Advocacy Actions
Roundtable with the Standing Committee of the Chinese National People’s Congress (NPC)
Representatives from the European Chamber were invited to the roundtable discussion on the Food Safety Law organised by the NPC. During the discussion, relevant stakeholders addressed their concerns on the latest draft Food Safety Law
Read more5th China International Medical Device Regulatory (CIMDR) Forum
The 5th CIMDR was held under the revision of Regulations for Supervision and Administration of Medical Devices (Order 650) was released by the State Council, and was enforced since 1st June, 2014. All other sub-regulations of Order 650 either have been published, or will soon be published. Industry is eager to exchange ideas on medical device supervision with regulators, reviewers, engineers from test institutes, hospitals, notify bodies, international institutions, and experts from industry. COCIR-EUCCC is one of the most important Co-organizers, who worked with members, designing and fulfilling topics, speakers for both plenary meeting and sub-forums.
Read moreMeeting with CATR
On 27th August, the ICT WG Vice Chair Bruce Fu and BM Lanna Wu had working-level meeting with Ms. Li Haiying, Law Dept.Director, Institute of Economy and Policy Research, CATR of MIIT. The discussion covered MVNO market opening timeline, VATS Catalog, China Telecom Law revision as well ICT companies comments on the SHFTZ.
Read moreMeeting on BJ PSB
During working-level meeting with BJ PSB officials, the Human Resources Forum BM and chamber representative exchanged views and concerns over visas for R&D graduates, S1 visa implementation, Green Card Policy Update, and expert visa over 60 with officials. The BJ PSB briefed on further development on Beijing credit-ranking system and also addressed above Visa questions. However, for graduate/intern visa issue, PSB offcials noted that a top and central level communication with MPS, MOE and MOFCOM is needed.
Read moreMeeting with DG Advertising Regulation, SAIC
On August 26th, European Chamber representatives met with Director General Zhang Guohua of SAIC’s Department of Advertising Supervision, to understand the status of the Advertising Law revision and discuss compliance issues faced by business in the Cosmetics and Paediatric Nutrition industry.
Read moreSubmit a Paper to CFDA on Questions and Suggestions in terms of the Implementation of Provisions on Medical Devices
Submit a Paper to CFDA on Questions and Suggestions in terms of the Implementation of Provisions on Medical Devices
Read moreSubmit Appreciation Letter to CFDA after the Key Provisions on Medical Devices were published
Submit Appreciation Letter to CFDA after the Key Provisions on Medical Devices were published
Read moreMeeting with DE CONNECT
On 18th August, the ICT Chairs briefed DG Kostas GLINOS for R&D, EU Commission on ICT indsutry's concerns and market access barriers to the China market. The conversation covers main obstacles such as access to China R&D Fund, Standard issues, information security, IPR and limited ICT market opening for foreign businesses. DG Kostas expressed the willingness of continue support for ICT WG and also proposed to create pilot EU-CN ICT projects for market entry, which is not limited to the Horizon 2020 but also other fund resources from EU Commission. In addition, DG Kostas confirmed that ICT WG members will be invited to join the next EU-CN IT Dialogues with MIIT in the future.
Read moreChina International Medical Equipment Exhibition & Scientific Conference CHINA-HOSPEQ 2014 Seminar on Medical Devices Registration Review
Supported by National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) and co-sponsored by IHECC of NHFPC, Chinese Hospital Association (CHA) and China Association of Medical Equipment (CAME), CHINA-HOSPEQ 2014 was held from August 15th to 17th, 2014. IHECC organized a close-door seminar on Medical Device Registration Review during the conference.
Read moreCCFDIE Task Force on Foreign Medical Device Regulatory System EUCCC-COCIR was invited to join the group
CFDA authorized the China Center for Food and Drug International Exchange (CCFDIE) to carry out a research on foreign medical device regulatory system comparison. The focus would be on supervision to medical device manufacturers and distributors, as well as post-market surveillance.
EUCCC-COCIR was invited to join the Task Force. And we are going to contribute from the aspects of post-market surveillance and manufacturing supervision.