The National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has released the Announcement on Adjusting Relevant Matters Concerning the Management of Import and Export Licenses for Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (the "Announcement").
The Announcement specifies that, starting from the date of release of the Announcement, the application materials and supplementary materials submitted by applicants for license will be submitted in electronic form, and there is no need to submit paper application materials. The existing working procedures for acceptance, approval and certificate issuance will remain unchanged. Applicants shall prepare electronic application materials in accordance with the requirements for license application materials and submit applications through the drug business application system on the NMPA's government service portal. Meanwhile, the Announcement clarifies that the electronic administrative licensing documents for the acceptance of license application will be pushed by the drug business application system, and paper documents will no longer be issued. The NMPA will only issue electronic licenses and paper certificates will no longer be issued.