The Blue Book of Medical Device Industry: Annual Report on the Development of China’s Medical Device Industry (2026), compiled under the guidance of the National Medical Products Administration and organized by the China Pharmaceutical Supervision and Management Research Association, was recently released. The Blue Book has become an indispensable authoritative reference and tool for industry decision-making, academic research, corporate operations, and capital allocation, providing a stable benchmark and clear coordinates for high-quality industrial development.

Universal Medical Technology Services (“Universal Tech Services”), the operating entity for full-cycle medical equipment management under Genertec Universal Medical, has been appointed to the Blue Book’s editorial board on the strength of its years of deep-rooted practical experience. Its management case study, “Innovative Practices and Measures for Full-Cycle Management of Medical Equipment Assets,” was selected for the Blue Book’s Practice section, offering a mature, replicable, and scalable solution for the standardization and digital-intelligent upgrading of equipment asset management at medical institutions nationwide.

Expanding Equipment Base Drives Critical Transition in Management Models

According to the report, China’s medical device market reached RMB 1.44 trillion in 2025, with the equipment maintenance market exceeding RMB 100 billion. As refined operational reforms at public hospitals deepen, medical equipment is no longer merely a clinical tool but a core asset that underpins hospital operating efficiency and determines medical quality. Yet the industry has long faced structural challenges: a fragmented service landscape characterized by low standardization, data silos across processes, insufficient digital-intelligent management capabilities, a shortage of interdisciplinary professionals, and uneven spare parts support and emergency response. The traditional approach of “valuing procurement over management, valuing repair over maintenance” no longer meets evolving needs. Building a management system covering the full equipment lifecycle is both an inevitable direction for industry transformation and a shared challenge requiring urgent resolution.

Based on pain points, create a benchmark for full cycle management of medical equipment

Grounded in the industry’s transformation challenges and hospitals’ real operational needs, Universal Tech Services has developed an innovative five-in-one full-cycle asset management model encompassing management, procurement, maintenance, utilization, and repair. This model breaks through the traditional boundaries of single, reactive equipment repair to establish a closed-loop system covering procurement selection, intelligent maintenance, clinical use, fault repair, and digital control.

On the management side, a digital-intelligent platform serves as the foundation, enabling full-process traceability and data-driven decision-making for hospital assets. On the procurement side, management is moved upstream, providing selection consulting based on equipment operating data to optimize asset allocation. On the maintenance side, the model shifts from reactive repair to preventive maintenance, identifying and resolving fault risks in advance. On the utilization side, equipment operating data is analyzed to activate underutilized assets and fully release clinical capacity. On the repair side, a nationwide service network enables rapid response, with professional expertise and efficient processes ensuring stable equipment uptime.

In August 2026,Universal Tech Services received authorization from the Training Department of the Medical Equipment Management Branch of the National Health Industry Enterprise Management Association to advance systematic talent development in medical equipment management.

To ensure the long-term effectiveness of this system, Universal Tech Services continues to build core competitiveness: establishing a tiered talent development framework to strengthen professional foundations; deepening technological R&D and innovation to iteratively upgrade the digital-intelligent management platform and advance independent development of core components; building a nationwide three-tier spare parts warehouse system for intelligent allocation across regions; and participating deeply in industry standard-setting to address regulatory gaps and promote standardized operations and maintenance services.

In April 2026,Universal Tech Services released the industry’s first Service Specification for Full-Cycle Medical Equipment Management.

On the clinical safety front, this full-cycle, proactive, and intelligent management model effectively mitigates risks such as equipment operating in compromised condition and delayed hazard resolution, reinforcing the baseline of medical quality and safety. On the hospital operations front, full-process digital and refined management makes equipment assets visible, controllable, and manageable, effectively reducing operating costs and improving asset utilization. On the industry front, this replicable, implementable, and verifiable system provides a mature template for transforming the medical equipment aftermarket, driving the industry from extensive operations and maintenance toward refined asset management.

This inclusion in the Blue Book of Medical Device Industry represents authoritative industry recognition of Universal Medical’s innovation capabilities, service system, and practical achievements in full-cycle medical equipment management. Going forward, Universal Medical will continue to anchor itself in its core medical business, deepen its health technology services, and continuously iterate and upgrade its full-cycle digital-intelligent medical equipment management system. It will deliver high-quality, standardized, and scalable medical asset operation solutions to fully unlock the value of medical equipment assets, support industrial upgrading, and contribute sustained momentum to the Healthy China initiative.

As one of the most authoritative and influential industry research reports in China’s medical device sector, the Blue Book of Medical Device Industry brings together the collective expertise of regulatory authorities, academic experts, leading enterprises, industry associations, and research institutions. It systematically reviews annual industry developments, analyzes core challenges, and provides forward-looking trend analysis, serving as an important reference for policy formulation and corporate strategic planning.