Animal trade placed under more scrutiny By WANG XIAODONG | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-01-23 07:15 Share CLOSE Farmer Lin Jinghong nurses a bamboo rat in Qinzhou city, South China s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on July 24, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]
Tighter rules will help reduce risk of serious diseases jumping to humans
Trading of animals will be put under greater scrutiny for epidemic prevention and control and public health, according to a revised law adopted by China s top legislature on Friday.
Related departments such as health, rural affairs and wildlife protection at county level or above should establish cooperative mechanisms for the prevention and control of diseases that jump from animals to humans, according to the Animal Epidemic Prevention Law.