The end of the year is the time when ministries and commissions of the State Council hold national working meetings intensively. According to a reporter from Innomed, since the National Development and Reform Work Conference held by the National Development and Reform Commission on December 14, 2019, many national work conferences have been held by ministries and commissions that are closely related to the development of the medical device industry, such as the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Finance, State Administration for Market Regulation, State Administration of Taxation, National Health Commission, Ministry of Science and Technology, Nation Healthcare Security Administration and National Medical Products Administration. Good policies and services will surely boost confidence of the industry and promote industry development to a great extent. Then for the medical device industry, what measures taken by Chinese ministries and commissions in 2020 will bring the industry opportunities for sustainable development?

National Development and Reform Commission: National Development and Reform Work Conference from December 13 to 14, 2019

Year 2020: Vigorously promote the formation of a strong domestic market and strengthen the research and development of key core technologies; Consolidate reform and innovation, further improve the quality and efficiency of development, implement the key tasks of supply-side structural reform, and create a market-oriented, rule-by-law and international business environment.

Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: National Industry and Information Work Conference on December 23, 2019

Year 2020: Focus on stabilizing the investment in manufacturing, and guide investors to invest in fields such as advanced manufacturing and weak infrastructure construction that can benefit both the supply side and the demand side and have the multiplier effect. Organize enterprises and entrepreneurs to promote the advancement of the industrial foundation and modernize the industry chain, perform well in the research and development of key core technologies, and implement industrial foundation reengineering projects, and further mobilize departments, enterprises, industry associations and other parties to solve the problem of weak industrial foundation; Focus on key areas, accelerate the high-quality development of the manufacturing industry, cultivate and select about 4 national innovation centers for manufacturing, and speed up the establishment of a segmented standard system for intelligent manufacturing; Adhere to the main direction of intelligent manufacturing and continue to deepen the innovation and application of artificial intelligence, blockchain, Internet of Things, big data and other technologies.

Ministry of Finance: National Financial Work Conference from December 26 to 27, 2019

Year 2020: Consolidate and expand the outcome of tax reduction and fee reduction. Continue to study and improve the relevant tax policies to promote high-quality development, encourage scientific and technological innovation, attract high-end talents and promote export growth; and focus on innovative development and industrial upgrading, and promote the sound development of the real economy. Support scientific and technological innovation, and improve the systems and mechanism that encourage and support basic research and original innovation.

State Administration for Market Regulation: National Market Supervision Work Conference from December 26 to 27, 2019

2020: Give greater emphasis to the reform of the business system, improve the business environment, streamline review and approval procedures, lower the threshold for market access to stimulate the vitality and creativity of the market, and promote the reform of "Separated Approval of License and Certificate" in an orderly manner nationwide; give greater priority to ensuring drug quality and safety, and accelerate the availability of innovative drugs and medical devices urgently needed in clinical practice such as pediatric drugs, anticancer drugs, rare disease drugs; and give greater prominence to intellectual property protection and advance the reform of intellectual property registration.

State Administration of Taxation: National Tax Work Conference on January 6, 2020

2020: Consolidate and expand the achievements of tax reduction and fee reduction with more solid measures and greater efforts to enable taxpayers and payers to have more sense of gain. Support the development and growth of private enterprises, and never collect "excessive taxes and fees"; and give more play to the functional role of taxation, better serve the development of "Road and Belt Initiative", take a more active part in the formulation and exchange and cooperation of international tax rules, and give greater support to "going out" and "bringing in".

National Health Commission: National Health Work Conference from January 6 to 7, 2020

2020: Continuously deepen the reform of medical and health systems. Further optimize the allocation of medical resources, make solid progress in the pilot program for centralized procurement and use of national drugs by the State, and better serve the people for medical treatment; strictly manage economic operations and strengthen overall budget management and cost management of public hospitals; and further strengthen the special rectification of key fields and key links such as the supply of drug consumables and the order of medical services.

Ministry of Science and Technology: National Science and Technology Work Conference from January 10 to 11, 2020

2020: Coordinate and promote the deployment of R&D tasks, strive to make breakthroughs in key and core technologies and strengthen basic research; formulate and release medium- and long-term plans for scientific and technological development, and form a systematic layout for being among the forefront of innovative countries; optimize the layout of innovation bases, and build a strategic scientific and technological force led by national laboratories; and accelerate the transformation and application of new technologies and new achievements to foster new growth drivers

Nation Healthcare Security Administration: National Medical Security Work Conference on January 10, 2020

2020: Promote the reform of centralized procurement and use of drugs organized by the State to break the interest barrier and realize normal operation, so as to promote the reform of "linkage of three medical services" (i.e. the joint reform of medical care, medical insurance and medicine); establish a dynamic adjustment mechanism for the catalogue of drugs subject to medical insurance, promote the DRG trials and improve the medical insurance payment system; and ensure the safety of new negotiated drugs and outpatient drugs for hypertension and diabetes, and the centralized procurement of drugs and medical consumables, so that the fruits of the reform can truly benefit the people.

National Medical Products Administration: National Work Conference on Drug Supervision and Administration and Building of Honest and Clean Government from January 16 to 17, 2020

2020: Build a scientific and standardized review and approval system to serve the major strategic deployment of the central government and deepen the reform of the review and approval system for medical devices; construct a robust risk prevention and control system, pay close attention to high-risk products, strengthen inspection and testing and accelerate the implementation of vigilance system; and put in place a strong technical support system, prepare the "14th Five-Year Plan" in a scientific way, fully implement the scientific action plan for supervision and administration and strengthen the construction of a standard system.