Asia Spotlight: China’s New SFDA Chief Has A Public Health Background, And International Ties
Executive Summary
Vice Minister of Health Yin Li assumes post as director of China’s State FDA, taking the reigns from Shao Mingli, who led the agency since 2005.
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