“We want to cooperate both with our government, the Chinese government, and the Chinese medical device industry to try to assist the Chinese for adopting regulations that are consistent with global standards,” Ives said.

— Ralph Ives, executive VP for global strategy at the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed; Washington) describing how to encourage the Chinese adopt a regulatory system that is recognized and approved around the world, “AdvaMed focusing on global trends in the device industry,” pp. 1,7