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Annual Report on China’s Pharmaceutical Distribution Industry（2021） is the blue book of China Pharmaceutical Distribution. The book is divided into ten chapters，namely，General Report，Policy，Industry，Pharmaceutical Supply Chain，Chinese Pharmacy，Pharmaceutical E-Commerce，Innovation，Regional，International，and Appendix. It focuses on the analysis and research of the development status and related important issues of the pharmaceutical distribution industry.

The General Report chapter discuss the development overview and characteristics of the pharmaceutical distribution industry in 2020，and looks forward to the development trend in 2021.

The Policy chapter mainly studies the new policies issued by the State or local governments in recent years. This chapter proposes the national strategy for pharmaceutical logistics in China and identifies the current major issues and explores the formulation of regulatory policies for modern pharmaceutical logistics. It analyzes the impact of the volume procurement policy on the pharmaceutical distribution industry，investigate，the development trend of innovative drugs in China under relevant policies，and puts forward relevant suggestions to optimize the accessibility of innovative drugs.

The Industry chapter summarizes the progress of the construction of a modern logistics system for traditional Chinese medicinal materials across the country. It also investigates the extent of the current medication shortage and its impacts and proposes reasonable suggestions. The chapter analyzes the overall development status and trend of the industry from growth level，profitability，cost control，capital operation，and other aspects of the listed companies in the pharmaceutical distribution industry. It also studys the market expectations and investment value from the listed companies in the pharmaceutical distribution industry.

The Pharmaceutical Supply Chain chapter releases the analysis report on China’s pharmaceutical supply chain and pharmaceutical logistics development in 2020. It analyzes the development of a pharmaceutical supply chain oriented by customer demand. It also shares the successful case of Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Co. on discovering modern supply chain system.

Chinese Pharmacies chapter analyzes the development，characteristics，and trends of China’s overall pharmaceutical retail market. This chapter covers the development status and trend of DTP pharmacy. It analyzes the development direction of retail pharmacies under the “dual channel” and innovative payment model by comparing the development paths of health care and pharmaceuticals of China and that of western countries，as well as providing duly suggestions. It also analyzes the development status of online prescriptive medications in China and provides suggestions for the compliance of online prescription medications.