Legal basis: Regulations on the Administration of Precursor Chemicals
Article 1 These Regulations are formulated for the purpose of strengthening the management of precursor chemicals, standardizing the production, management, purchase, transportation and import and export of precursor chemicals, preventing precursor chemicals from being used to manufacture drugs, and maintaining economic and social order.
Article 2 The State implements a classified management and licensing system for the production, management, purchase, transportation, import and export of precursor chemicals. Precursor chemicals are divided into three categories. The first category is the main raw materials that can be used to make drugs, and the second and third categories are the chemical formulas that can be used to make drugs. The specific classification and varieties of precursor chemicals are listed in the schedule of this Ordinance.
If the classification and varieties of precursor chemicals need to be adjusted, the public security department of the State Council shall, jointly with the drug supervision and administration department, the production safety supervision and administration department, the commerce department, the health department and the General Administration of Customs of the State Council, put forward a plan and submit it to the State Council for approval. Where the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government think it is necessary to adjust the classification or increase the varieties beyond the provisions of these Regulations within their respective administrative areas, they shall put forward a plan to the public security department of the State Council, and the public security department of the State Council, together with the relevant administrative departments of the State Council, shall report it to the State Council for approval.