Herbalife Ltd. held a ground-breaking ceremony in Changsha, Hunan, for its state-of-the-art extraction facility for botanical extracts, powders and pure compounds to be used in its inner and outer nutrition products.

Beijing's pharmacy chain operators, including Cachet, Golden Elephant, Yishou Baixing, Haodekuai, and Jewim Pharmaceutical have jointly initiated a pharmacy alliance, which is the seventh pharmacy alliance in the provincial-level market in China.

China's State Food and Drug Administration has published a report on the adverse reactions to drug use.

According to Beijing Youth Daily, five officials from China's State Food and Drug Administration have been arrested for allegedly accepting bribes.

The Shanghai Environmental Department has published a blacklist of 721 companies accused of environmental violations and the list is reported to include many famous organizations.

Thirteen Chinese Ministries, including the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the State Food and Drug Administration, have jointly launched a nationwide campaign against both false medicine advertisements and sending fake pharmaceuticals through the express mail.

China's State Food and Drug Administration has issued a circular that asks for the recall of substandard batches of chloramphenicol eye drops made by Tianjin Wanjia Pharmaceutical Company.