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Top 100 Chinese Pharmaceutical Enterprises by Main Business Revenue in 2024 Announced

Jul 08, 2025 07:31 CST Updated 07:31
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July 6,"Top 100 Enterprises in Main Business of China Pharmaceutical Industry in 2024"In the42nd National Annual Conference on Pharmaceutical Industry Information and 2025 Beijing·Changping Life Science ForumPublished on.


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"Top 100 Chinese Pharmaceutical Enterprises in Main Business Revenue for 2024" Released


In 2024,China National Pharmaceutical Group Corporation Ranks First for Five Consecutive Years, CR PHARMA COMM and Qilu Pharmaceutical Secure Second and Third Places Respectively; The positions of Yuanda Group and Fosun Pharma were swapped, ranking fourth and fifth respectively; while CSPC continued to rank sixth. The pattern of the leading group remained stable, with the strong remaining strong.

However, significant changes occurred in the 7th to 10th positions in 2024, with three new companies making their debut: Novo Nordisk (China) entered the top ten for the first time due to the market performance of its GLP-1 receptor agonist semaglutide and next-generation insulin products; Hengrui Medicine returned, demonstrating the success of its R&D transformation with 49.6% of its revenue coming from innovative drugs; and Zhengdatianqing benefited from its recently approved biosimilars and new drugs, as well as the introduction of high-value products.

In 2024, eight new companies joined the top 100, respectively.Beijing Tong Ren Tang, Sichuan Baili Pharmaceutical, Asymchem Laboratories, Haleon (Suzhou) Pharmaceutical, GlaxoSmithKline Tianjin, Holi Pharmaceutical Group, Huapont Life Health, and Yifan Pharmaceutical.

The successful advancement of these enterprises is attributed to their respective differentiated competitive advantages. For instance, Baili Pharmaceutical achieved a more than 10-fold leap in its main business revenue compared to the previous year, driven by strong authorized income, propelling the company into the 53rd position among the top 100. On the other hand, Yifan Pharmaceutical successfully entered the top 100 mainly due to the commercial scaling up of new products.

DataDerived from the only official source reflecting the economic operation of China's pharmaceutical industry, the "China Pharmaceutical Industry Statistical Yearbook"Extracted from the comprehensive annual report, ranked by main business revenue.Top 100 enterprises.


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Differentiation in the pharmaceuticals industry intensifies

Leading enterprises face pressure from in-depth adjustments


CPhI China learned on the conference site that the "Top 100 Enterprises in China's Pharmaceutical Industry by Main Business Revenue in 2024" achieved a total main business revenue of 1,004.97 billion yuan, a decrease of 2.5% compared to 2023 (1,030.19 billion yuan), while the total profit reached 209.31 billion yuan, an increase of 0.9% from the previous year.

According to the report by Medicine Geography, under the dual influence of market environment and policy adjustments,The total revenue of the top 100 enterprises has declined for three consecutive years, with a year-on-year decrease of 4% in 2022, narrowing to 0.3% in 2023, and widening to 2.5% in 2024.


At the same time,The threshold for the top 100 enterprises in 2024 dropped to 3.02 billion yuan, and the threshold for the top ten enterprises fell to 23.73 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 2.3% and 6.3%, respectively., continuing the downward trend from 2023, reflectingLeading enterprises are facing pressure from in-depth adjustments.


In terms of concentration,Since the indicator first exceeded 30% in 2018, it has consistently fluctuated within the range of 30% to 36%. In 2024, it decreased by 1.1 percentage points from 2023 to reach 33.8%. The pharmaceutical industry is currently undergoing a structural adjustment process, transitioning from scale growth to quality and efficiency.


Under the pressure of intensified industry competition and innovation transformation, pharmaceutical companies in China are accelerating their differentiation.


In 2024,Top 100 EnterprisesA total of 42 enterprises achieved double growth in both operating revenue and total profit, among which 15 enterprises saw increases of over 10% in both indicators; whereas 31 enterprises experienced a dual decline in these two indicators, with 17 enterprises witnessing a drop of more than 10%.


The differences in enterprises' operating performance are mainly reflected in the gap between their main business revenue and total profit. The deep-seated reason for this difference lies in the different paths of building core competitiveness.


From the perspective of industry practice, the core competitiveness of pharmaceutical enterprises mainly comes from three dimensions: First, the innovation-driven development model represented by Hengrui Medicine and Innovent Biologics, which achieves performance growth through R&D breakthroughs and patent licensing; second, the marketing system optimization model typified by Hayao Group, which improves operational efficiency via channel reform; third, the brand value-driven model represented by enterprises like Pien Tze Huang, relying on brand premium to maintain stable development.


These three models respectively reflect the competitive advantages in different dimensions such as technological innovation, market operation, and brand building.


