How does China source its medical supplies and devices?

China relies heavily on foreign imports for its medical supplies and devices. This is especially true for high-tech, high-price items, for which the U.S., Germany and Japan serve as major exporters. Additionally, there are several thousand local manufacturers of medical devices - mostly small companies with low revenues -
roughly 90 percent of whom are makers of low-tech products such as syringes and thermometers.

In contrast, the majority of high-tech equipment is imported into the country; for example, 80 percent of CT scanners, 90 percent of ultrasound equipment and 90 percent of MRI equipment is manufactured abroad. Imports of mid-to-high end products have decreased in recent years, but this has largely been due to foreign companies moving their production plants to China."