The Biosecurity Law of China (“Biosecurity Law”), which was passed on 17 October 2020, has come into force from April 15 2021. The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress held a symposium on the implementation of Biosecurity Law on the 1 April 2021. Promulgation and implementation of the Biosecurity Law plays a milestone role, marking that biosecurity in China has come into new stage of governance by law.
Activities involving prevention and control of major new and unexpected infectious diseases or animal and plant epidemics, research, development and application concerning biotechnology, biosafety management concerning pathogenic microbiological laboratory, and human genetic resources and biological resources security management shall all be governed by the Biosecurity Law.
Implementation of the Biosecurity Law is not only important for China’s governance in post-pandemic era but also brings new challenges to industries related to biotechnology.
Source:
https://www.chinacourt.org/article/detail/2021/04/id/5933583.shtml (Chinese)