Those who manufacture or operate unregistered high-risk medical equipment, or manufacture or operate it without official endorsements will be subject to confiscation of their profits, production apparatus and materials, according to the new rule.

Also, violators may face fines up to 20 times the value of the equipment, as well as criminal charges, it stipulates.

Currently, 90 percent of the large medical equipment used in China is imported, according to the Ministry of Science and Technology.

A lack of incentives has been blamed as the main cause of the problem.

About the broadcaster:

Anne Ruisi is an editor at China Daily online with more than 30 years of experience as a newspaper editor and reporter. She has worked at newspapers in the U.S., including The Birmingham News in Alabama and City Newspaper of Rochester, N.Y.

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