CFDA frequently recruits Chinese medicinal materials market to "scrap bones to treat poison"

In early July 2013, the General Administration of food and medicine sent five working groups to five large and medium-sized drug markets, including Bozhou in Anhui, Anguo in Hebei, lotus price pool in Chengdu, Qingping in Guangdong, Yulin in Guangxi, for a secret visit It was found that the problem was "serious and shocking" An investigation team leader said he didn't expect the CFDA to adopt the form of public reporting After the CCTV program was broadcast, not only individuals were threatened, but also some friends in the exposed areas were also implicated, which was considered to have blacked the local area After receiving the notice of interview from the General Administration of food and drug, some places proposed that the representative of the Secretary General of the municipal government should attend The reply they received was that if the secretary general came, he would not come at all "If the Secretary General comes, don't come at all." more than 40 officials at or above the bureau level held a meeting and took turns to speak in three hours, without any applause This is not a recognition meeting This is an appointment meeting On July 30, 2013, the State Food and Drug Administration (hereinafter referred to as the General Administration of food and drug) held an interview in Beijing with the heads of local governments of 17 specialized markets of traditional Chinese medicine, demanding to standardize the market of traditional Chinese medicine and curb the market trend of counterfeiting This is the first time in nearly 20 years since the establishment of the drug regulatory department to interview local governments "The appointment means the beginning of the reorganization of the specialized market of traditional Chinese medicine." Wu Zhen, deputy director of the State Food and drug administration, said The reporter learned that after receiving the interview notice, some places had proposed that the representative of the Secretary General of the municipal government should attend The reply they received was that if the secretary general came, he would not come at all Finally, the deputy mayors in charge of drug safety in Bozhou, Anhui and Baoding, Hebei were all present At present, there are 17 professional wholesale markets as the main trading platform of traditional Chinese medicine, but dyeing, weight gain, adulteration and reprocessing are common At the meeting, the head of the Ministry of Commerce repeatedly cited the previous reports of the southern weekend to explain the current grim situation "Any department can't deal with the problems of Chinese herbal medicine market alone." Wu Zhen said, "the principle is that whoever runs the business shall be responsible for the management, and whoever benefits shall be responsible for it." This is the first public statement at the national level In the face of the complex situation of the traditional Chinese medicine market and regional risks, local governments must take responsibility Repeated reform and repeated offenders will shut down the interview meeting from the notification of "the results of random inspection without greeting" In early July 2013, the General Administration of food and drug sent five working groups to five large and medium-sized drug markets, including Bozhou, Anhui, Anguo, Hebei, Chengdu lotus price pool, Qingping, Guangdong and Yulin, Guangxi Wu Zhen summed up the results of the secret visit with eight words: "the problem is serious, shocking" In Bozhou, Anhui Province, the price of Hailong seahorse and other medicinal materials increased by weight with cement, and the price of saffron was made up of paper and industrial dye; in Anguo, Hebei Province, many illegal pieces processing workshops were densely distributed inside and outside the market; in Chengdu lotus price pool, the operators clearly claimed that there were two kinds of goods, which were good for self selection; in Qingping, Guangzhou, the non-medical parts were adulterated; in Yulin, Guangxi, there was also abuse of sulfur The phenomenon of fumigation of sulfur price "In other professional Chinese medicine markets, the same problem exists." Wu Zhen pointed out that what is more worrying is that behind the traditional Chinese medicine market, problems such as dyeing and weight gain, illegal processing, and collusion between black workshops and merchants are emerging in an endless stream, forming an underground industrial chain from production to sales "We must have the courage to scrape the bone and cure the poison, and clean it up thoroughly." Wu Zhen said Wu Zhen's examples of governance in the 1990s At that time, a large number of traditional Chinese medicine markets emerged all over the country, providing places and channels for illegal elements to manufacture and sell fake and inferior drugs To this end, the State Council rectified and closed more than 100 TCM markets, and only 17 TCM markets remained "In the past 20 years, there has not been a new batch of Chinese herbal medicine market, and it will not be approved again in the future." Wu Zhen warned the local government officials present that exposure is only one of the forms, and those with serious problems will be ordered to close down the market We will make up our mind to close down the market for those who commit repeated crimes If the local government fails to manage effectively and the government order is not effective, the leadership responsibility shall be investigated according to law In the course of Wu Zhen's speech, the 17 heads of the local and municipal governments who sat around him looked solemn and silent Finally, the heads of the government of the 17 places where the professional market of traditional Chinese medicine is located signed the letter of responsibility for the management of the professional market of traditional Chinese medicine In the past, some departments in China found problems and tended to solve them