Purpose/Significance To discuss the strategies to improve the quality of medical product index novelty assessment services and to assist the innovation of medical products in China. Method/Process The technical specification demands and characteristics of medical product index novelty assessment are expounded, the difficulties in implementing related specifications are analyzed and some suggestions are proposed. Result/Conclusion The difficulties of medical product index novelty assessment include difficulties in executing personnel, indicator resources, regulatory content, and institutional conditions. Suggestions are put forward from the aspects of improving the cognitive and ability level of executing personnel, utilizing domain experts and intelligent technology to obtain indicator information, promoting the improvement of methods and standards of novelty judgement, improving billing standards or extending service time to optimize implementation conditions,ect.