Guideline on Market Access for Medical Device in China is a report drafted by CIRS Group- Medical Device BU to help companies and individuals who would like to sell their medical devices to the People’s Republic of China and get their medical device products registered with NMPA. The guide describes key definitions, main regulations, authorities of the medical devices in China, and also the requirements of the whole life-cycle of medical devices including pre-registration preparatioin, registration process, testing/inspection, clinical evaluation, QMS and post-market management.

In 2020, the National Bureau conducted unannounced inspections on 89 medical device manufacturers, including 44 IVD companies, 16 sterile product companies, 11 active device companies, 9 implant product companies, 3 denture companies, and 3 independent software company and 3 other companies. The reasons for unannounced inspections are compliance inspections, special inspections, unqualified random inspections, complaints and reports, and occurrence of adverse events. The res