Medical Instrument Enterprise New Market: Primary Care

On August 26th, Siemens Medical held the inauguration ceremony of X-ray product building of Shanghai Siemens Medical Devices Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as SSME). In this brand-new X-ray product building, Siemens Medical will expand China's indigenous X-ray product development capabilities, develop and produce innovative products that meet the needs of China's primary medical market, and based on the concept of "local wisdom, global vision", Innovative power from China incorporates high-quality products and solutions to serve the global market.

The new building of the X-ray product completed and put into operation on that day will continue to increase production lines of X-ray products such as digital X-ray and mammography, in addition to the existing production lines for digital X-ray film systems, digital gastrointestinal machines, and mobile X-ray equipment. In order to more fully meet the needs of the basic medical market. At the scene, Siemens Medical also invited more than 100 dean of county-level hospitals from all over the country to participate in the “First Siemens China County Hospital Dean Forum”. Industry experts, dean representatives from China's county-level hospitals and Siemens will jointly revolve around China. The topic of basic medical care is discussed in depth to discuss the development of basic medical care in China.

The reporter noted that in recent years, China's medical reform has focused on basic medical care. Data shows that during the period 2009-2011, the central government invested more than 630 billion yuan to support the construction of 33,000 county-level hospitals and primary and secondary medical and health institutions in urban and rural areas. Under the guidance of the policy, the primary medical market has become an important market for medical device manufacturers to compete for. As one of the well-known companies in the global medical industry, Siemens Medical has also designed, developed and produced a number of innovative products based on global R&D capabilities and the needs of domestic primary medical institutions. For example, the suspended digital radiography system developed at SSME. Multix Fusion has high-definition image quality and can easily handle the needs of large patient circulation, and is very popular among users of primary hospitals in China. In terms of training and education, the Siemens "Healthy China" project launched in 2012 is also following the Long March route. Physician training and dean's forums for county hospitals have been held in 11 provinces including Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, and Hunan to improve grass-roots hospitals. The diagnostic level of professionals is to benefit patients. To date, more than 770 physicians from nearly 350 county hospitals in four provinces and cities have participated in the training. In addition, Siemens also donated high-quality medical equipment to grass-roots medical institutions and successively donated medical equipment for a number of county-level hospitals in Shaanxi, Henan, Sichuan, and Jiangxi to carry out professional skills training for doctors and fulfill corporate social responsibilities.

“Basic medical care is the most important aspect of China’s medical system reform in recent years and is also the direction of Siemens medical development.” Wu Wenhui, president of Siemens Medical Northeast Asia, stated that “Siemens Medical Services China has been developing steadily for over 110 years, which has laid a positive foundation for us today. A solid foundation for investing and supporting China's basic medical services, Siemens has taken root in China, and has actively provided professional and technical personnel training for grassroots hospitals by providing more innovative and efficient medical imaging and in vitro diagnostic technology equipment and solutions for Chinese primary medical institutions. The construction and development of basic medical care in China."

In addition, the reporter learned that Shenzhen is another major production base of Siemens Medical. Siemens Medical currently has a wholly-owned subsidiary, Siemens (Shenzhen) Magnetic Resonance Co., Ltd. (SSMR) in Shenzhen, and was established in Siemens Magnetic Resonance Park at the beginning of 2012. AX (radiography angiography system) and CV (medical device parts) Division's R & D and production base. At the press conference, Bernd Montag, CEO of Medical Imaging and Therapeutics Group, Siemens AG, said that Siemens Medical continues to expand the MR's R&D and production scale in Shenzhen and establish Siemens' important milestone in the medical industry's foothold in Shenzhen and its global reach.