Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka China International Medical Equipment Fair (CMEF) i ka makahiki 1979 a mālama ʻia ʻelua i kēlā me kēia makahiki hoʻokahi i ka pūnāwai a ʻo kekahi i ka hāʻule, me nā hōʻikeʻike a me nā ʻaha kūkā.Ma hope o 40 mau makahiki o ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana iā ʻoe iho a me ka hoʻomohala mau ʻana, ua lilo ka CMEF i hoʻokahi o nā alakaʻi alakaʻi honua i hoʻohui ʻia i nā kahua lawelawe i ke kaulahao waiwai o nā mea lapaʻau,

I kēia manawa, ʻoi aku ma mua o 7,000 mau mea hana lāʻau lapaʻau mai 30 mau ʻāina a me nā ʻāpana like ʻole i hōʻike i kā lākou huahana a me nā lawelawe me mākou ma CMEF.No ke kālepa ʻana a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā huahana lapaʻau a me nā lawelawe, ma kahi o 2,000 mau loea a me nā talena a kokoke i 200,000 mau malihini kipa a me nā mea kūʻai aku e pili ana i nā keʻena kūʻai aupuni, nā mea kūʻai halemai a me nā mea kūʻai aku mai nā ʻāina a me nā ʻāpana he 100 e hōʻuluʻulu i ka CMEF.