The National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China (NHFPC) was a cabinet-level executive department under the State Council which is responsible for providing information, raising health awareness and education, family planning, ensuring the accessibility of health services, monitoring the quality of health services provided to citizens and visitors in the mainland, population and family planning in the People's Republic of China. In March 2018, the ministry was dissolved and its functions were integrated into the new agency called the National Health Commission.^[1]

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National Health and Family Planning Commission
of the People's Republic of China

中华人民共和国国家卫生和计划生育委员会 Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Guójiā Wèishēng hé Jìhuàshēngyù Wěiyuánhuì
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Agency overview
Formed	March 2013
Preceding agencies	National Population and Family Planning Commission Ministry of Health
Dissolved	March 2018
Superseding agency	National Health Commission
Type	Constituent Department of the State Council (cabinet-level executive department)
Jurisdiction	China
Headquarters	Beijing
Minister responsible	Li Bin, Minister in charge of the National Health and Family Planning Commission
Parent agency	State Council
Website	www.nhfpc.gov.cn

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The Ministry is created from the former Ministry of Health and National Population and Family Planning Commission. This was announced at the 2013 National People's Congress.

From 16 March 2013 to March 2018, the commission is headed by Li Bin.^{[citation needed]}

The commission reports directly to the State Council. Its functions include: ^[2]

• Drafting laws, regulations, plans and policies related to public health
• Formulating policies for maternity and child-care programs
• Overseeing disease prevention and treatment
• Controlling the spread of epidemics
• Supervising blood collection
• Reforming medical institutions
• Overseeing state hospitals
• Drawing up medical science and technology development projects
• Setting quality standards for foods and cosmetics
• Overseeing medical education and setting related standards
• Controlling the Beijing Medical College and the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences; and
• Overseeing the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Population control
• Family planning

• Family planning policy of Mainland China
  • One-child policy