Table 1.

Partnerships formed by NMPA for the development of RS

	Time	Collaborators	Collaborating research base	Key research areas
1	2013/09	Tianjin Binhai Food and Drug Administration and Tianjin Institute of Pharmaceutical Research	Tianjin Binhai Center for Food and Drug Regulatory Science Research	Drug and food technology and policy
2	2015/08	Peking University	Peking University Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Regulatory Sciences Center of Excellence	Education and training, RS research and innovation, international collaboration, RS Information Technology and Policy
3	2016/12	Fudan University and University of Copenhagen	Sino-Danish Regulatory Science Center	Education and training, trainee exchange and professionals training RS program
4	2018/04	Tsinghua university	Institute of Regulatory Science and Chinese Medicine Research Institute	TCMs modernization and RS research
5	2019/04	Sichuan University	Medical Device Regulatory Science Research Base	RS in medical device
6	2019/06	Beijing University of Chinese Medicine	Chinese Medicine Regulatory Science Research Institute	RS in TCM
7	2019/06	China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences	Chinese medicine Regulatory Science Research Center	RS in TCM
8	2019/10	Shenyang Pharmaceutical university	Drug Regulatory Science Research Base	Course development, Education and training, Research in RS
9	2019/12	Shandong university	Drug Regulatory Science Research Base	RS in pharmaceutical products
10	2019/12	South China University of Technology	Medical Device Regulatory Science Research Base	RS in medical device
11	2020/04	Shanxi Medical products Administration and Xi’an Jiaotong University	Northwest Institute of Pharmaceutical Regulatory Science	RS research, Training and Education