Main responsibilities

(1) Undertake the application and implementation of key national informatization programs and projects for the regulation of drugs (including medical devices and cosmetics, the same below). Undertake the construction of the national information platform for drug safety regulation, and organize and promote the construction of the national application information system for medical product regulation. 

(2) Carry out the centralized management of cybersecurity and informatization construction of the NMPA and its affiliated institutions. Guide the work related to the informatization of local drug regulatory systems.

(3) Participate in drafting the national planning for the construction and development of drug regulatory informatization. Organize the research on drug regulatory information policies and promote the establishment of the national standard system for drug regulatory informatization.

(4) Be responsible for the construction of the China Data Center for Food and Drug Administration, and undertake the management work of collecting, organizing, storing, analyzing, utilizing, monitoring, and evaluating regulatory information data.

(5) Be responsible for the construction of the NMPA's e-government, and undertake the operation and maintenance of the e-government information system and provide technical support for cybersecurity.

(6) Undertake the statistical work of drug regulation and the improvement of the statistical index system, carry out data collection, summarization and analysis, edit and provide statistical materials.

(7) Research and develop drug information products, and provide information services for the drug regulatory system, the society and pharmaceutical industry through networks, journals, conferences and other technical exchanges and cooperation.

(8) Carry out international (regional) exchanges and cooperation in drug regulatory information.

(9) Undertake other tasks assigned by the NMPA and its leading group for cybersecurity and informatization.