According to HIMA forecast, global medical instrument sales will reach $260 billion in 2006. The US medical instrument growth rate maintained at 9 percent.

According to the forecast of the 10th five-year program in medical instrument industry, the gross output value of China' medical instrument industry will reach RMB£¤100 billion in 2010. As China' macro-economy enters another stable growing cycle, the medical instrument demand in Chinese market will maintain a strong growth momentum in the following several years. According to the National Bureau of Statistics of China, the gross output value of China's medical instrument industry maintained a rapid growth since 1990s, with an average annual growth rate of 12-15 percent, and the total profits increased synchronously with sales income.

Although China's  medical instrument industry has been growing rapidly, its total production value only accounts for 2 percent of the world market share, in which the U.S. accounts for 42 percent and Japan is 14 percent. The sales ratio of medical instrument to medicine in China is 1:5 while this ratio in the international market is 1:1.9, therefore indicating a large development space of China's medical instrument industry.

This report addresses the following issues: status of medical instrument industry home and abroad, general market situation in major countries and regions, status of segmented markets according to the new standard issued by Chinese National Bureau of Statistics, status of the hot markets, sales and operation status of major enterprises, problems and trends of major enterprises. Emphases are laid upon the eight market segments and some generally recognized hot markets.

During the writing of this report, we refer to a great amount of data and information from PharmNet, China-188.com, cmdi.gov.cn, CIMAIE (http://www.rlsp.net/yl), Chinese National Bureau of Statistics, Customs General Administration of China, DRCnet (http://www.drcnet.com.cn), and State Food and Drug Administration (http://www.sda.gov.cn), providing an all-round analysis and description of China's medical equipment industry impersonally and impartially. Based on analysis of the data and facts, we present our forecasts and recommendations.

2.Status quo of world medical instrument market

3.Status quo of China's medical instrument market and market analysis
3.1 Production capacity
3.2 Market demand scale
3.3 Market status quo of major manufacturers

4.Imports and exports of China's medical instrument & equipment
4.1 Imports and exports of medical instrument
4.2 Import and exports of medical equipment

5.Market analysis of hot products of medical instrument & equipment 
5.1 CT
5.2 Ultrasonic instruments
5.3 Tumors treatment equipments
5.4 Magnetic rexonance imaging (MRI) 
5.5 Condoms
5.6 Hemodialysis 
5.7 Family healthcare instruments
5.8 Other hot products

6.Mechanical treatment and ward nursing equipments
6.1 Market scale of mechanical treatment and ward nursing equipments
6.2 Bacou-Dalloz (Shanghai)
6.3 Xiamen Easepal Technology Co. Ltd.

7.Artificial limbs, artificial organs and implantation instrument manufacturing.
7.1 Market overview
7.2 Top manufacturers

8.Equipment & instrument for stomatology 
8.1 Market overview
8.2 Top player¡ªShantou Institute of Ultrasonic Instruments
8.3 Other top manufacturers

9.Equipment & instrument for laboratory and medical disinfection 
9.1 Market overview
9.2 Top manufacturers

10.Equipment & instrument for medical treatment, surgery and veterinary 
10.1 Market overview
10.2 Top manufacturers

11.Equipment & instrument for medical diagnoses, monitoring and treatment
11.1 Market overview and structure analysis
11.2 Top manufacturers

12.Market analysis of single-used instruments 
12.1 Market overview
12.2 Shandong Weigao Group
12.3 Other top manufacturers
12.4 Shanghai Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

13.Other medical equipment & instrument manufacture markets 
13.1 Market overview
13.2 Top manufacturers

14.Industrial structure and competition pattern of medical instrument industry
14.1 Industrial structure
14.2 Property rights pattern
14.3 Geographical patterns

15.Latest related national policies
15.1 National management and supervision policies
15.2 National encouraging policies
15.3 Medical equipment monitoring system

16.Operation analysis of major domestic enterprises
16.1 Beijing Wandong Medical Equipment Co., Ltd.
16.2 Haci Corporation
16.3 Neusoft Group Ltd.
16.4 Weida Medical Applied Technology Co., Ltd.
16.5 Beijing Aerospace Changfeng Co., Ltd.

17.World-famous medical instrument manufacturers

18.Analysis of medical instrument sales channels

19.Prospects of China medical instrument market
19.1 Factors affecting China medical instrument market
19.2 Urgent matters to be solved
19.3 Development program of China medical instrument industry in 21st century

20.Trends of medical instrument industry
20.1 medical instrument leasing market
20.2 Trends of second-hand medical instrument market
20.3 Brand giants continue to dominate the market
20.4 Foreign-funded and strong-to-strong combination become trends
20.5 Digitalization of medical instrument and E-commerce

21.Strategy analysis of China medical instrument market
21.1 Development opportunities
21.2 Opportunities and challenges brought by WTO
21.3 Current big market opportunities
21.4 Development strategies of medical instrument
21.5 Competition strategies of medical instrument manufacturers