2006 was US$10.55 billion, up 17.57% year-on-year, of which the exports valued at US$6.87 billion, up 28.58% year-on-year and the imports valued at US$3.68 billion, up 1.37% year-on-year. In 2007, China’s total trade volume of medical apparatus and instruments reached US$12.7, more than four times US$2.95 billion posted in 2000, of which the imports valued at US$4.28 billion, more than three times US$1.31 billion recorded in 2000, and the exports valued at US$8.42 billion respectively, more than five times US$1.64 billion posted in 2000.

Import and Export of China’s Medical Apparatus & Instruments, 2002-2007

 Source: Pharmnet.com.cn

At present, about 70% of China's high-end medical apparatus and instruments market is dominated by transnational corporations. Companies like GE, Siemens and Philips have the outstanding competitive advantages in the high-end market. Take radiation diagnosis device as an example, the U.S.’s GE, German’s Siemens and the Netherlands’ Philips have a higher market shares in CT, MRI device and angiogram device respectively. Manufacturing capability of Chinese companies in software development and precision electronic equipment, which is being increasingly enhanced, is gradually breaking the monopoly of foreign companies and creating a group of excellent companies, engaged in the production of medical apparatus and instruments, including Shenzhen Mindray Bio-medical Electronics Co., Ltd, Jiangsu Yuyue Medical Device Co., Ltd and Shandong Xinhua Medical Instrument Co., Ltd.