Since the 14th Five Year Plan, China's medical equipment industry has achieved a historic leap in development. Batch after batch of high-end medical equipment has appeared in clinical practice, and innovative enterprises are thriving. A new breakthrough in medical equipment under the name of "Made in China" is quietly changing the medical landscape in China and even the world. During the 14th Five Year Plan period, the compound annual growth rate of China's medical equipment industry is about 10.7%, and the market size will reach 1.35 trillion yuan in 2024, firmly ranking as the second largest market in the world. ”According to Hou Yan, Chairman of the China Medical Equipment Association, as of the end of 2024, the number of medical device manufacturing enterprises in China has exceeded 33000, an increase of 27.8% compared to the end of the 13th Five Year Plan. In addition to the continuous expansion of the market size, domestic medical equipment is constantly moving towards high-end and intelligent development. A number of high-tech medical equipment have been launched successively, including zero magnetic medical innovation in magnetocardiography equipment, the development of X/gamma ray integrated radiotherapy technology by Dayi Group, the global leading wide body CT manufactured by Neusoft Medical, and the launch of the first 5T magnetic resonance imaging by Lianying Medical. According to data from the National Medical Products Administration, since the 14th Five Year Plan, a total of 315 innovative medical devices have been approved, including 272 domestic products, accounting for 86.3%. Carbon ion therapy system ECMO、 Cutting edge medical equipment technologies such as artificial hearts have successively achieved localization. China has reversed the situation of 'imported equipment accounting for 90% of the high-end market', shifting from following the trend to running simultaneously, and some products have achieved leading positions. ”Li Pengwei, Director of the Information Department of the China Medical Equipment Association, said. During the 14th Five Year Plan period, more "Chinese solutions" have been put into clinical application. China's medical equipment has not only achieved breakthroughs in "hard equipment", but also steadily improved in "soft power". As of the end of 2024, the cumulative number of patent applications in China's medical equipment field during the 14th Five Year Plan period has reached 1.045 million. Hou Yan stated that during the 14th Five Year Plan period, including CT tubes, the localization rate of key medical equipment components and the independent matching rate of core components in China have been increasing year by year. At Zhongshan Hospital affiliated with Fudan University, the domestically developed and independently innovated whole-body PET/CT "Explorer" has shortened the PET scanning time from over 20 minutes to as fast as 30 seconds, and can also carry out whole-body dynamic 4D image acquisition and intelligent tracking of drug metabolism processes. In the operating room of Tianjin Cancer Hospital, Chief Physician Yu Haipeng achieved single needle puncture for patients within 9 seconds using the C550 percutaneous intervention surgical robot system developed by Lianying Zhirong. The product manager, Mao Yijun, stated that in order to simulate the most realistic surgical touch, the team conducted tens of thousands of tests on different animal bodies and artificial membranes. Implantable brain pacemakers were once monopolized by foreign companies. Pinchi Medical has achieved independent research and development breakthroughs in core technologies such as remote control and variable frequency stimulation. Children with epilepsy have reduced seizures, Parkinson's patients have reduced tremors... Many patients have improved their symptoms through domestic brain pacemakers. Similar scenes are being staged in hospitals across the country. A batch of medical equipment "Chinese solution" has been put into clinical application, which not only improves surgical accuracy and safety, but also relieves doctors' work pressure, allowing patients to enjoy more minimally invasive and safer diagnosis and treatment services. Helping the public to have a positive outlook on the "new breakthrough" of domestically produced medical equipment at their doorstep, and enabling more people to truly enjoy the livelihood benefits brought by the development of medical technology. Data shows that after the launch of domestic surgical robots, the prices of related equipment have significantly decreased, and more city and county-level hospitals can also carry out robotic surgery. Even if they are thousands of miles apart, patients can receive surgeries from Shanghai experts through remote systems; Grassroots hospitals obtain diagnostic support from tertiary hospitals through cloud computing; Rural areas are using portable devices to achieve preliminary screening... cutting-edge technologies such as AI assisted diagnosis and 5G ultrasound robots are breaking geographical limitations and promoting the sinking of high-quality medical resources. The ultimate goal of the development of medical equipment is to benefit the health of the people. ”Gu Jianying, Secretary of the Party Committee of Zhongshan Hospital affiliated with Fudan University, said that more people should enjoy high-quality medical services at their doorstep. The relevant person in charge of the National Health Commission stated that the next step will continue to strengthen policy support to enable more patients to "use, afford, and use" domestically produced high-end medical equipment. In the year of the end of the 14th Five Year Plan, China's medical equipment industry has made great efforts to break through the global wave of medical technology and contribute "Chinese wisdom" to safeguarding human health, from following and running, from import dependence to independent and controllable, from single products to system solutions. (New Society)