Chapter I General Provisions

Article 1 This Law is enacted for the purpose of preventing and punishing criminal offences related to narcotic drugs, protecting the health of citizens both in body and in mind and maintaining social order.

Article 2 For the purposes of this Law, narcotic drugs include opium, heroin, methylaniline (ice), morphine, marijuana, cocaine and other narcotic and psychotropic substances that are addictive and are kept under control according to State regulations.

To meet the need of medical treatment, teaching or research, narcotic or psychotropic substances may be manufactured, marked, used, stored or transported in accordance with law.

Article 3 Fighting against narcotic drugs is the duty of the entire society. Government departments, public organizations, enterprises, institutions and other organizations and citizens shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Law and the relevant laws, perform their duty or obligation of fighting against narcotic drugs.

Article 4 In the fight against narcotic drugs, the principles of putting prevention first while tackling the problem in a comprehensive manner, and imposing a simultaneous ban on cultivating and manufacturing of, trafficking in, and ingesting or injecting of narcotic drugs.

In the fight against narcotic drugs, a working mechanism shall be applied under which the government exercises unified leadership, with the relevant departments performing their respective responsibilities and all sectors of the society participating in the fight.

Article 5 The State Council shall establish a national anti-drug committee, which shall take charge of organizing, coordinating and giving guidance to the fight against narcotic drugs nationwide.

The local people’s governments at or above the county level may, in light of the need for the fight against narcotic drugs, establish anti-drug committees, which shall be responsible for organizing, coordinating and giving guidance to the fight against narcotic drugs in their own administrative areas.

Article 6 The people’s governments at or above the county level shall include the fight against narcotic drugs in their plans for national economic and social development, and include the funds for the fight in their budgets.

Article 7 The State encourages public donations for the fight against narcotic drugs and shall, in accordance with law, adopt preferential tax policies towards donors.

Article 8 The State encourages scientific and technological research in prohibition of narcotic drugs, and promotes the wide use of advanced technologies and equipment in the fight against drug trafficking and of the advanced methods for treatment of drug addiction.

Article 9 The State encourages citizens to report criminal offences related to narcotic drugs. People’s governments at all levels and the relevant departments shall protect the informants, commend or reward the reporting persons who have performed meritorious deeds and the units or individuals that have made outstanding contribution to the fight against narcotic drugs.

Article 10 The State encourages volunteers to participate in the dissemination of and education in the need to fight against narcotic drugs and to provide social services for treatment of drug addiction. The local people’s governments at all levels shall give guidance to the volunteers and conduct training among them, and provide them with the necessary working conditions.