On November 15, 2022, in order to thoroughly implement the decisions and plans of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, and focus on the new missions and requirements proposed in the Report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) held the Work Conference on Promoting Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment to study and deploy how to further strengthen the services for foreign-invested pharmaceutical enterprises and how to well guarantee the services for major foreign investment projects. Zhao Junning, Party member and Deputy Commissioner of NMPA, attended and addressed at the conference.

　　Zhao Junning said that NMPA attaches great importance to the services for foreign trade and foreign investment, and has issued the Notice of Comprehensive Department of NMPA on Further Strengthening the Services for Foreign-invested Enterprises and the Notice of Comprehensive Department of NMPA on Establishing a Leading Group for Coordinating Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, making a comprehensive deployment of services for promoting foreign trade and foreign investment. Based on the guidance of the 20th National Congress of the CPC, NMPA will make every effort to promote the services for foreign trade and foreign investment in accordance with relevant general requirements.

　　Zhao Junning stressed that all localities and departments should further strengthen the services for foreign trade and foreign investment, and on the basis of approval and supervision over drugs and medical devices for COVID-19 prevention, accelerate the review and approval of drugs and medical devices, strengthen quality supervision over the products for COVID-19 prevention, and solidly promote major foreign investment projects to go into operation. First, continue to promote all work to be implemented with effective outcome in accordance with the requirements of the Notice on strengthening the services for foreign-invested enterprises. Second, deeply understand the appeals of foreign chambers of commerce and associations and foreign-invested enterprises by fullly use existing communication channels and mechanisms. Third, provincial administrations should guarantee the services for major foreign investment projects in accordance with principles at the localities under the guidance of NMPA.

　　Focusing on the local promotion of foreign trade and foreign investment and the progress in promoting major foreign investment projects, the provincial administrations participating in the conference deeply exchanged experiences and good practices, and make clear their future work goals and measures.

　　The officials in charge of relevant NMPA departments and directly affiliated institutions related to drugs, medical devices and cosmetics attended the conference on site. The officials in charge of 11 provincial medical products administrations of Tianjin, Hebei, Jilin, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Shandong, Henan, Hubei and Guangdong involved in major foreign investment projects attended the conference via video.