Harbin, a famous city, located in North-Eastern part of China, in Heilongjiang Province, is the political, economic, scientific and technologic and cultural center. Since 1997, the medical conditions have been improved. In the whole city there are 1,243 health organizations among them; there are 307 hospitals, 509 outpatient clinics, 6 sanatoriums, 23 special disease prevention and cure stations, 19 epidemic prevention stations, 8 health centers for women and children, 7 medicine inspection units, and 6 other health organizations, 15 medical research institutes, 3 high medical educational institutes, and 9 middle medical colleges. In the whole city, there are 49,026 health care professionals, representing 7.6 health care professionals per 1,000 residents in the city. Harbin also has 53 pharmaceutical manufacturers. Their annual sales amount to 2.2 billion yuan, ranking the fifth largest pharmaceutical production bases in China. Demand for medical equipment and instruments grows rapidly in recent years.