Medical device inspection and testing system constitutes an important part of the medical device supervision system, pertheThirteenth Five-Year Plan for National Drug Safetyand the Construction Standards for Medical Device Inspectionand 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 theGuiding Principles for Capacity Building of Medical Device Inspection and Testing Organizations.