Advocacy Actions
Comments on the CMDE's Technical Review Guideline for Change of Administrative Licensing Items of In-Vitro Diagnostic Reagents
On 9th November, the medical device sector of the Chamber sent additional comments on the Technical Review Guideline for Change of Administrative Licensing Items of In-Vitro Diagnostic Reagents to the Centre for Medial Device Evaluation.
Read morePresident Wuttke Joins European Parliament Public Hearing on EU-China Relations
On 9th November, European Chamber President Joerg Wuttke joined a panel discussion as part of a public hearing at the European Parliament.
Read moreEuropean Chamber and EU SME Centre represented in the DG GROW-MIIT Plenary
On 9th November, the European Chamber and the EU SME Centre were represented in the 10th Plenary session between the Directorate-General for Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (GROW) and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).
Read moreAdvocacy Letter on Medical Device Registration Confidentiality Issues
On 06 November, the medical device sector sent an advocacy letter to the National Medical Products Administration on the medical device registration confidentiality issues.
Read moreEuropean Chamber representatives meet the Head of Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans
On 6th November, European Chamber representatives met with the Head of Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans.
Read moreMeeting with Ms Aleksandra Kozlowska, First Secretary, Mr Philipp Barth, Counsellor, and Ms Mervi Kahlos, First Counsellor, Trade Section, European Delegation, on the Re-opening Up of the 60GHz frequency in China
The European Chamber met with Ms Aleksandra Kozlowska, First Secretary, Mr Philipp Barth, Counsellor, and Ms Mervi Kahlos, First Counsellor, Trade Section, European Union Delegation to China, on the Re-opening Up of the 60GHz frequency in China.
Read morePresident Wuttke Presented Position Paper to Development Research Centre of the State Council (DRC)
A delegation led by President Wuttke, including Shipbuilding Working Group (WG), Pharma WG, HCE WG, Energy WG, Environment WG, Automotive WG, ILS sub WG, and PN Desk held a high-level meeting with Development Research Centre of the State Council to present the Chamber's 2020/2021 Position Paper.
Read moreMeeting with the European Banking Federation (EBF)
On November 5, at 4.15 pm, several representatives from the Banking & Securities Working Group of the European Chamber met key representatives from the European Banking Federation (EBF) as well as one representative from the European Commission to discuss the next steps in their cooperation.
Read moreRoundtable with MOFCOM Official on European Business Operations in China
Roundtable with MOFCOM Official on European Business Operations in China
Read moreMeeting with EUD DG Trade on Challenges for the Medical Device Industry
Shanghai members of the Healthcare Equipment (HCE) Working Group hold a meeting with Mr Ch. Saurenbach, Officer at the Trade Section of the Eurorpean Delegation to China, on challenges for the medical device industry in China.
The member companies reported of their challenges in the highly regulated medical device market, especially for medium-sized companies without large regulatory affairs and government affairs / market access departments.
Registration (market approval) is costly and takes a long time. Though basically Chinese regulations are in line with European ones, details during the registration may be cumbersome.
China has adopted a strict policy of cost-saving in the medical sector, making market access for high-quality European medical devices more difficult.
The homecare market in China is underdeveloped, providing changes in the future, but requiring adaption of the regulatory system, which in the moment puts most resources in large public hospitals.