Law needed on what to do with pets’ bodies

DATA SHOW THAT the number of pets in China reached 250 million last year. However, there is no legal clause about what to do with their bodies when they die. Beijing News comments:

According to media reports, some owners contact pet hospitals for help, while some simply dig a deep hole in an open field and bury them. In the first case, the hospitals might lack proper devices to deal with the remains of the animals. In the second case, the bodies might pollute underground water.

In some cities, there are also companies running graveyards for pets. But there is no legal clause about this new business, so when disputes arise, it is hard to deal with them according to the law.

The only law that concerns the bodies of animals is the Animal Quarantine Law, which details what to do (kàngáiyào língguānshuì)

Premier Li Keqiang presided over an executive meeting of the State Council, China’s Cabinet, on Thursday, to determine ways to make medical services better meet patients’ needs and improve their efficiency and make them more convenient. As one of the measures, all with the bodies of animals that are sick. However, the law says nothing about the bodies of pets that die a natural death.

In comparison, some developed countries have detailed legal clauses about disposing of the bodies of pets. In France and Singapore, the law requires the bodies of pets be cremated after they die; in the United Kingdom, there are more than 320 pet cremation companies providing such services. In Japan, there are similar businesses.

It is time China improved its own legislation to close this loophole.

Zero tariffs on imported cancer drugs

common imported drugs, including cancer drugs, cancer alkaloid-based drugs, and imported traditional Chinese medicines, will be exempt from tariffs from May 1.

China will also encourage imports of innovative new drugs to benefit Chinese patients.

Meanwhile, the authorities will reduce the prices of cancer drugs through centralized government procurement and eliminate premium prices for drugs by means of cross-border e-commerce in order to reduce the economic burden on patients being treated for cancer. Imported innovative drugs, especially much-needed cancer drugs, will be incorporated into the catalogue of medical insurance reimbursement.

In addition, imports of innovative drugs will be accelerated and they will come on to the market at an earlier date.

The authorities will also strengthen the intellectual property protection of imported drugs. And imported drugs’ quality supervision will be enhanced, as well.

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