Is it illegal to go to the hospital to promote breastfeeding

The law does not specify, according to the principle of no prohibition can be, should not be illegal. However, the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) has explicitly prohibited the display and promotion of breast milk substitutes in medical institutions. The National Health and Family Planning Commission Office issued a notice on September 17, 1023, strictly prohibiting medical institutions and their personnel to promote breast milk substitutes, the violation of the institutions and personnel will be based on the relevant provisions of the strict investigation and punishment.

Legal basis:

People's Republic of China *** and the State Public Security Administration Punishment Law, Article 25, paragraph 1, spreading rumors, false reports of danger, epidemic, police or other methods to intentionally disturb the public *** order, shall be sentenced to more than five days to less than ten days of detention, and may be fined less than 500 yuan section less severe, the penalty shall be less than five days of detention or a fine of less than 500 yuan.

"The Chinese people's *** and the Criminal Law of the State of China" Article 291 put false explosive, poisonous, radioactive, infectious disease pathogens and other substances, or fabricated explosive threat, biochemical threat, radioactive threat and other terrorist information, or knowingly disseminate fabricated terrorist information, seriously disrupting the social order, shall be sentenced to less than five years of fixed-term imprisonment, criminal detention, or pipe into a serious consequence, shall be sentenced to more than five years of fixed-term imprisonment. more than five years of imprisonment.