In 2012, Jiangsu achieved the total output value of RMB 264.779 billion for pharmaceutical industry, an increase of 24.71% year on year. It was the first time for Jiangsu to surpass Shandong in recent years, rank first in China and account for the proportion of 14.18% of the national pharmaceutical industry. The total pharmaceutical industry output value and number of indexes ranked first in China. The rapid growth of the industrial scale was accompanied by the considerably promotion of the creative ability of new medicines. The project number and funds of national key new medicines creation special projects for Jiangsu ranked first in China.