China opposes the EU ban with ‘tit-tat’ medical device restrictions

The Chinese Union (EU) has been restricted by the purchase of European medical devices after a similar action made by the beginning of this year.

Last month, the EU voted to prohibit Chinese companies from participating in the tenders of public procurement, after the investigation for estimated medical device contracts worth more than 5 million euros ($ 5.72 million), the fair entry was not mutual.

The Chinese government has now made itself freezes using purchases for certain medical facilities. For China’s limitations, the purchase limit is a price of more than 45 million yuan ($ 6.3 million). The notice was immediately effective when declared on July 6.

In January 2025, the EU investigation, such as China’s policy, such as China’s ‘2025’ economic road map, preferred local medical devices imported.

The Ministry of Trade of Trade has rejected the EU’s ban, which continues to build obstacles for Chinese companies in public procurement.

A spokesman for the ministry says: “Unfortunately, despite China’s goodwill and sincere, EU insisted on taking limited measures to build new protectionist obstacles.

“Therefore, China has no choice to protect the legal rights and interests of Chinese enterprises and to take mutual restrictive measures to maintain a fair competitive environment.”

Dr. Andrew Thompson, Director of Therapy Research, research and analyzes for globallata, commented on: “It’s almost exactly the title for Tat – China rejects findings about China’s 2024 anti-competition restrictions.”

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the country’s demand for the import of EU slowly decreased, and the EU is very straightforward; $ 10 billion in 2023 and $ 10.4 billion in 2024, exports to the EU in 2024, almost $ 11.4 billion, as a result, this was first reduced to the EU, which was a negative trade.

“This reflects how Chinese brands began to judge all the steps of the Chinese health care market. The Chinese will hold fast in the talks and it will rise up,” Tekin.

The trade association said in the European statement: “We decided to further limit the access to the State Procurement Market for Medical Technologies produced by China in the European Union.