On August 18, more than 50 drugstore chiefs from 11 cities in Zhejiang Province gathered in Hangzhou to officially establish the "Zhejiang Pharmaceutical Retail (Chain) Enterprise Joint Procurement Center", and decided to collectively invite bids from pharmaceutical manufacturers to reduce costs and seek new development space. This is the first non-profit drug joint procurement center in Zhejiang Province and even in China. According to insiders, this indicates that the pharmacy industry has shifted from passive price reduction to "active attack".