Table 1.

Policy and regulation milestones on AMR control in China at stage I.

Year	Policy	Issuer	Highlights
1984	China Pharmaceutical Administration Act	The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China	A national law on pharmaceutical producing, selling, management in hospitals, price, advertising, reserving, supplying and surveillance.
1987	Regulations on Veterinary Drug Administration	The State Council	Regulations on the producing, selling, management in veterinary hospitals, advertising, reserving, supplying and surveillance.
1994	Regulatory Guideline for Nosocomial Infection Control (Trial)	MoH	This guideline contains regulations on responsibilities of health administrations and hospitals, infection surveillance, and measures of infection control.
1994	Maximum Residue Limits for Veterinary drug in Animal Foods (Trial) (updated in 1999)	MoA	The MoA defined the Maximum Residue Limits for different kinds of poultry and livestock.
1997	Regulations on types and usage of veterinary drugs used as feed additives	MoA	Regulations on types, usage and dosage for veterinary drugs.
1999	National action plan for surveillance of residues in Animal and Animal Food and official sampling procedure	MoA	This document specified the Laws and regulations on surveillance of residues, responsibilities of the supervisory authorities, sampling procedure, etc.

MoH: Ministry of Health; MoA: Ministry of Agriculture.