劳动部


劳动部关于颁发《国家安全生产专家组管理规则》的通知

1995年12月20日，劳动部

国务院有关部门：
为了保障国家安全生产专家组有效地进行工作，劳动部制定了《国家安全生产专家组管理规则》，现予颁布。请各地区和有关部门、单位支持国家安全生产专家组的工作，并请国家安全生产专家组全体成员认真贯彻执行。本规则执行中遇到的问题请及时告劳动部安全生产管理局。

国家安全生产专家组管理规则
第一条 为保障国家安全生产专家组（以下简称专家组）有效地进行工作，制定本规则。
第二条 专家组是国家组织的一支多专业、跨部门的高级技术队伍，其成员从有关国家机关、事业和企业单位的技术人员中聘任。
第三条 专家组的主要任务是参加国家组织的特别重大事故调查、重大事故隐患评估和安全技术咨询，为制定国家有关安全生产法规、政策和安全生产形势分析提供技术咨询和专业服务。
第四条 专家组的日常管理工作由劳动部安全生产管理局负责。
第五条 专家组成员应具备以下条件：
（一）拥护中国共产党领导，坚持社会主义道路；
（二）熟悉国家安全生产方针、政策、法律、法规和有关技术标准，具有一定的政策水平；
（三）具备高级工程师（副教授）以上职称，熟练掌握本专业技术理论，实践经验丰富，具有较高的业务水平和工作能力；
（四）坚持原则，作风正派，勤政廉洁；
（五）身体健康，能从事现场调查研究工作。
第六条 聘任专家组成员按下列程序进行：
（一）国务院有关部门或有关单位推荐；
（二）劳动部安全生产管理局负责组织提出拟聘专家名单并进行审查；
（三）劳动部和有关部门复核同意；
（四）劳动部部长批准任命；
（五）颁发专家聘任书和专家证。
第七条 专家组成员应履行以下职责：
（一）在执行公务时，应公正、客观和独立地开展工作，直接对其指派单位负责；
（二）执行公务时，应出示指派单位介绍信和专家证；
（三）执行公务时，有权进入有关现场进行工作，调阅与任务有关的文件及技术资料，了解与任务有关情况；
（四）执行公务时应模范遵守国家法律和工作纪律，坚持实事求是的科学态度，深入调查研究，密切联系群众；任务完成后应向任务指派单位写出书面报告；
（五）如实传达上级指示，如实反映情况，敢于坚持原则，排除干扰，抵制不正之风；
（六）严格执行保密制度，保守国家秘密，保守被调查单位的商业秘密；
（七）及时反映本部门、本地区的安全生产情况；
（八）根据本部门、本地区的安全生产动态和国内外重大事故调查、事故隐患评估的发展动态，每年撰写一份有关安全生产形势分析、重大事故调查或事故隐患评估方面的报告或论文，并于当年11月30日前寄送劳动部。
第八条 专家组成员采用聘任制，每届任期五年，任期届满可以续聘。
第九条 专家组成员按专业分组，每组设组长两名，负责安排本专业组的有关活动。
第十条 劳动部指派专家组成员执行任务时，应通知有关部门、单位和专家本人。任务紧急时，可以直接通知专家所在单位或专家本人。专家接到通知后，应携带专家证如期到达指定地点执行任务。
第十一条 有关部门和单位应支持本部门、本单位的专家组成员参加专家组的各项活动。出现问题应与劳动部协商，做出妥善安排。
第十二条 专家组全体成员会议由劳动部负责召开。
第十三条 专家代表会议由各专业组组长组成，并于每年年终或年初由劳动部负责召开。
第十四条 劳动部根据具体情况，不定期安排召开专题报告会议。
第十五条 劳动部应经常与专家组成员保持联系，及时传达上级的有关指示，反映专家的意见和建议。对专家提出的重大安全生产问题，应及时研究解决或专题报告国务院。
第十六条 专家组成员外出执行国家或劳动部指派的任务或参加有关会议，所需差旅费原则上由所在单位按国家规定标准报销。
第十七条 特别重大事故调查所需费用由劳动部或有关单位负责。
第十八条 专家组的工作经费由劳动部负责管理，专款专用。
第十九条 对工作优秀和做出贡献的专家，应给予表彰或奖励。
对违反本规则的专家组成员，情节轻微者，给予批评教育；情节较重者，取消其专家组成员资格，收回专家证，并按国家有关规定处理。
第二十条 本规则自颁布之日起实施。


Commissioner of SFDA


Special Review and Approval Procedure for Drug Registration of the State Food and Drug Administration



(SFDA Decree No. 21)

The Special Review and Approval Procedure for Drug Registration of the State Food and Drug Administration, adopted at the executive meeting of the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) on November 18, 2005, is hereby promulgated and shall go into effect as of the date of promulgation.


