Per the Notice of the General Office of the State Council on the Issuance of the Reform Plan for Governance over Highvalue Medical Consumables (the State Council General Office [2019] No. 37), to standardize the construction of a unique identification system for medical devices, and strengthen the life cycle management of medical devices, based on the Regulations for the Supervision and Administration of Medical Devices, NMPA has formulated and promulgated on August 27, 2019 theRules for the Unique Identification System of Medical Devices, which will go into effect as from October 1, 2019.