Legal basis: beekeeping management measures
Article 1 In order to standardize and support the beekeeping industry, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of beekeepers and promote the sustained and healthy development of the beekeeping industry, these Measures are formulated in accordance with the Animal Husbandry Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Animal Epidemic Prevention Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).
Article 2 Those engaged in beekeeping activities within the territory of People's Republic of China (PRC) shall abide by these Measures.
Article 3 The Ministry of Agriculture is responsible for the management of beekeeping throughout the country. The competent beekeeping departments of local people's governments at or above the county level shall be responsible for the management of beekeeping within their respective administrative areas.
Article 4 The competent departments of beekeeping at all levels shall take measures to support the development of beekeeping industry, promote the scale, mechanization, standardization and intensification of beekeeping, popularize bee pollination technology, and give play to the role of beekeeping in promoting agricultural production and quality improvement, protecting ecology and increasing farmers' income.
Article 5 Beekeepers may voluntarily establish trade associations and professional cooperative economic organizations according to law to provide information, technology, marketing and training services for their members and safeguard their legitimate rights and interests.
The competent departments of beekeeping at all levels shall strengthen the support, guidance and services to the beekeeping industry organizations and professional cooperative economic organizations, and improve the degree of organization and industrialization of beekeeping.