Medistat Outlook Reports are ideal for executives wanting to understand the key drivers in medical markets worldwide. Each report provides a comprehensive analysis of the market and, importantly, provides 5-year forecasts by technology category, national data projections, outlook and key developments such as regulation, health facilities and government policy. Importantly, the market can be seen in its global context with international market comparisons.

Topics Covered

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

MEDICAL DEVICE MARKET

Current Size

Projections

Outlook

Market Structure

Medical Device Imports

Domestic Production

Multinational producers

Exports

Market developments

Co-operative Medical Service (rural healthcare reform plan)

Community Based Healthcare System

Health Insurance Coverage

Traditional Chinese Medicine

World Bank Projects

Tuberculosis Control Project

Health Project (09)

Basic Health Services Project

Disease Prevention Project

HIV/AIDS

2004 Changes to Medical Device Registration Process

2005 update

Shanghai's First Foreign-Managed Hospital Opens, October 2004

Kodak Opens Health Imaging Centre in Shanghai

Hospital Bribes to be Cut Back, says MOH

Survey Highlights Problems with Healthcare Treatment

KEY NATIONAL DATA PROJECTIONS

INTERNATIONAL MARKET COMPARISONS

SOURCES

CHINA MEDICAL DEVICE OUTLOOK

List of Tables

Summary of the Chinese Medical Device Market in 2005

Market Projections 2005-2010 (US$ billions)

Projected Market by Category, 2005-2010 (US$ millions)

SWOT Analysis of the Chinese Medical Device Market

Medical Equipment Imports Summary, 1999-2003 (US$000s)

% Change in Medical Equipment Imports, 2000-2003

Chinese Medical/Pharmaceutical Production, 2001-02

Exports of Medical Equipment & Supplies, 1999-2003 (US$000s)

Key Data

The World's Top 50 Medical Device Markets, 2005-2010 (US$ millions)

The World's Top 50 Medical Device Markets, per capita expenditure, 2005 (US$)

List of Figures

Total Market Projections, 2005-2010 (US$ billions)

Per Capita Market Projections, 2005-2010 (US$)

Chinese GDP as a % of that in USA, Japan and Germany, 1980-2005

Chinese GDP per capita as a % of that in USA, Japan and Germany, 1980-2005

Chinese GDP per capita as a % of that in Korea, Taiwan and Thailand 1980-2005

Imports by Category, 2003 (%)

Leading Suppliers, 2003 (%)

Exports by Category, 2003 (%)

Leading Destinations, 2003 (%)

Summary

Since opening its economy to the West in the late 1970s, China has experienced rapid growth. In 2003, China's GDP reached 11,029.8 billion yuan, equal to US$1,332.2 billion. While this makes China one of the world's larger economies, the sheer size of the population means that per capita wealth is very low, at around US$1,031 in 2003.

The Chinese device market is largely supplied by imports or products made locally by multinational joint ventures, especially at the higher end of the technology scale. Local companies are usually small and undercapitalised by Western standards.

The regulatory system has been notoriously difficult to negotiate successfully and appeared opaque and awkward to many foreign investors. In an attempt to remedy this, revisions to the registration process have recently been implemented.

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