Finally, from the perspective of the enterprise's main structure,Among the top 100 enterprises in 2024, the numbers of domestically funded, foreign-funded, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan invested, and Sino-foreign joint venture/cooperative enterprises are 66, 15, 13, and 6, respectively, with their main business revenue accounting for 63.1%, 17.6%, 15.7%, and 3.5%, respectively.


As for the regional distribution,In 2024, there are seven regions with more than five companies among the top 100, namely Jiangsu (16), Beijing (12), Zhejiang (12), Shandong (11), Shanghai (7), Guangdong (7), and Tianjin (6). Among them, Jiangsu Province ranked first in the number of top 100 companies for two consecutive years, with the total R&D expenditure of its top 100 companies accounting for 24.2% of the national total in China.


In 2024, the total operating revenue and profit of the top 100 enterprises in Beijing ranked first in China, accounting for 21.4% and 23.6% of the total of the top 100 enterprises respectively, and the average operating revenue and profit of their 12 enterprises also lead the nation.

1

China National Pharmaceutical Group Corporation

2

CR PHARMA COMM

3

Qilu Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.

4

China Grand Enterprises Group Co., Ltd.

5

Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical (Group) Co., Ltd.

6

CSPC Holding Group Co., Ltd.

7

Novo Nordisk (China) Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.

8

Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine Co., Ltd.

9

China Resources Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.

10

Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co., Ltd.

11

Bayer HealthCare LLC

12

Sichuan Kelun Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

13

Xiuzheng Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.

14

Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Holdings Limited

15

Viatris Dalian Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

16

Yangtze River Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.

17

Beijing Novartis Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.

18

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.

19

Renfu Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.

20

Xinhua Holdings Group Co., Ltd.

21

Weigao Group Co., Ltd.

22

Jiangxi Jimin Trusted Group Co., Ltd.

23

Zhuhai Federal Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

24

Changchun High and New Technology Industry (Group) Co., Ltd.

25

Tong Ren Tang (Group) Co., Ltd., Beijing, China

26

Sanofi (China) Investment Co., Ltd.

27

Livzon Pharmaceutical Group Inc.

28

Xi'an Janssen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

29

Shandong Buchang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

30

Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine Group Co., Ltd.

31

Hangzhou MSD Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

32

Lunan Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.

33

Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

34

North China Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.

35

Shenyang 3SBio Inc.

36

Pro Pharma Co., Ltd.

37

Shandong Xinhua Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

38

Tianjin Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.

39

Shenzhen Dongyangguang Industrial Development Co., Ltd.

40

Yunnan Baiyao Group Co., Ltd.

41

Innovent Biologics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.

42

Jiangsu Jichuan Holding Group Co., Ltd.

43

Tasly Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.

44

Jiangsu Yuyue Medical Equipment Co., Ltd.

45

Fresenius Kabi (China) Investment Co., Ltd.

46

Zhejiang Medicine Co., Ltd.

47

Roche Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

48

Merck Pharmaceutical (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd.

49

Shijiazhuang Yiling Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

50

HAYAO GROUP CO., LTD.

51

Shandong Lukang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

52

Zhejiang Hisun Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

53

Sichuan Baili Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

54

Asymchem Laboratories (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.

55

Zhejiang Conba Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

56

Simcere Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

57

Zhangzhou Pien Tze Huang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

58

Chengdu Bright Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

59

Shijiazhuang Siyao Co., Ltd.

60

Shenzhen Hepalink Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.

61

Zhejiang Jiuzhou Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

62

Lepu (Beijing) Medical Device Co., Ltd.

63

Qingfeng Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.

64

Tianjin Hongri Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

65

Beijing Tide Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

66

Shanghai Innovation Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.

67

Jiangsu Enhua Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

68

Yantai Luye Pharmaceutical Holdings (Group) Co., Ltd.

69

Chengdu Kanghong Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.

70

Shanghai RAAS Blood Products Co., Ltd.

71

Haleon (Suzhou) Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

72

Hualan Bioengineering Co., Ltd.

73

Sichuan Good Doctor Panxi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

74

Shenwei Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.

75

Northeast Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.

76

Zhejiang Jingxin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

77

Ruiyang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

78

GUIZHOU JIANXING PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.

79

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

80

Zhejiang Xianju Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

81

Chenxin Technology Group Co., Ltd.

82

Nanjing Jianyou Biochemical Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

83

Shandong Qidu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

84

Shenzhen Xinyitai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

85

Jiangsu Kangyuan Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

86

Healthcare Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.

87

Jiangsu Suzhong Health Technology Co., Ltd.

88

Haisco Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.

89

Dongfu Long Technology Group Co., Ltd.

90

Yuekang Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.

91

Sino-American Tianjin SmithKline Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

92

Huali Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.

93

Zhengzhou Autobio Engineering Co., Ltd.

94

Henan Lingrui Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

95

Langzhi Group Co., Ltd.

96

Shandong Jincheng Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.

97

Sunflower Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.

98

Huabang Life Health Co., Ltd.

99

Eisai (China) Investment Co., Ltd.

100

Yifan Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Data Source: 2024 "China Pharmaceutical Industry Statistical Yearbook"
















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