New regulations come into effect as of Aug. 1, banning medical ads

A number of new regulations will go into effect on Tuesday, involving ban on medical ads and the trade of corpses

In a joint statement by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television and the State Administration of Industry and Commerce, television and radio advertisements for medicines, medical equipments, weight loss, breast enlargement and other beauty products and treatments are temporarily banned.

Television and radio stations that fail to fulfill their obligations to cause serious results will be dealt with as such ads may violate consumer's rights and endanger their health.

In new measures set out by the Ministry of Health, the government has banned the trade of corpses and commercial activities involving corpses, saying no organization or individual is allowed to accept body donations except for medical institutes, medical schools, medical research institutes and forensic research institutes.

Bodies are not allowed to be moved into or from China other than for interment or medical research purposes.

In another taxation policy published by the State Administration of Taxation, real estate owners are forced to pay individual income tax at 20 percent of their net profit when selling secondhand houses, a measure designed to cool down the overheated real estate market.

The Ministry of Land and Resources also required eight kinds of maps to be subject to the examination and approval of state land surveying and mapping authorities, including world or national map, map of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao, map for school teaching and map imported from overseas.

Source: Xinhua