Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Law on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases.
Article 2 The State implements the policy of putting prevention first, combining prevention with control, classified management, relying on science and relying on the masses in the prevention and control of infectious diseases.
Article 6 The health administrative department of the State Council is in charge of the prevention and control of infectious diseases and its supervision and management. The health administrative departments of local people's governments at or above the county level shall be responsible for the prevention and control of infectious diseases and their supervision and management within their respective administrative areas. Other departments of the people's governments at or above the county level shall be responsible for the prevention and control of infectious diseases within their respective functions and duties. The prevention and control of infectious diseases in the army shall be handled in accordance with this Law and the relevant provisions of the state, and shall be supervised and managed by the competent health department of the People's Liberation Army of China.