China
Who's Who Top
Government
Governmental actors with a direct or indirect role in biosecurity and scientific oversight are included here. This is not a guide to overall governmental structure. Some departments listed here may have only a marginal interest or role in biosecurity. This is a “living” document and comments about the content or any potential omissions are welcome. Please contact webmaster@biosecuritycodes.org.
Office of the President
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Department / Ministry / Agency:
Education
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Foreign Affairs
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Health
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Policy, Regulation, and Reform
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Science and Technology (MOST)
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Division(s) within MOST with a role or interest in biosecurity:
Specialized Institutes / Centers:
National Natural Science Foundation of China
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Commission of Science, Technology, and Industry for National Defence
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National Academies & Academia
Academic actors and national academies with a direct or indirect role in biosecurity and scientific oversight are included here. Some groups listed here may have only a marginal interest or role in biosecurity. This is a “living” document and comments about the content or any potential omissions are welcome. Please contact webmaster@biosecuritycodes.org.
National Academy:
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Comment: CAS conducts research in basic and technological sciences, provides Chinese policy makers with scientific data and advice, and undertakes government-assigned projects with regard to key science and technology problems in the process of social and economic development.
Contact: + 86 10 6859 7289
Division(s) within CAS with a role or interest in biosecurity:
Academia:
Fudan University School of Life Sciences
Comment: COMING SOON
Contact: + 86 21 6564 2421
Peking University Department of Biotechnology
Comment: COMING SOON
Contact: +86 10 6275 7627 or + 86 10 6275 1218
Industry
Though research is ongoing, we currently have no information regarding Chinese companies actively working on biosecurity. Any information that should be included on this site can be sent to webmaster@biosecuritycodes.org.
Research Institutes & Non-Profits
Institutes and organisations with a direct or indirect role in biosecurity and scientific oversight are included here. Some groups listed here may have only a marginal interest or role in biosecurity. This is a “living” document and comments about the content or any potential omissions are welcome. Please contact webmaster@biosecuritycodes.org.
China Association for Science and Technology (CAST)
Comment: The China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization of Chinese scientific and technological workers. CAST has set up a Commission on Ethics and Rights of Scientists and Engineers which is charged with dealing with scientific conduct and moral character.
Contact: + 8610-68571898
National Institute of Biosciences
Comment: COMING SOON
Contact: + 80726688
Events Top
This is a list of events relevant to biosecurity. This is a “living” document and comments about the content or any potential omissions are welcome. Please contact webmaster@biosecuritycodes.org.
2008
The CAS/IAP/OECD Joint Workshop on Biosecurity
Date: December 7-9, 2008
Location: Beijing, China
Participant(s): The OECD, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Inter Academy Panel, and invited guests
Description: The workshop’s objectives are to discuss and assess the misuse potential of new developments in life science research, understand how the risks of dual use research of concern are perceived in developed and developing countries, discuss oversight mechanisms for dual use research and how they can be balanced with the need to promote life science research, exchange views on managing dual use research through promoting the culture of responsibility, and learn what can be done to unite various nations in a global effort to promote biosecurity.
2005
China issues white paper on, "China's Endeavors for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation"
Date: 1 September, 2005
Location: Beijing, China
Participant(s): The Chinese Government
Description: The white paper was released by the Chinese government to clarify its positions and elaborate on its efforts in relation to Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation. In regards to the Biological Weapons Convention, China states that the international community should take three actions: encourage more countries to accede to the BWC and urge all its States Parties to fulfill their obligations in a comprehensive and faithful manner, maintain and facilitate the multilateral process aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of the BWC and explore and formulate concrete measures through full consultations, and encourage more countries to submit to the UN declarations on confidence-building measures regarding the BWC.
Legislation Top
Below is a select list of laws in China. As biosecurity is a relatively new and rapidly developing field, many countries have yet to devise or implement laws specific to biosecurity. Since biosecurity has much in common with national security, biosafety, bioterrorism, biological weapons, import / export of dual-use materials, and biodiversity, some countries may develop biosecurity legislation by adapting existing laws within these other areas. Therefore, biosecurity legislation and other laws that could potentially be used as background for biosecurity legislation are included here.
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Amendment III to the Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China
- Date: December 2001
- Comment: This law bans the illegal manufacturing, transporting, storing, or using infectious pathogens and other criminalizes other conduct jeopardizing public security.
Source: Working Paper submitted by the Chinese Delegation to the 2005 BWC Meeting of Experts on Adopting and Implementing Codes of Conduct for Scientists
Biosecurity Code Examples Top
Though research is ongoing, we currently have no information regarding biosecurity codes in use or development in China. Any information that should be included on this site can be sent to webmaster@biosecuritycodes.org.
