On April 27, 2018, the National Health and Sanitation Commission issued a letter regarding the solicitation of the management advice on 9 kinds of substances such as Codonopsis that are both foods and traditional Chinese medicines materials. It is planned to administrate 9 kinds of substances such as Codonopsis, Cistanche, Dendrobium candidum, American ginseng, Astragalus, Ganoderma lucidum, Gastrodia elata, Hawthorn and Eucommia ulmoides in accordance with the quality of food substances. The deadline for soliciting comments is May 30, 2018.
The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress amended six laws including the "PRC import and Export Commodity Inspection Law."
On April 27, 2018, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress issued a decision on the revision of the "Law of the People's Republic of China on Frontier Health and Quarantine" and other six laws. In response to the “Law of the People’s Republic of China on import and Export Commodity Inspection”, the following content was amended: The “Customs Clearance Inspection issued by the Customs upon inspection by the commodity inspection authorities” in Article 11 was deleted and the second paragraph of Article 15 was deleted.