MDACS Activities

Please be informed that the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) now recognizes the following two certificates issued by the Medical Device Control Office (MDCO) as equivalent to the “marketing approval” obtained from the place of origin of the device:

• “Certificate of Listing” of medical devices under the Medical Device Administrative Control System (MDACS) with legal manufacturers in Hong Kong;
• “Certificate to NMPA” (for devices outside the scope of the MDACS).

Local manufacturers may use “Certificate of Listing” or “Certificate to NMPA” as one of the supporting documents in applying for medical device registration in Mainland China.

The scope of MDACS includes listing of Class II/III/IV general medical devices and Class B/C/D in vitro diagnostic (IVD) medical devices. MDCO will issue the “Certificate to NMPA” to medical devices which are not entitled to be listed under the MDACS. The application details of the certificates are stated below:

Application guidance for the “Certificate to NMPA”:

Local manufacturers can apply for the “Certificate to NMPA” from the MDCO with the following conditions:

• The manufacturers are included in the list of local manufacturers under the MDACS (Please refer to “[GN-08] Guidance Notes for Listing of Local Manufacturers” for details of application);
• The concerned devices are manufactured by the listed local manufacturers; and
• The concerned devices have been sold to local healthcare facilities within two years counting from the application date of the “Certificate to NMPA”.

An application for the “Certificate to NMPA” must be made on the application form (MD-NMPA), which can be downloaded here. The original copy of the completed application form together with the supporting documents must be submitted, by hand or by mail, to the MDCO. Applicants are encouraged to provide softcopies of supporting documents in CD-ROM format as far as possible.