The Ministry of Health allocates food safety testing instruments to local disease control departments

At the Science and Equipment Service Livelihood Conference held in Beijing on August 31, the Ministry of Health had already invested 100 million yuan in 2011 to provide provincial CDCs and occupational defense facilities with instruments for monitoring radioactive substances in food.

Liu Diankui, deputy director of the Planning and Finance Department of the Ministry of Health, pointed out in his speech that during the "12th Five-Year Plan" period, the central government explicitly requested the strengthening of the two major systems of medical services and public health. Therefore, during the "12th Five-Year Plan" period, the task and development of medical equipment Space is very large, equipment will continue to rise.

In addition, the Ministry of Health plans to use three years to perfect the food safety risk monitoring system. This year, an investment of 100 million yuan has been arranged, mainly used for the detection of radioactive materials in foods.

In addition, Liu Diankui also pointed out that during the 12th Five-Year Plan period, the Ministry of Health will also strengthen the rational allocation and safe and effective use of medical equipment. He said that the current medical equipment in the central and western regions cannot meet the needs, especially in remote grass-roots areas. There is a phenomenon of shortage and waste coexisting. Some instruments are idle because nobody uses them, and some use them because of their sparse population. This year, the Ministry of Health has issued medical equipment management methods that will standardize procurement procedures, reduce costs, increase efficiency, and oppose waste.

The conference was organized by the China Instrument and Metering Society, aiming to build a platform for scientific instrument industry, production, learning, research, and mutual exchange and cooperation to promote the integration of academic and industrial circles.

Wu Youhua, vice chairman and secretary-general of the China Instrument and Control Institute attended the meeting and delivered a speech. Leading officials from the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Health and the National Center for Disease Control and the Chinese Academy of Engineering Pang Guofang and Wei Fusheng attended the conference.