State Food and Drug Supervision Administration

An administrative law-enforcement organization of the State Council on the supervision of food and drugs, it is mainly charged with such tasks as to study, produce, circulate, supervise drugs by administrative and technical means in the country; exercise comprehensive supervision and coordination for the safety management of food, health enhancing products and cosmetics, conduct investigation and take action against serious accidents in accordance with law.

It is made up of ten departments: the general affairs office, policy, law and regulation department, food safety coordination department, food safety inspection and supervision department, drug registration department, medical apparatus department, drug safety supervision department, drug market supervision department, personnel and education department, and international cooperation department.