Shao Mingli
Commissioner of SFDA
November 18, 2005





Special Review and Approval Procedure for Drug Registration of the State Food and
Drug Administration


Chapter 1 General Provisions

Article 1 This Procedure is formulated for the purpose of effective prevention, timely control and elimination of the hazards of public health emergencies to ensure the health and safety of the public in accordance with the Drug Administration Law of the People’s Republic of China, Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Regulations for Implementation of the Drug Administration Law of the People’s Republic of China, Regulations on Preparedness for and Response to Emergent Public Health Hazards, and other relevant laws and regulations.

Article 2 The special review and approval procedure for drug registration refers to the procedure and requirements of the State Food and Drug Administration to carry out special review and approval of drugs for handling public heath emergencies under the principle of unified leadership, early involvement, expeditiousness and efficiency, and scientific review and approval, in an effort to approve drugs for the prevention and treatment of public health emergencies as soon as possible under the threat or after the occurrence of public heath emergencies.

Article 3 The State Food and Drug Administration may, according to law, decide to follow the Procedure to conduct special review and approval of drugs for public health emergencies in any of the following circumstances:
(1) Where the President of the People’s Republic of China declares a state of emergency or the State Council decides that certain areas within a province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government are in a state of emergency;
(2) Where the contingency program for public health emergencies is initiated according to law;
(3) Where the drug reserve department or the health administrative department of the State Council proposes a special review and approval for drugs having existing national drug standard;
(4) Other circumstances applicable to special review and approval.

Article 4 The State Food and Drug Administration is responsible for the review and approval of clinical trials, production and importation of drugs for the prevention and treatment of public health emergencies.

The (food and) drug regulatory department of a province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the Central Government shall, upon entrustment of the State Food and Drug Administration, be responsible for on-site inspection and sampling of the pilot products of the drugs for the prevention and treatment of public health emergencies.


Chapter 2 Application Acceptance and On-site Inspection

Article 5 Where the special review and approval procedure for drug registration is initiated, the State Food and Drug Administration is responsible for the acceptance of registration applications for drugs for public health emergencies.

Where a drug or a preventive biological product for public health emergencies has not been marketed in China, the applicant shall, before submission of the registration application, provide the State Food and Drug Administration with relevant research and development information.

Article 6 The applicant shall submit a registration application with relevant technical dossier to the State Food and Drug Administration according to the relevant provisions and requirements on administration of drug registration.

The registration application for drug for public health emergencies may be submitted in electronic form.

Article 7 Before submitting an application for registration, the applicant may provide a feasibility assessment application with general information and relevant explanations. The State Food and Drug Administration shall only comment on the scientific rationality and feasibility of the drug project, and respond within 24 hours.

The response to a feasibility assessment application shall be neither deemed as the review and approval opinion nor legally binding on the review and approval result of a registration application.

Article 8 The State Food and Drug Administration shall organize an expert group to evaluate and review the registration application for drug for the prevention and treatment of public health emergencies, make a decision within 24 hours on whether or not to accept the application, and notify the applicant.

Article 9 Where a registration application is accepted, the State Food and Drug Administration shall organize technical review of submitted dossier within 24 hours and at the same time notify the (food and) drug regulatory department of the province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government where the applicant is located to conduct an on-site inspection on drug research and development conditions, and organize sampling and testing of pilot products.

The (food and) drug regulatory department of the province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the Central Government shall, within five days, submit the on-site inspection result and relevant opinion to the State Food and Drug Administration.

Article 10 The (food and) drug regulatory department of the province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the Central Government shall organize staff from the departments of drug registration, drug safety and inspection, etc. to participate in the on-site inspection.

The National Institute for the Control of Pharmaceutical and Biological Products shall be notified to send staff to participate in the on-site inspection and sampling of preventive biological products.

Article 11 For drugs that have existing national standards for the prevention and treatment of public health emergencies, the State Food and Drug Administration may directly review and approve the drug in accordance with the relevant provisions in Chapter 6 of the Procedure when it deems there is no need for a clinical trial in accordance with law.

Article 12 With respect to the registration application for a specific vaccine, where only the original virus strain used in the manufacturing is changed while the manufacturing processes or quality specifications are maintained, the State Food and Drug Administration shall make a decision on whether or not to grant the approval within three days after verifying the changed strain used in the manufacturing.


Chapter 3 Testing for Registration

Article 13 After receiving the samples taken by the (food and) drug regulatory department of a province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the Central Government, the drug testing institution shall immediately organize verification of specifications and laboratory testing on the samples.

The drug testing institution shall complete the testing within the time frame for the drug being applied.

Article 14 For a drug applied first time for marketing, the State Food and Drug Administration may, when necessary, make early involvement by appointing the National Institute for the Control of Pharmaceutical and Biological Products to communicate with the applicant prior to testing for registration so as to timely resolve technical problems which may arise in the process of quality specifications verification and laboratory testing.

