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China
Will Set Up the State Chief Veterinary Officer System to Prevent and
Control of the Avian Influenza
Mr. Hui Liangyu, Vice-Premier of the State Council expressed a few
days ago that as an important arrangement of preventing avian influenza
work, the Chinese Government has approved to set up the Department
of Veterinary Medicine in the Ministry of Agriculture, and set up
Chief Veterinary Officer system.
Mr Hui expressed that idea during delivering the ¡°Report on National
High Virulent Avian Influenza Prevention Work¡± at the 7th session
of the National People¡¯s Congress on Feb. 26, 2003.
He said that the outbreak of avian influenza has exposed the vulnerability
of Chinese animal disease control system, therefore the government
had decided to carry out the reform program of the veterinary administration
system, and increase disease control fund appropriately. Meanwhile,
we have to speed up the coordination and revision of the ¡°regulation
on important animal epidemic urgent affairs¡±. He further suggested
that the National People¡¯s Congress Standing Committee revise and
improve the ¡°Regulations on Animal Disease Control of the People¡¯s
Republic of China¡±.
Source: Xinhua Network
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