Name: Hengyang Municipal Bureau of Food and Drug Administration  

Address: Huaxin Developmental Zone Hengyang
Post Code: 421001
Telephone: 0734-8813017
Fax: 0734-8813069

Hengyang Municipal Bureau of Food and Drug Administration is established as an institution directly under the municipal government, with its main functions, internal structure and personnel management in accordance with the “Notice of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council on Printing and Distributing ‘Plan on Reform of Organs of Hengyang Municipal People’s Government’” (Heng Wei[2010] No. 4).

Main Responsibilities:

I.To implement state laws, rules and regulations relating to safe administration of food, health products and cosmetics; to study and draft local laws, rules and regulations on the safe administration of such products in this Province; to formulate comprehensive supervision policies and working plans, and supervise the implementation of them.
 
II.To fulfill comprehensive supervision duties over the safe administration of food, health products and cosmetics in accordance with laws; to organize and coordinate the safe administration of food, health products and cosmetics undertaken by the relevant departments.
 
III.To investigate and deal with grave safety breaches relating to food, health products and cosmetics by law;  authorized by the Province government or the State Food and Drug Administration, organize special executive supervision over foods, health products and cosmetics safety; to organize and cooperate with relative organs for serious accidents relating to foods, health products and cosmetics.
 
IV.To comprehensively coordinate the inspection and evaluation of the safety of foods, health products and cosmetics; together with relative organs, to formulate the analysis, forecast and releasing methods of safety information concerning foods, health products and cosmetics and supervise their implementation; to integrate this information and release it periodically to the public.
 
V.To implement market entrance standards for health products and be responsible for certificate registration of health products and licenses for manufacturing and operations; to supervise the implementation of quality control standards for health products; to examine and approve the advertisements for health products, supervise and inspect the quality of health products and release quality bulletins.
 
VI.To supervise the implementation of State laws, rules and regulations regarding the supervision and management of drugs and medical instruments; entrusted by higher authorities, to study and draft local laws and regulations on the supervision and management of drugs and medical instruments, formulate the necessary normative documents and monitor the implementation of such regulations and documents.

VII. To supervise the enforcement of legal standards for drugs; to take first review and recommend the State basic drug list and non-clinical drug list; to conduct　 preliminary examination of new drugs, the available national-standard drugs, disused drugs, protective species of Chinese traditional medicines, clinical drug tests and clinical bases; to examine and approve the procedures of, and preparation of species by medical institutions; to be responsible for approving packing materials for drugs; to check drug exportation; to organize and implement classified drug administration, variety protection for Chinese traditional medicines and executive system of drug protection.
 
VIII.To supervise and implement the legal standard for medical biomaterials and medical instrument products, and classified administration catalogue of such products; to examine and approve the clinic testing of medical instruments; to check the registration certificates of medical instrument products and the licenses for manufacturing and operations; to examine and supervise the implementation of the quality control criteria for medical instrument production; to conduct market supervision over medical instrument products.
 
IX. To supervise the implementation of administrative norms for drugs` non-clinical research and clinical tests, and authentication system for drug production, operation and preparation manufacture by medical institutions; to examine and release the licenses for manufacturing and operations and certificate of preparation manufacture by medical institutions.
 
X.To supervise and inspect the quality of drugs and medical instruments of their production and business operation enterprises and medical institutions and release quality bulletins periodically; to supervise the enforcement of purchasing and sales rules for prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs and decoction pieces; to investigate and punish the production and sales of counterfeit and poor quality drugs and medical instruments and other law-violating acts and the relevant responsible persons according to law; to supervise and regulate the Chinese medicinal materials business at trading markets in urban and rural areas.

XI.To supervise and manage stupefacient, psychotropics, poisons, anti-doping drugs, radioactive drugs, and specialized medical instruments according to the law; to be responsible for the supervision of adverse drug reactions and adverse medical instrument events and their re-evaluation; to examine and approve drug and medical instrument advertisements.
 
XII. To implement the qualification admittance system for professional pharmacists as well as organize qualification tests, registration and administration for them; to be responsible for the training and education of provincial professional pharmacists and relevant staff; to organize the post evaluation for medical technicians and qualification admittance system of medical workers.
 
XIII. To assist macro-control agencies in executing State policies for the food and drug industry by means of supervision and administration; to organize external exchange and cooperation in the aspect of drug supervision and administration, and the safety administration of food, health products and cosmetics.
 
XIV. To undertake other tasks assigned by the Municipal People`s Government. 

Divisions:

General Office
Division of Policies and Regulations
Division of Food and Beverage Service Administration
Division of Health-food and Cosmetics Administration
Division of Drug Registration and Supervision
Division Medical Market Supervision
Division of Medical Instruments Supervision 
Division of Accountancy Planning 
Division of Personnel