With respect to preventive biological products used to prevent and control the epidemic of serious infectious diseases, the State Food and Drug Administration may, depending on the situation, allow the testing for registration and the manufacturer’s self-testing to be performed in parallel.

Article 15 After completion of the specifications verification and laboratory testing on a drug, the drug testing institution shall, within two days, issue its verification opinion and submit it along with the drug test report to the State Food and Drug Administration.


Chapter 4 Technical Review

Article 16 The State Food and Drug Administration shall, within 15 days after acceptance of the registration application for drug for the prevention and treatment in public health emergencies, complete the first round of technical review.

Article 17 Where the State Food and Drug Administration considers that additional data are needed, it shall immediately inform the applicant of the content and timeline.

Where the applicant submits the supplementary data within the specified timeline, the State Food and Drug Administration shall complete the technical review within three days, or, depending on the situations, organize another review meeting within five days, and then complete the review report within two days.


Chapter 5 Clinical Trial

Article 18 Where the technical review is completed, the State Food and Drug Administration shall, within three days, complete the administrative examination, make a decision and inform the applicant.

Where the State Food and Drug Administration decides to approve a clinical trial, it shall issue a Drug Clinical Trial Approval. Where it decides not to approve, it shall issue a Disapproval Notice with reasons.

Article 19 Where an applicant obtains a clinical trial approval, it shall conduct the trial strictly following the relevant requirements in the approval document, and comply with the Good Clinical Practice.

Article 20 Drug clinical trials shall be conducted in institutions legally certified for drug clinical trials. If a clinical trial has to be conducted by an institution not yet certified, a special approval by the State Food and Drug Administration should be obtained.

The application for a clinical trial conducted by an institution not yet certified for drug clinical trials may be submitted along with the application for drug registration.

Article 21 The investigator responsible for a drug clinical trial shall, in accordance with the relevant provisions, timely report adverse events occurred in the process of the clinical trial to the State Food and Drug Administration. If no adverse event occurs, the investigator shall collect relevant information and report to the State Food and Drug Administration monthly.

Article 22 The State Food and Drug Administration shall, in accordance with law, supervise and inspect the clinical trials of drugs for public health emergencies.


Chapter 6 Review, Approval and Monitoring of Drug Production

Article 23 The applicant shall, after completion of the drug clinical trials, submit the relevant data to the State Food and Drug Administration in accordance with the Provisions for Drug Registration.

Article 24 The State Food and Drug Administration shall, within 24 hours after receiving data submitted by the applicant, organize technical review, and at the same time notify the (food and) drug regulatory department of the province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the Central Government where the applicant is located to conduct the on-site inspection on the drug manufacturing conditions, and organize the sampling and testing of pilot products.

The (food and) drug regulatory department of the province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the Central Government shall, within five days, submit the result and opinion of the on-site inspection to the State Food and Drug Administration.

Article 25 Any newly-established drug manufacturer or manufacturer with newly-built manufacturing workshops or newly-added dosage forms for production may apply to the State Food and Drug Administration for a certificate of the Good Manufacturing Practice along with the application for drug registration. The State Food and Drug Administration shall, when conducting the drug registration review, immediately carry out an inspection on the Good Manufacturing Practice certification.

Article 26 The drug testing institution shall, after receiving the samples of three batches taken by the (food and) drug regulatory department of the province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the Central Government, immediately arrange the testing.

Upon completion of testing, the drug testing institution shall, within two days, complete the test report and submit it to the State Food and Drug Administration.

Article 27 The State Food and Drug Administration shall carry out technical review in accordance with Chapter 4 of the Procedure, and shall, within three days after the completion of the technical review, complete the administrative examination, make a decision and inform the applicant.
Where the State Food and Drug Administration decides to approve the drug, it shall issue the Letter of Approval for Drug Registration, and may grant an approval number for the drug at the same time if the applicant has appropriate manufacturing conditions; if it decides to disapprove the manufacturing, it shall issue a Disapproval Notice with reasons.

Article 28 Where a drug manufacturer or distributor, or a medical and health institution finds any new or serious adverse drug reaction or cluster adverse reaction relating to a specially approved drug for public health emergencies, it shall immediately report the case to the local (food and) drug regulatory department of the province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the Central Government, the health administrative department at the provincial level and the professional institution for adverse drug reactions monitoring.

The professional institution for adverse drug reactions monitoring shall regard drugs specially approved for public health emergencies as critically monitored products, analyze the collected case reports in accordance with the relevant provisions and timely report to the (food and) drug regulatory department of the province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the Central Government and the State Food and Drug Administration.

The State Food and Drug Administration shall reinforce the reevaluation of approved drugs for public health emergencies after they are marketed.


Chapter 7 Supplementary Provisions

Article 29 The measures for special review and approval of the medical devices for public health emergencies shall be separately formulated by the State Food and Drug Administration with reference to the relevant provisions of the Procedure.

Article 30 The Procedure shall go into effect as of the date of promulgation.