China Launches New Product Pathways in Hainan Special Zone

On December 29, 2018, the State Council (China’s chief executive agency) opened a new pathway for drugs to come into China through a special zone in southern China. It suspended certain central regulations in the Bo Ao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone in Hainan Province (“Pilot Zone”) and permitted local authorities to make marketing decisions for the Pilot Zone, pursuant to the “Decision of the State Council on Tentatively Adjusting the Implementation of the ‘Regulations on the Implementation of the Drug Administration Law’ in the Bo Ao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Pilot Zone, Hainan Province” (“Drug Decision”).