Medical device inspection and testing system constitutes an important part of the medical device supervision system, per the Thirteenth Five-Year Plan for National Drug Safety and the Construction Standards for Medical Device Inspection and Testing Centers (Institutions, Institutes) (Construction Standard 188- 2017), etc., to strengthen the guidance over the capacity building of medical device inspection and testing institutions, and improve their corresponding capabilities, NMPA has organized the formulation of and released on August 30, 2019 the Guiding Principles for Capacity Building of Medical Device Inspection and Testing Organizations.