Main Responsibilities
1. To formulate policies and programs on the administration of drugs, medical devices, health food and cosmetics, as well as food safety at consumption stage (restaurant, cafeteria, etc.) and supervise their implementation; to bear a part in drafting relevant laws, regulations and normative documents;
2. To take charge of food hygiene licensing and food safety supervision at consumption stage;
3. To formulate good practice for food safety at consumption stage and supervise its implementation, carry out investigation and monitoring work of food safety at consumption stage, and release information related to supervision on food safety at consumption stage;
4. To take charge of health food, cosmetic hygiene licensing, hygiene supervision and relevant review and approval work;
5. To take charge of administrative and technical supervision of drugs and medical devices, take charge of formulating good practices for drugs, medical devices in aspects of research, production, distribution and use, and supervise their implementation;
6. To take charge of registration and supervision of drugs and medical devices; draw up relevant national standards of drugs and medical devices, and supervise their implementation; carry out the Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) monitoring and adverse event monitoring of medical devices; be responsible for drug and medical device re-evaluation and elimination; bear a part in formulating national essential medicine list and adopting the national essential medicine system, and organize the implementation of classification system for prescription drugs and non-prescription drugs;
7. To take charge of formulating regulations of Traditional Chinese Medicines (TCMs) and ethno-medicines, and supervise their implementation, draw up quality standards of TCMs and ethno-medicines, formulating Good Agricultural Practices for Chinese crude drugs and Processing Standards for prepared slices of Chinese crude drugs and supervising their implementation, and carry out protection system for certain TCMs;
8. To supervise the quality and safety of drugs and medical devices, to regulate radioactive pharmaceuticals, narcotics, toxics and psychotropics, and release quality and safety information of drugs and medical devices;
9. To organize the investigation and punishment of illegal activities on food safety at consumption stage, and on research, production, distribution and use of drugs, medical devices, health food and cosmetics;
10. To direct relevant local work regarding food and drug administration, emergency response, inspection and informationalization;
11. To draw up and improve qualification system for licensed pharmacist, direct and supervise the registration of licensed pharmacist;
12. To carry out international exchanges and cooperation related to food and drug regulation;
13. To undertake other work assigned by the State Council and the Ministry of Health.