Legal basis: Biosafety Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Article 21 The State shall establish a biosafety emergency system with unified leadership, coordinated and orderly operation and high efficiency. The relevant departments of the State Council shall organize the formulation of emergency plans for biosafety incidents in related fields and industries, and carry out emergency drills, emergency disposal, emergency rescue and recovery afterwards according to the emergency plans and unified arrangements. Local people's governments at or above the county level and their relevant departments shall formulate, organize, guide and urge relevant enterprises and institutions to formulate emergency plans for biosafety incidents, strengthen emergency preparation, personnel training and emergency drills, and carry out emergency treatment, emergency rescue and post-event recovery of biosafety incidents. The China People's Liberation Army and the Chinese People's Armed Police Force, according to the orders of the Central Military Commission, participated in the emergency response and emergency rescue of biosafety incidents according to law.
Article 22 The State shall establish a system for investigating and tracing biosafety incidents. In the event of major emerging infectious diseases, animal and plant epidemics and unexplained biosafety incidents, the national biosafety coordination mechanism shall organize an investigation, trace the source, determine the nature of the incident, comprehensively evaluate the impact of the incident, and put forward opinions and suggestions.
Article 23 The state implements a national access system for animals and plants, animal and plant products and high-risk biological factors that are imported for the first time or resumed after the suspension of import. The discharge of entry-exit personnel, means of transport, containers, goods, articles, packaging and ballast water of international sailing ships shall meet the requirements of biosafety management in China. The customs shall handle the biosafety risks found in the process of entry, exit and transit according to law. People, vehicles, goods, articles, etc. Those who are assessed as high-risk in biological safety shall enter the country from the designated border port and take strict risk prevention and control measures.
Article 24 The State shall establish a response system for overseas major biosafety incidents. In case of major bio-safety incidents abroad, the customs shall take bio-safety emergency prevention and control measures according to law, strengthen document verification, increase the inspection ratio, and suspend the entry of relevant personnel, means of transport, goods and articles. When necessary, with the consent of the State Council, measures such as temporarily closing relevant ports and blocking relevant borders can be taken.
Twenty-fifth relevant departments of the people's governments at or above the county level shall carry out biological safety supervision and inspection according to law, and the units and individuals under inspection shall cooperate, truthfully explain the situation and provide information, and shall not refuse or obstruct. Supervision and inspection work involving high professional and technical requirements and difficult law enforcement business shall be attended by biosafety professionals.