皇冠体育app

2011-01-17 17:21

CHENGDU - General Electric Co (GE) announced Monday it will build an innovation center in Chengdu, capital city of southwest Sichuan province, focusing on the country's local healthcare market.

According to GE, the Chengdu innovation center will be different from traditional research and development centers, as it will combine research and development sections with marketing ones.

The center is expected to open this year, and is currently recruiting 380 engineers for research and development in areas such as healthcare, petroleum, natural gas and automation.

According to GE, the center will develop tailor-made products or services for Chinese after studying local medical conditions and people's consumption capacity.

"The center will work out solutions for GE Healthcare, a giant in 皇冠体育app's medical equipment market, in line with 皇冠体育app's healthcare reform," said Chen Xiangli, general manager of GE 皇冠体育app Technology Center.

According to 皇冠体育app's three-year plan for national healthcare reform released in 2009, the government promised universal access to basic health insurance, improved primary health care facilities and equitable access to basic public health services.

The center will make efforts to help the government reduce local medical costs, and improve health services, Chen added.

In November last year, GE unveiled a plan to expand its 皇冠体育app presence. In the plan, some half a billion US dollars will go to establishing innovation centers in 皇冠体育app, including those in Chengdu, northeast 皇冠体育app's Shenyang and northwest Xi'an.