Regulation on Protection of Wild Medicinal Resources.

The purpose of these Regulations is to protect and rationally utilize wild medicinal resources, and meet the people's demands on medical treatment and health care. The wild medicinal species under the national priority protection are classified into three classes. Class 1: endangered, rare and precious wild medicinal species; Class 2: important wild medicinal species, of which the distributing area shrinks and of which the resources are nearly exhausted; Class 3: major wild medicinal species, of which the resources have decreased largely. Wild medicinal species under class 1 shall be prohibited from being gathered. The public health departments at or above the county level, in collaboration with administrative departments of wild animals and plants, shall formulate the plan of collection and purchase of wild medicinal species under class 2 and class 3. A permit shall be obtained before collecting or hunting wild medical species under class 2 and class 3.