The State Drug Administration and the German Drug and Medical device Administration signed a joint statement of intention.

Xinhua News Agency, May 16, Jiao Hong, director of the State Drug Administration and Karl Broich, director of the German Drug and Medical device Administration, signed in Beijing the "Joint statement of intention between the State Drug Administration of the people's Republic of China and the Drug and Medical Devices Administration of the Federal Republic of Germany." The Joint statement of intention defines the areas and directions of cooperation between the two sides in the future, and further strengthens cooperation between the two sides in the fields of laws and regulations on drugs and medical devices, safety information, evaluation, testing, personnel exchanges and technical cooperation.