Adjustments made to regulations in Pudong

A slew of temporary adjustments to administrative regulations in the Pudong New Area, Shanghai, have been put in place and will take effect by the end of this year, according to a notice released on Wednesday by the State Council.

The notice was based on an earlier official written reply from the State Council, China’s Cabinet, to Shanghai’s pilot plan furthering administrative reform in separating approvals for business certificates and business licenses, covering adjustments to regulations on medical devices supervision and feedstuff.

The second paragraph of the 34th article in the regulations on the supervision and administration of medical devices will be altered for the new area. Private medical institutions will no longer be required to get approvals before purchasing category B large medical devices in Pudong and the compliance oversight should be strengthened.

The first paragraph of the 15th article in the regulations on feedstuff and relevant additives will be modified. The previous administration tive approval procedures and time limits for establishing enterprises engaged in the production of feedstuff additives and additive premix feedstuff will be annulled. State Council departments and the municipal government of Shanghai were urged to modify related regulations and documents to be in line with these adjustments.