Med Tech to be listed in China's 13th 5-year-plan

Chinese Central Government proposed 100 most important projects in the 13^th 5-year-plan, the National People’s Congress (NPC) is reviewing the plan.

Among the 100 most important projects defined by the top leaders, 4 are from med tech cluster including:

- R&D of high performance medical devices such as nuclear medical imaging equipment, superconductor resonance imaging equipment and non-invasive life-supporting machine,

- Development and application of medical devices having Chinese traditional medicine advantages,

- Accelerating large scale application bio science, for instance genomics,

- Development of robotic surgical system

This proposal reflects the industry upgrading strategy of China at national level.