Chinese companies dominate Arab Health Congress 2014

Chinese companies are the biggest participant in the ongoing Arab Health Congress 2014, the largest health fair in the Middle East and North Africa that started in Dubai on Monday.

Among the 3,900 companies participating in the four-day congress, 510 are from mainland China, 29 are from Hong Kong and 107 are from Taiwan.

The companies exhibited the latest products and solutions in the fields of medical appliances, hospital equipment, pharmaceuticals and laboratory tools.

Kent Zhen, the head of sales department at China's Guangdong Kaiyang Medical Technology group, said the Gulf and the Middle East are the fastest growing regions for his company's wheel chair export.

However, Chinese companies also meet some challenges in selling medical products in the Middle East.

Ten Xu, a sales representative at China's EMP Emperor Medical in the southern city of Shenzhen, said: "Our ultra-sound machines are selling well in Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan, but in Dubai, their products face huge competition."