GE Healthcare started its business in China in 1979 and opened its first office in Beijing in 1986. In 1991, Hangwei General Electric Medical Systems Co., Ltd. was established in Beijing, becoming GE's first joint venture in China.
Currently, GE Healthcare has established multiple operating entities in China, including wholly-owned and joint ventures, with more than 7,000 employees. GE Healthcare has five global production bases in China: the Beijing plant is the world ’s largest CT production plant; the Shanghai plant is the world ’s largest contrast agent production base; the Wuxi plant is the world ’s largest ultrasound product production base; the Tonglu plant is GE The world's largest medical filter paper production base; Tianjin is the only GE base in the world that simultaneously produces magnets and magnetic resonance systems.