China's Medtech Firms Tap Asian Market to Make USD141.4 Billion by 2022, Report Predicts
Tong Xin
DATE:  Oct 25 2019
/ SOURCE:  yicai
China's Medtech Firms Tap Asian Market to Make USD141.4 Billion by 2022, Report Predicts China's Medtech Firms Tap Asian Market to Make USD141.4 Billion by 2022, Report Predicts

(Yicai Global) Oct. 25 -- The value of China's medical device sector is expected to reach CNY1 trillion (USD141.4 billion) by 2021 or 2022 as demand in Asia grows. 

Revenues' compound annual growth rate has been retained at 15 percent to reach a total tally of CNY638 billion (USD90.2 billion) last year, according to a recent report from the China Society for Drug Regulation. Indonesia was the biggest market while exports to Vietnam grew at the fastest clip, it added. 

Despite boosting investment, Chinese medical device makers still lag behind multinationals. In the first three quarters, China's investment in high-tech manufacturing rose by 12.6 percent from a year ago. Within that sum, over one-fifth went into medical equipment.

The report suggests that the next decade will be a "golden age" for the development of China's medical tech sector. Last year, there were more than 17,000 medical device manufacturers, an increase of more than 1,000 companies over the year.

China's medical device trade tallied USD45.8 billion in 2018, and exports made up about 51 percent of that. Shipments to countries participating in China's Belt and Road investment initiative accounted for about one-fifth of the exports. 

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Keywords:   China,Medical Tech,Vietnam,Indonesia