Table 1. The characteristic policy related with newborn screening for PKU in China.

Year	Publisher	Policy	Feature
1994	The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China	Law of Maternal and infant health care	First time identified the importance of newborn screening as a law.
2001	The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China	The measure for the implementation of the Law of Maternal and infant health care in China	Included the newborn screening into the maternal and infant health care services.
2009	NHFPC	The measure of newborn screening management	Indicated that PKU as one of the screening disease and provided a standardized path for China's newborn screening program.
2009	NHFPC	The plan of newborn screening program	Indicated the objective of newborn screening program, including PKU screening coverage.
2010	NHFPC	The technical specification of newborn screening	Improving the quality of PKU screening and tests.