According to the restructuring plan of the State Council approved by the First Plenary Session of the 10th National People's Congress and "the State Council Notice on Government Structuring" (No.8.2003.), the State Food and Drug Administration is founded on the basis of the State Drug Administration. The State Food and Drug Administration is directly under the State Council, which is in charge of comprehensive supervision on the safety management of food, health food and cosmetics and is the competent authority of drug regulation.

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