At present, China's food and drug safety supervision authority is scattered among quality inspection, industry and commerce, and drug administration departments. For example, primary agricultural products in the market are supervised by the agricultural sector, food and some commodities in the circulation area are supervised by the industrial and commercial departments, pharmaceuticals are supervised by the drug administration department, and related departments such as commerce and health have supervisory functions. The possible problem with sub-stage supervision is that The overlapping or blind spots in the supervision process, especially the frequent occurrence of food safety incidents in recent years, have also made the public and regulators aware that multi-headed supervision, unclear responsibilities, or has become the biggest obstacle to China's food safety supervision.

When this reporter interviewed Gansu and Hubei, the staff of the grass-roots industrial and commercial department reported to reporters that the “unclear division of multi-sectoral functions and cross-cutting phenomenon” was a big problem in the enforcement process. The Bureau of Industry and Commerce in Baiyin, Gansu Province The staff also gave an example. There are many small workshops for rolling noodles in the rural areas. Although it is a food production workshop, which department should be assigned to is not determinable for a long time, and after coordination by several departments Only the supervision work was assigned to the Bureau of Industry and Commerce. Just think, if there is a special food and drug regulatory department, and such a situation occurs again, it is necessary to make sure that the regulatory agency is much simpler and clearer.

With regard to this “State Council’s institutional reforms and functional changes,” the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau meeting held on February 23 has clearly defined its overall pace. “We insist on being active, safe, progressive, and mature. We should place functional changes in a more prominent position. We should simplify administration and decentralize power, advance institutional reforms, improve institutional mechanisms, and improve administrative effectiveness.” This reminds people to distinguish key points and adjust them to rationalize internal relations and improve administrative efficiency. Institutional reform also emphasizes not only the “large departments,” but also the clarification of powers and responsibilities, the simple decentralization of power, and the reduction of government intervention in the market.

A staff member of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Industry and Commerce stated that if the sector can be streamlined through consolidation and then subdivided into various responsibilities, it will be a good thing for the entire country. But the problem is how much resistance will be pushed forward by the reform. Needless to say, if we really want to set up the “majority” of food and drug supervision, we can hardly imagine the magnitude of the adjustment. It is necessary not only to properly solve problems in the establishment, personnel, and equipment, but also to resolve conflicts between various departments and to coordinate the relationship between the central government and the local government. If improper handling of possible resistance is encountered, it will be difficult to say that there will be an adjustment after the adjustment.

Promoting the integration of food and drug safety oversight functions and institutions is a systematic project, which requires overcoming obstacles and actively promoting changes in the current food safety supervision work to ensure that the operation of the regulatory authorities is more useful and efficient. Responsible for the safety of people's lives