Law of the People's Republic of China on the Promotion of Basic Medical and Health Care.

This Law is enacted for the purposes of developing the medical and health care cause, ensuring that citizens enjoy basic medical services, improving the health care level of citizens, and promoting the construction of healthy China according to the Constitution. The Law consists of 110 Articles divided into 10 Chapters: General Provisions (I); Basic Medical Services (II); Medical Institutions (III); Medical Personnel (IV); Guarantee for Supply of Drugs (V); Health Care Promotion (VI); Funds Guarantee (VII); Supervision and Administration (VIII); Legal Liabilities (IX); Supplemental Provisions (X).
The Law sets up the principles governing the activities of promoting, supervising and managing medical and health care. The medical cause shall insist on the principle of public welfare. The state and society shall respect and protect citizens' right to health. The state shall establish and improve a health emergency response system for emergencies, develop and improve the contingency plans.
The State shall be responsible for: 1. strengthening the prevention and control of environmental problems affecting health, carrying out research on the impact of environmental quality on health, and taking measures to prevent and control diseases related to environmental problems; 2. establishing a scientific and strict supervision and management system for the safety of food and drinking water to improve the safety level; 3. establishing a nutrition monitoring system, implementing nutrition intervention plans for economically underdeveloped areas and key groups of people.