At 8:30 a.m. on May 14, the Eye Health Industry Subcommittee, National Association of Health Industry and Enterprise Management held its annual meeting (hereinafter, "OIS") in Dalian. More than 300 experts, scholars, and business owners from all over the country attended the meeting. Many celebrities, including Wu Yupu, vice president and general secretary of the National Association of Health Industry and Enterprise Management, Jia Jianping, vice president, Professor Qu Jia, Dean of the Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, and Cui Yi, president of the China Optometric & Optical Association, attended the event and delivered speeches.

OIS Chairman Li Jie gave the following words of welcome and gratitude on behalf of the participants.

 

"The annual meeting started in Guangzhou in 2008, and this year marks its 8th year and we are having the 14th meeting. Special guests are invited to give a lecture at this annual meeting, and I am confident that comments from the attending experts will appeal to the participants in this meeting because the contents are divided into two fields, namely the management of the optometry industry and the optometry specialty. The medical optometry industry is a growing and unstoppable field, and our philosophy is to provide everyone with an opportunity of interaction and cooperation and to evolve together. With the support and cooperation of its members, the Eye Health Industry Subcommittee has grown in size over the past year and now has 119 organization members and 118 individual members. Earlier this year, we participated for the first time in three major U.S. optometry conferences including the COVD with Chinese optometry experts. We also set up a COVD Chinese platform in the United States for the first time to open the door for interactions in the United States among Chinese optometrists present at the meeting. The COVD proposed interaction and tie-up with the Eye Health Industry Subcommittee in China, and a Chinese COVD affiliate organization was set up in response. We have also intensified our membership support activities and successfully applied for 7 projects in national-level ophthalmology and other optometry fields. In 2015, we increased the influence of the Eye Health Industry Subcommittee by making full use of the resources of optometry experts to provide consultation, education, medical examination, and lectures. We are confident that we can keep on evolving with the cooperation of our members and a bunch of companies."

 

Next, Sun Zhengji, General Manager of Itabashi Medical Device Co., Ltd., Dalian, made a speech on behalf of the sponsors of this year's annual meeting. General Manager Sun said:

"We warmly welcome the participants, experts, and colleagues from all over the country. The Eye Health Industry Association has made substantial contributions to the exponential development of the optical industry in China's medical care system. We hope that we will continue to cooperate with and share wisdom with the Eye Health Industry Subcommittee and support each other to grow together."

Flow of the Meeting

Opening ceremony hosted by Jiao Zhiyi, Vice-chairman of Eye Health Industry Subcommittee
Greetings from OIS Chairman Li Jie
Greetings from Sun Zhengji, General Manager of Itabashi Medical Device Co., Ltd., Dalian, a sponsor of the meeting
Greetings from Wu Yupu, Vice Deputy Chairman of the National Association of Health Industry and Enterprise Management (NAHIEM) on behalf of the association

The seminar was hosted by Professors Zeng Junwen and Yang Zhikuan.

Speakers and lectures

1) Professor Qu Jia, Deputy Director of the Chinese Ophthalmological Society Sub-Committee and Dean of the Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University:

<Frontier in the development of optometry>

2) Cui Yi, President of China Optometric & Optical Association: <Current status and development of the Chinese eyeglass retail businesses>
3) Professor Bi Hongsheng, Director of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Eye Hospital:

<Establishment and practice of systems for the prevention and control of myopia in adolescents>

4) He Chengeng, Essilor Investment Co., Ltd.: <Optician - revolutionist of the futuristic Chinese optometry industry>
5) Sun Huanbao, Executive Deputy Chief of the China National Inspection & Testing Center for Ophthalmic Optics Glass and Enamel Products:

<Introduction of eyeglass standardization in China>

6) Tatsushi Kuroki, Manager, Overseas Promotion Department, Menicon Co., Ltd. <History of the development of RGP lenses in Japan>

 

7) Professor Zeng Junwen, Vice-president of Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center:
<Prospects for the prevention and treatment of myopia in adolescents>, <Introduction of Chinese optometry experts to U.S. conferences>
On the evening of that day, a banquet called "Menicon Night" was held under the auspices of Itabashi Medical Device Co., Ltd., Dalian.

 

[Background to the establishment of the OIS]

The OIS started with "China Medical System Optical Industry Management Forum." In 2008, this symposium was held for the first time in Guangzhou, and participants were Tianjin Eye Hospital, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University (ZOC), Beijing Tongren Hospital, Shanghai Eye and ENT Hospital, the Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, and Shanxi Eye Hospital.
On November 20, 2013, Beijing Tongren Hospital Technologies Co., Ltd. applied to the National Association of Health Industry and Enterprise Management for the establishment of the Eye Health Industry Subcommittee. On January 24, 2014, the association unanimously approved this application at a meeting attended by members at the level of vice president and above. On June 25, 2014, the association formally approved the application and agreed to establish the Eye Health Industry Subcommittee. As the reform of the medical and ocular health system progresses and the scale of the market for eye health services expands day by day, the establishment of Eye Health Industry Subcommittee will unite the organizations and individuals involved in the medical and ocular health industry by providing nationwide optometry and eyeglass businesses with diversified services in areas such as resource, policy analysis, and technical support, and will have important implications for the sound development of the optometry industry.