Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Vaccine Management Law.
Forty-first the State Council health authorities to develop a national immunization program; The types of vaccines under the National Immunization Program shall be drawn up by the competent health department of the State Council in conjunction with the financial department of the State Council, and published after being approved by the State Council. The health authorities in the State Council set up an expert advisory committee of the National Immunization Program, and established a dynamic adjustment mechanism for vaccine types of the National Immunization Program in conjunction with the financial department of the State Council.
The people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government may, when implementing the national immunization program, increase the types of immunization program vaccines according to the needs of disease prevention and control in their respective administrative areas, and report them to the health authorities in the State Council for the record and publication.
Forty-second the State Council health authorities should formulate and publish vaccination work norms, and strengthen the standardized management of vaccination. The health authorities in the State Council shall formulate and publish the immunization procedures of the national immunization program vaccine and the guiding principles for the use of non-immunization program vaccines. The health authorities of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall formulate vaccination plans in light of the actual conditions of their respective administrative regions and report them to the health authorities of the State Council for the record.
Forty-third disease prevention and control institutions at all levels shall, according to their respective responsibilities, carry out publicity, training, technical guidance, monitoring, evaluation, epidemiological investigation and emergency response related to vaccination.