中国医药保健品进出口商会,CCCMHPIE,   
中国医药保健品进出口商会是商务部下属的六大进出口商会之一，是原对外经济贸易部遵照《国务院批转对外经济贸易部1988年外贸体制改革方案的通知》于1989年5月22日组织成立的。其目的是建立由政府的行政管理、企业的业务经营、商会的协调服务三部分组成的外贸新体制。 近二十年以来，商会随着社会主义市场经济体制的逐步建立和医药保健品对外贸易的发展而壮大。现有会员企业1600多家，遍布全国各地，国内大部分有影响的医药保健品生产和进出口贸易企业都已加入商会。根据《中华人民共和国对外经济贸易法》和国务院相关文件规定，商会的主要职能是对会员企业的外经贸经营活动进行协调指导，提供咨询服务。本商会的业务协调范围涵盖中药、西药原料和制剂、医疗器械、保健器材、医用敷料、生物药、保健品、功能性化妆品等行业企业和产品。

随着社会主义市场经济体制的完善，作为行业中介组织的商会将发挥更加重要的作用，我们的目标是做中国医药保健品行业最专业、最权威的贸易促进机构！中国医药保健品进出口商会真诚邀请一切有志于发展医药保健品生产和进出口贸易的企业加盟本会！热忱欢迎国内外相关机构加强与本会的联系、交流和合作！让我们共同努力，谱写出人类健康和生命的优美乐章！

Founded in May 1989,China Chamber of Commerce for Import & Export of Medicines & Health Products (CCCMHPIE), is the leading and most influential national trade association in China with a mission to promote the international trade and cooperation in medicinal and health products. CCCMHPIE，directly under the Ministry of Commerce of China, has a diverse membership of more than 1,800 companies including most of the major manufacturers and trading companies of pharmaceutical and health products across China. The fields that CCCMHPIE covers range from Traditional Chinese Medicines (TCM), pharmaceuticals, preparations, medical devices and equipment, dressings, biopharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, functional cosmetics to health products.

Currently, CCCMHPIE has a staff of 60-strong professionals, most of whom are specialists in international trade, medicine and management. It has also set up several sub-chambers along product lines, each responsible for supervising the import and export in its own line and offering guidance or advice to its members.

Since the beginning of the new millennium, China’s foreign trade in medicines and health products has been expanding exponentially at an annual rate of over 20%. It has become the largest exporter of active pharmaceutical ingredients in the world. CCCMHPIE’s significant contributions to this tremendous growth is well recognized, and this rapid trade expansion has in turn helped CCCMHPIE develop from strength to strength.

CCCMHPIE is very active in formulating and implementing government policies, governing import and export of medicines and health products. It represents the concerns of business to all levels of government as the voice of the industry. It lobbies government on trade issues via a number of channels including face to face meetings with governmental departments, participation in government task force and special committees, and conducting original research critical to the development of the industry. On behalf of the industry, CCCMHPIE also participates in bilateral and multilateral talks between the Chinese and foreign governments on medicinal products.

CCCMHPIE is entrusted by the government to perform a broad spectrum of functions. It organizes the tendering of export quotas for medicinal and health products, and implements government programs to assist the small and medium-sized companies in their efforts to break into international markets as well as the government strategy to develop medicinal products export bases. In addition, CCCMHPIE acts as the organizer of the Medicinal and Health Products Hall at the Guangzhou Chinese Commodity Import and Export Fair, the second largest fair in the world. Moreover, it formulates trade development strategy for the industry.

Over the years, CCCMHPIE has built up platforms for Chinese and foreign companies to get acquainted and do business well.

Trade coordinator
Recent years have witnessed CCCMHPIE play a leading role in trade coordination among other things, it formulates quality standards for export products. A large number of standards, sponsored by CCCMHPIE, such as “Green Trade Standards of Imported & Exported Medicinal Plants & Preparation”, have been adopted by the government and have won widespread international recognition.

Additionally, CCCMHPIE is a leader in providing prompt and effective guidance to the Chinese companies facing anti-dumping and countervailing measures. In the past few years, Chinese medicinal products have been a major target for anti-dumping allegations. As the trade organization in China, CCMHPIE has successfully assisted its members in defending their legitimate interests in many a trade dispute.

To promote fair trade, CCCMHPIE plays an active role in promoting the commercial credibility among its members. It also recommends exemplary companies and their products to overseas buyers. A system of company credibility evaluation has been developed to help creat a credible environment for doing international business.

Best guide for international businessmen

In the last five years, China’s market for medicines and health products has been experiencing a double digit growth, making China one of the fastest growing markets in the world. Pharmaceutical trade alone in 2007 was valued at US$24.6 billion, and is expected to surpass US$ 50 billion by 2010. As the market expands, more and more overseas companies have come to realize the critical importance of China to the success of their business.

In December, 2006, Ministry of Commerce of China, in association with relevant departments, established China Technological Service Center for Import & Export of Medicines and Health Products. China Chamber of Commerce for Import & Export of Medicines & Health Products（CCCMHPIE） was appointed to be in charge of the Center.

The mandate of the Center covers: technical guidance for health-care industry, policy advisory of medicines and health products overseas registration, outbound investment, overseas listing consultation, training as well as other technical support and solutions. Major target customers are Chinese enterprises in the industry of medicines and health products, particularly involve in international trade and investment, foreign cooperation and aid etc.

To meet the demand of the enterprises, the Center has started fulfilling its responsibilities immediately once it came into operation, including: organizes training courses and educational seminars, helps the enterprises go though the foreign registration process for medicines and health products and secure market authorization license, provides market analysis, technical solution plans and the corporate scheme for strategy development. To promote development of the health-care industry, the Center has also carried out series of activities including: lifts the domestic technology and standardization level; speed up the localization of the international standard and achieves the mutual recognition between China and other countries.

The Center leverages many resources to collect relevant registration and authorization information of medicines and health products overseas such as U.S., E.U., Russia, Japan, Korea, Canada, Singapore etc. The Center tracks the latest on foreign and regional safety and quality standards, collects the relevant technical information. To better the technical services, the Center has built long-term cooperation with a number of world renowned organizations with agreements and memoranda.

With the fast development of Chinese medical enterprises, the international market for China-made medicines and health products has expanded exponentially. China Technological Service Center for Import & Export of Medicines and Health Products will, as it has done, keep pace with the times, by continuously renewing the information and knowledge, extending technical service area, and seeking more partners, with a view to providing first-rate services for the Chinese enterprises in the future.