Difference between revisions of "China"
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|Accountability and governance=In October 2014, six government departments held a meeting to review a special program on fighting illegal medical practices that had been in operation since September 2013. The meeting included discussion that "the NHFPC and the Ministry of Public Security dealt with illegal assisted reproductive technology cases in Hubei" (http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/m/chinahealth/2014-11/05/content_18873249.htm). | |Accountability and governance=In October 2014, six government departments held a meeting to review a special program on fighting illegal medical practices that had been in operation since September 2013. The meeting included discussion that "the NHFPC and the Ministry of Public Security dealt with illegal assisted reproductive technology cases in Hubei" (http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/m/chinahealth/2014-11/05/content_18873249.htm). | ||
| − | |History=The Human Reproductive Technology Ordinance | + | |History=The Human Reproductive Technology Ordinance appears to have prohibited research cloning, stating that "no person shall…for the purposes of embryo research": |
* Bring about the creation of an embryo | * Bring about the creation of an embryo | ||
* Replace the nucleus of a cell of an embryo with a nucleus taken from any other cell | * Replace the nucleus of a cell of an embryo with a nucleus taken from any other cell | ||
