According to the Provisions for Drug Importation, the Notice of the China Food and Drug Administration and General Administration of Customs on Printing and Issuing Principles and Standards for the Newly Establishment of Drug Import Ports, the Notice of the China Food and Drug Administration and General Administration of Customs on Printing and Issuing the Evaluation and Assessment Scheme for the Newly Establishment of Drug Import Ports, the Notice of the Comprehensive Department of National Medical Products Administration on Printing and Issuing the Evaluation Criteria for the Ports for the First Drug Importation and other relevant regulations, upon the on-site evaluation and assessment, the NMPA has approved the application of the Chongqing Municipal Medical Products Administration for adding the filing function for the first importation of chemicals, and this Announcement was hereby issued on February 2 as follows:

I. Chongqing Municipal Medical Products Administration is approved to add the filing function for the first import of chemicals. As of the date of printing and issuing this Announcement, the Chongqing Municipal Medical Products Administration can handle the filing of the first importation of chemicals.

II. The Chongqing Institute for Food and Drug Control is responsible for the port inspection for filing the first importation of chemicals.

III. The Chongqing Municipal Medical Products Administration and Chongqing Institute for Food and Drug Control shall continue to strengthen the selfconstructions and continuously improve the management capacity and technical level to guarantee a steady development of drug import. National Institutes for Food and Drug Control shall strengthen the technical guidance for relevant work.