internally, and self-examination and self correction were carried out This public interview and active exposure by the General Administration of food and drug was unusual Southern Weekend reporter learned that in the first half of 2012, CCTV reporters went to Bozhou twice to secretly visit the counterfeiting problem in the traditional Chinese medicine market However, the investigation report on Bozhou's traditional Chinese medicine was only reported as internal reference However, Bozhou did not disclose the self-examination information (see southern weekend, September 20, 2012, dyed traditional Chinese Medicine) It is quite significant that when the working group was sent out in July 2013, the General Administration of food and drug took the initiative to bring CCTV reporters to visit the markets of Bozhou in Anhui and Anguo in Hebei Before the meeting, CCTV has launched a series of special reports An investigation team leader told reporters that he did not expect the general administration to adopt the form of public reporting After the CCTV program was broadcast, not only individuals were threatened, but also some friends in the exposed areas were also implicated, which was considered to have blacked the local area According to song Hualin, associate professor of Law School of Nankai University, interview and exposure are meaningful moves "The General Administration and local governments do not have the relationship between supervision and being supervised, nor do they have the relationship of business guidance Open interviews are more important than symbolic." Song Hualin pointed out that this approach is in line with the concept of "social co governance" proposed by the State Council in food and drug supervision, and the use of the power of media and public opinion and active publicity are also "smart governance" means In fact, at the press conference of the special action of "two dozen and two constructions" held by the General Administration of eclipse medicine on July 17, the relevant principals have clearly proposed to establish the "three appointment" system: if the quality management system of an enterprise is defective, the principals of the enterprise shall be interviewed; if the lower level regulatory departments do not pay enough attention to the risk signals or take inadequate measures, the principals of the Department shall be interviewed; if there are regions In case of sexual risk and complicated problems, the person in charge of local government shall be interviewed in time "The main purpose of interviewing local governments is to prevent the rise of local protectionism." Hu Yinglian, an associate professor at the State Administration College, pointed out that the Chinese herbal medicine industry, which contributes more than 10% of GDP in some places, is considered as a pillar industry in the region This leads to the regulatory responsibilities of some local drug regulatory departments being restricted, and even to undertake the functions of developing the pharmaceutical industry and attracting investment Whether the local government can carry the banner of open interviews and active exposure seems to have an immediate effect At the meeting, chadezhong, deputy mayor of Bozhou City, was asked to speak first Chadezhong, who was born in the State Administration of traditional Chinese medicine and worked as a deputy in Bozhou, said that on the day of CCTV's exposure, the Secretary of Bozhou municipal Party committee held a meeting overnight and set up a special action team, with the mayor as the group leader and more than 30 departments participating In recent days, Bozhou has raided more than 5400 businesses, banned 9 illegal processing sites, filed 14 cases and investigated 172 varieties of fake and inferior traditional Chinese medicine Chadezhong pointed out that at present, the administrative law enforcement in Bozhou has also begun to carry out joint crackdowns with the judicial organs Those involved in illegal crimes should be dealt with more seriously and quickly For those who violate the criminal law, they can be sentenced to actual punishment, and never to probation A deputy mayor from Guangzhou also said that the city would learn from the experience of food safety management and let the public security investigation team participate in the crackdown on Chinese herbal medicines In addition to expressing their feelings of voting, there are also some local leaders who expressed their distress and helplessness "If there is only one problem, it is local protection If this is the case in all 17 markets, it must be a systemic risk That means there's something wrong with the top-level design " A deputy mayor, who declined to be named, told Southern Weekend reporters Tian Rong, vice mayor of Chengdu, also pointed out in her speech that the attack on the market of traditional Chinese medicine was repeated When the attack was often severe, the other side hid and ran away, and then came back again after a while In addition, the administrative punishment provided by law is relatively weak Because a large number of illegal drug transactions are all over the counter, only a few hundred pieces of fake and inferior drugs are usually punished, which does not play a deterrent role Tian Rong suggested that the central level could consider the implementation of approval number management for Chinese herbal pieces, the establishment of a national level risk assessment agency for Chinese herbal medicines, and the implementation of unified management for terminal hospital purchase For the confusion of the local government, Hu Yinglian suggested that we should abandon the nanny style regulatory thinking and the sports style of law enforcement "The General Administration of food and drug is also reminding the local government of this public interview." Hu Yinglian believes that the ultimate goal of social co governance through open and transparent means is to implement the main responsibility of the Chinese herbal medicine market and enterprises.