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China to invest 8.8 bln yuan to improve food, drug supervision |
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08:10, August 09, 2007 |
China will invest 8.8 billion yuan (around 1.2 billion U.S. dollars) to improve food and drug supervision, China''s food and drug watchdog announced on Wednesday.
"Of the investment, 6.3 billion will come from the central government and the rest from the local government," said Yan Jiangying, spokeswoman of the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) at a regular press conference on Wednesday.
"China''s food and drug supervision work began late and its foundations are weak," she said.
"The current infrastructure and technology of China''s food and drug supervision system lags behind what is expected, especially in China''s western regions," Yan said.
"With this investment, China will comprehensively improve the infrastructure and technology for food and drug administration in three to five years," said Yan.
Yan listed several projects for which the investment will be used, including the renovation of 16 testing centers of imported drugs, renovation of the National Center for Medical Devices Testing and relocation of the National Institute for the Control of Pharmaceutical and Biological Products.
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