The Specific Regulation on Doping by the State Food and Drug Administration

The Chinese Government attaches great importance to anti-doping work; the State Council has devoted special efforts to the deployment of doping, and set up the leading group for doping control involved by eight organizations, such as, State Food and Drug Administration, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Industry and Information, Ministry of Health, State Administration for Industry and Commerce, China Customs, General Administration for Sport of China, the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG), to conduct special management action on production and distribution of doping.

First, Joint -Management, Multi-Sectoral Joint Doping Campaign

Eight organizations jointly issued the special management action program on the manufacturing and distribution of doping, according to responsibilities and duties of each organization, to conduct information sharing, joint inspection and parallel investigations, each organization in accordance with the program of special efforts form the work mechanism of a joint participation, division of collaboration, and co-ordination. At present, all works go well according to work plan assigned by each organization.

Second, the Measures of the Doping Control are Effective for the Drug Production and Sales Enterprises

On the basis of joint special management of protein assimilation preparations and peptide hormones in the second half of last year, the State Food and Drug Administration set up the Implementation Plan for Special Management of Production and Distribution of Doping, sternly issued the notices of investigate and punish acts of illegal production and distribution, clearly indentified requirements of five ¡°if any¡± and five ¡°shall be¡±: If any enterprise that drug has not obtained the approval document but illegally produce and sell in market, the Drug Manufacturing License shall revoked; if any enterprise that drug has obtained the approval document but illegally produce and sell in market the drug¡¯s approval documents shall be withdrew, up to that the Drug Manufacturing License shall be revoked; if any enterprise without authorization but illegally does pharmaceutical wholesale business, the Pharmaceutical Trade License shall revoked; if any as appointed pharmaceutical wholesale enterprise purchase and sell drugs without according to relevant regulation, the Pharmaceutical Trade License shall be revoked; if any pharmaceutical retail enterprise engages in business of protein assimilation preparations and peptide hormones except insulin, the Pharmaceutical Trade License shall be revoked.

To further implement the responsibility of governance, and increase the intensity of training, we also adopted the following measures: First, to implement the responsibility system. State Food and Drug Administration and the provincial food and drug administrations have signed letters of responsibility. Second, to accredit the inspectors into more than 80 pharmaceutical enterprises that produce protein assimilation preparations and peptide hormones, they have all arrived before April 30th. Third, to do inspection check in relevant pharmaceutical manufactures, wholesales and retails. 4 To organize the manufacturing enterprises of protein assimilation preparations and peptide hormones to launch the initiatives for strict self-discipline. Fifth, to organize the activities of anti-doping promotion, promotion week, display panels and posters in retail pharmacies and so on. Sixth, to require a warning sign of Athletes Caution on all drugs containing doping, all drugs produced after the 1st of October in 2007 but without this sign shall be taken off.

As of May 31, 2008, all levels food and drug agencies have conducted inspection check to national wide protein assimilation preparations and peptide hormones enterprises, pharmaceutical wholesale enterprises with business license of protein assimilation preparations and peptide hormones and all pharmaceutical retail pharmacies. In mid-May, we conducted comprehensive inspection checks and unannounced visits to six cities of Olympic event contractors, the inspection results show that the pharmaceutical manufacturing enterprises, wholesale enterprises, retail pharmacies have basically reached a doping control requirements for the work.¡£

Third, to Punish Severely, and Resolutely Investigate and Deal with Illegal Production and Distribution of Doping Cases

Since the development of special management action, various organizations have coordinated and severely punished illegal production and distribution of doping cases. Since the second half of last year until now, it has been found that 23 chemical enterprises in illegal production and distribution of protein assimilation preparations and peptide hormones, and have been ordered to stop production and distributions; 125 illegal production and distribution enterprises have found (93 of all were retail pharmacies) and 3 manufacturing enterprises who have conducted illegal activities have been stopped producing relevant drugs, Pharmaceutical Trade Licenses of 18 pharmaceutical distribution enterprises have been revoked, the administrative punishments have been implemented to other illegal pharmaceutical production and distribution enterprises according with laws; 321 websites that illegally released the information of the protein assimilation preparations and peptide hormones selling have been analyzed and dealt with.

