To implement the CPC Central Committee and the State Council's policies for reform of the pharmaceutical and healthcare system and the management of high-value medical consumables, NMPA and the National Health Commission jointly launched a pilot project for the Unique Device Identification System. According to the work deployment, the UDI database was officially launched on Dec 10, 2019, with database sharing function opened on March 31, 2020. It is available for the public, medical device manufacturers, medical institutions various parties in three ways: query, download, and interface.