Legal basis: Detailed Rules for the Implementation of Regulations on the Administration of Medical Institutions
Article 9 The local health administrative department at or above the county level shall, in accordance with the authority and procedures stipulated in the Guiding Principles for the Establishment of Medical Institutions, organize the implementation of the plan for the establishment of medical institutions in their respective administrative areas, regularly evaluate the implementation, and report the evaluation results to the health administrative department at the next higher level and the people's government at the same level on an annual basis.
Tenth medical institutions regardless of category, form of ownership, affiliation, service object, its setting must comply with the local "medical institutions planning".
Article 11 The division of examination and approval authority for general hospitals, Chinese medicine hospitals, hospitals with integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine, ethnic medicine hospitals, specialized hospitals, sanatoriums, rehabilitation hospitals, maternal and child health care centers, emergency centers, laboratory departments and specialized disease prevention and control institutions with more than 100 beds shall be stipulated by the health administrative departments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government; The establishment of other medical institutions shall be examined and approved by the county-level health administrative department.