China,with the population of 1.32 billion, about 20 percent of the worlds’ total population, has overtaken the confining 3.6 million square-miles within its borders. This same country, whose economic and military growth have been making headlines. Meanwhile, china placed itself on an elite list of nations growing in wealth and power, and is currently producing millions of goods on the international market, also is now making waves in yet another sector in a big way: medical equipment.

According to an article on Bloomberg.com, China has upped its spending on medical equipment in every sense of the word. Preparation for a possible medical disaster means upgrading the old medical equipment currently in place in most Chinese hospitals. In turn, this means an eminent boom in the Chinese medical equipment industry.