China Med 2012 Concluded in a High Note

Beijing, March 30th, 2012 – In spite of gloomy global economy, China’s medical device industry is maintaining a rapid growth. Together with the concerted efforts by the organizers, China Med 2012 has proudly attracted 515 exhibitors from over 20 countries and regions to span over 30,000 square meters of exhibition space. Expectedly, the 3-day exhibition attracted 44,474 visits, including 3,318 visits to the concurrent high-level forums and workshops, which provide a unique communication and trade platform for medical device industry in China.

Jointly organized by the Health Department of General Logistics Department of Chinese People's Liberation Army, China World Trade Center Co., Ltd., Hui Tong Xingye International Exhibition (Beijing) Co., Ltd. and Messe Düsseldorf (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., the 24th International Medical Instruments and Equipment Exhibition (hereafter referred to as China Med 2012) successfully concluded with outstanding results on March 25, 2012 at China National Convention Center.

During the three trade fair days, 515 renowned companies from more than 20 countries and regions, including Germany, China, Japan, Italy, the USA, Sweden, Switzerland, and etc., came to present their latest innovations. Total exhibition area reached over 30,000m², which was a steady increase compared to the last year.  Meanwhile, the show also embraced many splendid pavilions, for example, German pavilion, Japan pavilion, American pavilion, Italy Brands Delegation, Switzerland Brands Delegation and Other Int’l Brands Delegation. These wonderful displays attracted 44,474 visits of trade visitors from 37 countries and regions, including 3,318 visits to the concurrent forums and workshops. The good mood of the exhibitors and visitors prevailed in the halls. Most of the visitors came from hospital & clinic, medical research institute, medical equipment manufacturer, domestic distributor, agent, wholesaler, retailer, importer/exporter, government department and medical university.

According to the on-site survey statistics, 83.86% of the exhibitors expressed their satisfaction to the exhibition, for they had held in-depth discussions with both potential customers and existing ones.  84.49% of the visitors said they were satisfied with the visit to China Med 2012, who saw their objectives fully met here. Over 60% of the trade visitors are company purchasing supervisors (32.86%), technicians (15.21%), and company administrators (13.82%).The big number and high quality of visitors further consolidated China Med’s leading position among the medical instrument trade exhibitions in Asia.

The top-notch academic conferences are another highlight of China Med. After years of development, the level of the academic exchange has been continuously improved. This year, 9 conferences were held to explore the issues of orthopedics, ultrasound, radiotherapy, radiographic imaging, nuclear medicine, critical care medicine, laboratory, medical engineering and physical medicine & rehabilitation. Besides, China Medical Association and its branches, and Chinese Society of Biomedical Engineering also hosted several seminars. What is noticeable is that for the first time, China Med has cooperated with the Medical Journal of Chinese People's Liberation Army to hold an academic conference. The conference paper and relevant feature stories would be published in the journal. Naturally, China Med has become an arena where representatives from international companies and medical scholars meet to explore the state-of-the-art technology and up-to-date medical developments.

Since the debut in the year of 1989, China Med has always held the tenet of internationalization and professionalization, dedicating itself to improving the quality of the services. Following 24 years’ successful stories, it has become the most influential, authoritative and representative exhibition in international medical equipment industry, providing the companies home and abroad with numerous business opportunities of market development and new products R & D, as well as a unique platform for exchange and cooperation.

The next exhibition will be held once again at China National Convention Center from March 28-30, 2013.

For more information, please visit: www.chinamed.net.cn    

Onsite Photos