Fourth, Work Plan for Next Step

We must further intensify efforts to make special management action of doping: First, eight organizations will focus on emphases supervision of doping control work, led by head of each organization to six cities of Olympic event contractors and some provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) at the end of this month to early next month. Second, to investigate openly and secretly, severely punish illegal cases, intensify investigation and handling to illegally manufacturing and distributing doping, all confirmed illegal acts will be strictly and severely punished in accordance with the law. Third, the Notice for Announcing Telephone Hotlines of Special Management of Doping will be jointly released, promulgating the telephone number and email address. Fourth, for theses cases of illegally producing and distributing the doping, once confirmed and verified, should be exposed in public.

Braille Placed on Paralympic Games Tickets;

Ticket Design for Paralympic Games of 2008 Announced

The ticket design for the Paralympic Games of 2008 was unveiled at a news conference here in Beijing.

Principal features include: the Paralympic emblem; the Paralympic sports pictograms; the cloud of promise pattern and the Paralympic mascot. Colors have been carefully blended to harmonize with the design of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games tickets. The special look and image design full of the Paralympic Games flavor is intended to reflect the principle of ¡°Two Games, Equal Splendour.¡±

Officials from the BOCOG Ticketing Centre presented the samples of the Paralympic tickets. Tickets for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies feature the image of Fu Niu Lele as the standout visual, complemented by core graphics with lively style and vibrant colors. Blue and yellow, festive and distinctive of the Paralympic Games¡¯ look are the theme colors of the tickets.

Tickets for competition events have two kinds and both are designed in landscape layout.

Pictograms of the Paralympic sport is the main graphic image, contrasting against the vibrant color in the background. The combination of sports pictograms and the Paralympic mascot make the ticket an ideal collectible of a sport event.

The Paralympic features of the Paralympic thermal tickets are well illustrated by the core graphics, mascot, Paralympic pictograms and colour system. Each part of the ticket is of distinctive colors in order to highlight different messages. The blue and yellow color tone distinguishes the Paralympic features from that of Olympic Games.

Braille is available on some of the Beijing Paralympic tickets to offer access to information for people with visual impairment. Tickets with Braille are for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, goal ball and Paralympic judo. The Braille in both Chinese and English on the tickets are the concepts of the Paralympic Games - ¡°Transcendence, Integration, Equality¡±.

Paralympic Ticketing Begins June 20

BEIJING ¨C More than 820,000 tickets the Paralympic Games of 2008 will go on sale this Friday, June 20.

According to Mr. Zhu Yan, director of the BOCOG Ticketing Center, 203 sessions will be for available to the public within the mainland of China with the highest price reaching 80 RMB.

Mr. Zhu explained that following the principle of ¡°Both Games, Equal Splendour¡±, the low fare policy has been adopted to encourage public participation. Previous Games practice and the status of Paralympic sports development in China have been taken into consideration when the policy was designed.

Most Paralympic sport tickets are ¡°General Admission Tickets¡±, with price varying from 30RMB to 80RMB. Sailing tickets will follow the Olympic policy, priced at 50RMB for full course events and 30 RMB for modified course events. For marathon events, tickets priced at 30 RMB are available for spectators to watch the sprint and performance at the finishing line in the National Stadium. There will be no tickets for Paralympic Road Cycling and spectators can watch the competition along the route free of charge.

The Chinese national public can book tickets via the official ticketing website (www.tickets.beijing2008.cn) between June 20 and September 14. On Friday, designated Bank of China outlets and venue ticket boxes in Beijing and Qingdao will start printing and selling thermal tickets to the Paralympics.

A ticket booking account is needed, either one registered in a previous phase or a new one registered under a valid ID of the ticket buyer. Only one account is allowed for each buyer.

One account can book five tickets for the same session, of no more than two event sessions. Additional purchase orders cannot be made until the previous payment is made in full.

If the purchase payment and pick-up of the ticket(s) are to be completed by a person other than the actual ticket buyer, then this person needs to bring his/her own ID and the ID of the eligible ticket buyer registered in the system. Information submitted for the booking account must be true and accurate.

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