National Institute of Environmental Health

 

What we do:

 

1. Carry out environmental health work, and provide technical support and suggestions for the enactments of environmental health-related laws, regulations, policies, plans and programs;

 

2. Organize the formulation of the national environmental health-related technical plans, guidelines and specifications, formulate and revise relevant standards, and carry out work on the dissemination of environmental health knowledge, health education, and health promotion;

 

3. Carry out surveillance, investigation and scientific research on environmental health, propose protection strategies, measures and suggestions, and construct and manage environmental health databases and their application;

 

4. Participate in and supervise the health emergency responses and natural disaster assessment, emerging environmental pollution, and severe epidemics, and evaluate new products on drinking water and disinfection;

 

5. Carry out scientific research, technology research and development, and promotion of environmental health, disinfection and infection control;

 

6. Provide environmental health-related education, training and technical guidance for local CDCs;

 

7. Carry out international cooperation and exchanges on environmental health and participate in relevant international aid tasks;

 

8. Accomplish other tasks entrusted by the China CDC.