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 2,400 companies including most of the major manufacturers and trading companies of pharmaceutical and health products across China. The fields that CCCMHPIE covers range from TCM, pharmaceuticals, preparations, medical devices and equipment, dressings, biopharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, functional cosmetics to health products. Currently, CCCMHPIE has a staff of 70-strong professionals, most of whom are specialists in international trade, medicine and management. It has also established 10 departments according to the products and function, each department is a unit that is responsible for specific products trade management and providing guidance and advice for relevant members as well as customized services.

Since its inception, CCCMHPIE has been dedicated to serving the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry. It serves as a bridge between Chinese and overseas players of the industry and between the two markets. With the aim of promoting trade, investment and technology transfer projects in the healthcare sector, CCCMHPIE has set up many platforms in the form of training sessions, conferences, shows, information guidance, etc. to boost the development of Chinese healthcare industry and through collaboration with its counterparts overseas, contribute to the progress of human health. 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 percent. It has become the largest exporter of active pharmaceutical ingredients in the world. CCCMHPIE’s significant contributions to this tremendous growth are well recognized, and this rapid trade expansion has in turn helped CCCMHPIE develop from strength to strength.

As China's most influential industry association in the healthcare sector, CCCMHPIE is ready to work with the rest of the world in moving forward the healthcare collaboration. So far, it has entered into partnerships with more than 50 organizations in the world, and has been a leader of many bilateral healthcare working groups under the governmental dialogue mechanisms. CCCMHPIE is taking Chinese key industry player to all over the world, including US, EU, ASEAN countries, and Africa to increase mutual understanding with local industry players and further boost trade and investment activities. With China-Africa health collaboration developing from strength to strength, CCCMHPIE is also setting up platforms to serve for in-depth exchanges for bilateral trade, investment and technology transfer, which ultimately will work towards the goal of local production and capacity building.

CCCMHPIE is willing to also work with other stakeholders, including NGOs and international organizations, to guide and help the Chinese pharmaceutical and medical companies better serve the needs of human health, particularly, the unmet and urgent needs of the world.