The National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) held a consultation session in Beijing with members from the Chinese Peasants and Workers Democratic Party (CPWDP) on April 27, focusing on promoting the healthy development of the biomedical industry.

Yang Zhen, vice-chairman of the CPPCC National Committee and executive vice-chairman of the CPWDP Central Committee, presided over the session and delivered a speech.

Nine CPPCC National Committee members as well as experts and scholars in relevant fields shared their insights at the meeting along with officials from the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Health Commission, and the National Medical Products Administration.

The participants discussed several key issues, including strengthening research on biomedical innovation, facilitating the application of artificial intelligence in the biomedical industry, improving regulatory approval processes, enhancing intellectual property protection mechanisms, and deepening policy and departmental coordination.

The attendees emphasized the significance of advancing the development of the biomedical industry from the perspective of safeguarding national security and people’s health, charting the right course for its growth, and strengthening top-level design based on national strategic needs, to guide the industry toward high-quality development.

They also highlighted the need to better combine effective market mechanisms with competent government involvement, improve relevant policies, deepen innovation-driven development, build talent reserves, and expand international exchanges. The CPPCC should fully leverage its advantages in gathering talent and expertise, conduct further research and surveys, and actively contribute suggestions and proposals to supporting the high-quality development of the biomedical industry, they added.