Wang Jingli

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SHENZHEN will showcase its development highlights and achievements as well as high-end global medical device industrial clusters at the first BrightMD Fair China to be held at the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center in Futian District from June 8 to 10, as announced in a news briefing Saturday.

The exhibition area will cover 40,000 square meters as planned, and the organizing committee said it has contacted nearly 1,000 medical device enterprises for the event.

The fair will feature over 30 events including a medical device procurement forum and a medical price reform summit.

More than 10 Chinese academicians and experts, as well as leading enterprises, will gather in Shenzhen to share their insights on the medical equipment industry.

Several hospitals in Shenzhen will release their procurement needs. Moreover, a total of 16 comprehensive hospitals in the country will sign cooperation agreements with the National Innovation Center for Advanced Medical Devices, according to the news conference.

The fair will set up a subvenue in Hong Kong with nearly 100 high-end medical device enterprises at home and abroad expected to participate.

The move aims to help domestic enterprises seek overseas opportunities, and make full use of Hong Kong’s sci-tech resources.

The fair will be marked as a starting point as Shenzhen continues to build its high-end medical device innovation ecology, an official from the Shenzhen Municipal Development and Reform Commission said at the briefing.

Currently, Shenzhen boasts some 1,800 medical device manufacturers, including 19 listed companies, according to information released at the conference.