中西药品和医疗器械是防病、治病、康复、保健、计划生育的特殊商品,医药生产和流通既是我国社会主义的经济事业,又是人民的保健福利事业。我国医药事业的发展,在历史上对中华民族的生存繁衍、兴旺发达起了重要作用,在社会主义现代化建设中,继续担负着保障人民身体健康、保护社会生产力的光荣使命。建国以来,在党和人民政府的领导下,经过各族人民和医药职工的共同努力,医药事业 Chinese and Western medicines and medical devices are special commodities for disease prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, health care and family planning. The production and circulation of medicine are not only the economic cause of our socialist economy but also the people’s health and welfare undertaking. The development of the pharmaceutical industry in our country has historically played an important role in the survival, development and prosperity of the Chinese nation. In the socialist modernization drive, it has continued to shoulder the glorious mission of safeguarding people’s health and protecting the social productive forces. Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, under the leadership of the party and the people’s government and through the joint efforts of people of all ethnic groups and medical workers, the cause of medicine