Convenience foods and functional foods and drinks - consumable products with added nutritional value - have been areas of growth in the Chinese marketplace.

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China is having a big transition in purchasing - consumable improvements.

"With the country's supportive policies on biotechnology, the constant boom in in-vitro diagnosis and the biopharmaceutical industry, and the rise in domestic substitutes, the disposable medical consumable sector in China realized sustained development.

"In 2020, homegrown consumable suppliers embraced the harvest stage.

"With supportive policies, the biotechnology industry is expected to attract more investment, further propelling the development of the disposable medical consumable sector," Li said.

In 2018, China's medical consumable market was valued at 23.1 billion yuan ($3.3 billion), taking up 10 percent of the world's total.

Meanwhile, the COVID-19 pandemic raised rigid demand for vaccine research and development, as well as nucleic acid tests, while the importation of medical consumables was affected due to the COVID-19, domestic consumable suppliers have become a safe choice," Li said.

Goods bought on impulse but seldom used, and existing goods made redundant by consumption upgrade, have now become new consumable items.

Its burgeoning middle-income group presents a promising market for consumable goods and services providers around the world.