On March 4, 2016, CAMDI was invited to attend Embassy of Sweden’s Medical Devices Industry Seminar. Officers from Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis and Business Sweden attended the seminar.

Life science & healthcare is one of the four key industries of Sweden in China. China shows great interest to Sweden’s healthcare solution. Though Sweden is small in area, it owns various powerful life science solutions. Besides, Sweden’s life science industry also adapts itself to the development goal of China. In 2011, a MOU was signed by and between Swedish Medical Product Agency and CFDA, and in April 2015, an action plan was signed by NHFPC and Ministry of Health and Social Affairs of Sweden to promote the close cooperation in health field. The cooperation in political level drives cooperation in research institutes and industries between two countries, as well as in the governments, organizations, companies and universities.

Deputy Secretary General of the association Xu Shan attended the seminar as special guest and gave a speech about the status and tendency of China's medical device industry innovation development. Representatives from European Union Chamber of Commerce in China (EUCCC) and Karolinska Institutet (KI) introduced the regulatory framework of EU and the effect on the regulatory changes of China’s medical device industry respectively. Representatives from GE Healthcare, Diaverum, Mölnlycke Health Care, Elekta and other enterprises were also invited to the seminar. The seminar provided a good communication platform for all representatives, and the development situation of medical device industry and future cooperation between China and Sweden were discussed.