Prostheses manufacturers are smaller compared to other categories of assistive products. 67 per cent of respondents have an annual sales value of less than US$1 mn. Altogether, 25 per cent reported sales between US$1 mn and US$5 mn.
Around 67 per cent of the respondents have previously sold to LMICs, but none of them have registered their prostheses products in those markets. One of the manufacturers shared that prostheses could be sold in many LMICs without local registration. However, without local registration, they cannot participate in local government tenders, impacting their long-term brand establishment in that market.
China’s lower limb prostheses manufacturers are more fragmented, but are primarily located in Beijing and Shijiazhuang, both of which have implemented policies to support
31prostheses manufacturing. For example, Beijing offers tax benefits for R&D expenses, accelerated depreciation and corporate income tax reductions. Shijiazhuang has similar government support policies, including a priority product approval process, financial subsidies and investment in industrial parks. In the Jiangsu and Shanghai region, few manufacturers focus exclusively on upper limb prostheses, such as Danyang Prosthetic Factory and Shanghai Kesheng. Below is a list of prostheses suppliers that participated in the survey.
Table 12: Survey respondents for prostheses
| Company | Introduction | LMIC footprint | Type | Quality |
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| Chonglang (Beijing) |
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| Fuyutiancheng (Beijing) |
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| Fengxing (Beijing) |
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| Beijing rehabilitation hospital (Beijing) |
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| Linkang (Bazhou, Hebei) |
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| Grootre (Jinan, Shandong) |
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| JBK (Beijing) |
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| Dongfang Resun (Beijing) |
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| Reborn (Danyang, Jiangsu) |
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| Jingbo (Beijing) |
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| Ruipu (Hebei) |
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| Shenghe (Changsha, Hunan) |
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