Chinas Guidebook for Application and Approval of Imported Medical Device Registration

China is one of the fastest growing global economies with a fourth population in the world, and is one of the largest healthcare markets round the world. Along with sustained economic and population growth, Chinese healthcare market has maintained annually average growth rate above 16 % since 1990s. Among them, overseas imported medical devices represented dynamical growth since 2000s. By 2010, total value of overseas imported medical devices on Chinese healthcare market has reached 7.957 billion US dollars, an increase of 30.35% over 2009 level.

In 2009, the Chinese government vigorously launched “China’s Health-Care Reform”, developed an ambitious blueprint, in which health care system will cover about 1.2 billion people by 2011. Medical devices have been widely used in the process of disease prevention, diagnosis, therapy, care and rehabilitation. It is estimated that within the next few years, Chinese medical device market is likely to be more than 600 billion RMB, and will surpass Japan to become the second largest medical device market following the United States. The Chinese medical devices market will attract more and more medical devices produced by overseas manufacturers and producers to penetrate such market.

To enter Chinese lucrative medical device market, the first obstacle faced by overseas medical devices manufacturers and producers is how to file the application for their imported medical device registration with Chinese regulatory authorities for medical devices.

In China, the process of application and approval for imported medical device registration is very complex, because the Chinese regulatory authorities for medical devices administer and control this process by exorbitant administrative measures and regulations, moreover, these exorbitant administrative regulations are variable and lack of transparency. Lack of knowledge of the Chinese laws and administrative regulations, and the cultural difference between China and Western countries as well as the language barriers will increase the challenge faced by overseas medical devices manufacturers and producers. Therefore, a detailed guidance of practical operation for application and approval of imported medical device registration and a comprehensive and thorough knowledge of the latest Chinese laws and regulations for imported medical device registration have been become an essential prerequisite for overseas medical devices manufacturers and producers to achieve a successful application for their products entry into the Chinese medical device market. 

China’s Guidebook for Application and Approval of Imported Medical Device Registration is an essential resource for overseas medical devices manufacturers and producers to achieve a successful application for their products entry into the Chinese medical device market, which provides not only a detailed guidance of practical operation for application and approval of imported medical device registration but also comprehensive and thorough knowledge of the latest Chinese laws and regulations for imported medical device registration to guide overseas medical devices manufacturers and producers step by step to pass through the entirely legal procedures of application and approval for imported medical device registration smoothly. 

Report Highlights

•    An overview of the main responsibilities and organization structure of the SFDA (The State Food and Drug Administration) that is current Chinese regulatory authority being responsible for application and approval for imported medical device registration.


•   A framework of latest applicable Chinese laws and regulations for imported medical device registration to provide a comprehensive and thorough knowledge of the latest Chinese laws and regulations for imported medical device registration.


•    The general regulations for application and approval of imported medical device registration to provide a guidance of practical operation for application and approval of imported medical device registration.


•  An overview of entire process of application and approval for imported medical device registration, including the procedures of the initial application and approval for imported medical device registration, the application and approval for imported medical devices re-registration.


• The Chinese medical devices classification, including the guidelines and principles, and the criteria for medical devices classification.


•  The guidance of clinical trials for imported medical device registration.


•  The requirements for documents of application and approval for imported medical device registration to guide you prepare complex documents for application and approval for imported medical device registration.


•   The significant suggestions for overseas medical devices manufacturers and producers looking to achieve a successful application for their medical device registration in China.


•  The English versions of full latest Chinese administrative regulations and departmental regulations and provisions for medical device registration to facilitate overseas medical devices manufacturers and producers to acquire a comprehensive knowledge of latest applicable Chinese regulations for imported medical device registration, including the Regulations for the Supervision and Administration of Medical Devices, the Measures for the Administration of Medical Device Registration, the Regulations on the Administration of the Manuals, Labels and Packing Marks of Medical Devices, the Provisions for Clinical Trials of Medical Devices, and the Provisions for Medical Device Classification.

Who should buy this report?

• Senior executive officers engaging in regulatory and registration affairs for medical device registration in China.


• Non-Chinese Companies wishing to enter a lucrative medical device market inChina.


• Non-Chinese Companies interested in understanding the latest Chinese regulations on application and approval for imported medical device registration.


• Non-Chinese medical devices manufacturers and producers.