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FDA Opens Offices in China

November 19, 2008 – U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS)  Michael O. Leavitt speaks to an audience of private-sector representatives at an open forum on product safety, held at the  U.S. Embassy in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China. The Secretary was in China to open the first offices  overseas of the HHS Food and Drug Administration (FDA); HHS/FDA now operates out of three locations in China: the U.S. Embassy  in Beijing and the U.S. Consulates General in Guangzhou and Shanghai. (Photo Credit: Allyson Bell, HHS)November 19, 2008 – U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt speaks to an audience of private-sector representatives at an open forum on product safety, held at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China.  The Secretary was in China to open the first offices overseas of the HHS Food and Drug Administration (FDA); HHS/FDA now operates out of three locations in China: the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and the U.S. Consulates General in Guangzhou and Shanghai.  (Photo Credit: Allyson Bell, HHS)
November 19, 2008 – U.S. Secretary of Health and Human  Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt and the Honorable Andrew von Eschenbach, M.D., the Commissioner of the HHS Food and Drug  Administration (FDA), speak to the media following an open forum on product safety with industry representatives, held at  the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China. The Secretary and the Commissioner were in China  to open the first offices overseas of HHS/FDA; the agency now operates out of three locations in China: the U.S. Embassy in  Beijing and the U.S. Consulates General in Guangzhou and Shanghai. (Photo Credit: Allyson Bell, HHS)November 19, 2008 – U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt and the Honorable Andrew von Eschenbach, M.D., the Commissioner of the HHS Food and Drug Administration (FDA), speak to the media following an open forum on product safety with industry representatives, held at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China.  The Secretary and the Commissioner were in China to open the first offices overseas of HHS/FDA; the agency now operates out of three locations in China: the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and the U.S. Consulates General in Guangzhou and Shanghai.  (Photo Credit: Allyson Bell, HHS)
November 19, 2008 – U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt and the Honorable  Andrew von Eschenbach, M.D., the Commissioner of the HHS Food and Drug Administration (FDA), with the HHS/FDA China team.  From left to right: Commissioner von Eschenbach; Dennis Doupnik, HHS/FDA Consumer-Safety Officer assigned to the U.S. Consulate  General in Shanghai; Dennis Hudson, HHS/FDA Consumer-Safety Officer assigned to the U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai; Secretary  Leavitt; B.J. Marciante, HHS/FDA Consumer-Safety Officer assigned to the U.S. Consulate General in Guangzhou; Charles Ahn,  HHS/FDA Consumer-Safety Officer assigned to the U.S. Consulate General in Guangzhou; Irene Chan, Assistant Country Director  for HHS/FDA in China, assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Beijing; Christopher Hickey, Ph.D., Country Director for HHS/FDA in  China, assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Beijing; Mike Kravchuk, Assistant Country Director for HHS/FDA in China, assigned to  the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. (Photo Credit: Allyson Bell, HHS)November 19, 2008 – U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt and the Honorable Andrew von Eschenbach, M.D., the Commissioner of the HHS Food and Drug Administration (FDA), with the HHS/FDA China team.  From left to right: Commissioner von Eschenbach; Dennis Doupnik, HHS/FDA Consumer-Safety Officer assigned to the U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai; Dennis Hudson, HHS/FDA Consumer-Safety Officer assigned to the U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai; Secretary Leavitt; B.J. Marciante, HHS/FDA Consumer-Safety Officer assigned to the U.S. Consulate General in Guangzhou; Charles Ahn, HHS/FDA Consumer-Safety Officer assigned to the U.S. Consulate General in Guangzhou; Irene Chan, Assistant Country Director for HHS/FDA in China, assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Beijing; Christopher Hickey, Ph.D., Country Director for HHS/FDA in China, assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Beijing; Mike Kravchuk, Assistant Country Director for HHS/FDA in China, assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.  (Photo Credit: Allyson Bell, HHS)
November 19, 2008 – U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael  O. Leavitt meets with the Honorable Wang Yang, Minister for the General Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection,  and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China, in the Chinese capital of Beijing. The Secretary was in China to open the  first offices overseas of the HHS Food and Drug Administration (FDA); HHS/FDA now operates out of three locations in China:  the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and the U.S. Consulates General in Guangzhou and Shanghai. (Photo Credit: Allyson Bell, HHS)November 19, 2008 – U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt meets with the Honorable Wang Yang, Minister for the General Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China, in the Chinese capital of Beijing.  The Secretary was in China to open the first offices overseas of the HHS Food and Drug Administration (FDA); HHS/FDA now operates out of three locations in China: the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and the U.S. Consulates General in Guangzhou and Shanghai.  (Photo Credit: Allyson Bell, HHS)
November  20, 2008 – U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt tours the Luye Fisheries Aquatic Farms, outside  of Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, in the People's Republic of China. Secretary Leavitt was in China to open the first offices  of the HHS Food and Drug Administration (FDA) outside of the United States; HHS/FDA is now working out of three locations  in China, the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and the U.S. Consulates General in Guangzhou and Shanghai. (Photo Credit: Bill Steiger,  HHS)November 20, 2008 – U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt tours the Luye Fisheries Aquatic Farms, outside of Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, in the People's Republic of China.  Secretary Leavitt was in China to open the first offices of the HHS Food and Drug Administration (FDA) outside of the United States; HHS/FDA is now working out of three locations in China, the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and the U.S. Consulates General in Guangzhou and Shanghai.  (Photo Credit: Bill Steiger, HHS)
November 20, 2008 – U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt and the Honorable Andrew von Eschenbach, M.D., Commissioner of the HHS Food and Drug Administration, examine frozen tilapia ready for shipment to the United States, at the Luye Fisheries Aquatic Farms, outside of Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, in the People's Republic of China. Secretary Leavitt and Commissioner von Eschenbach were in China to open the first offices of the HHS Food and Drug Administration (FDA) outside of the United States; HHS/FDA is now working out of three locations in China, the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and the U.S. Consulates General in Guangzhou and Shanghai. (Photo Credit: Bill Steiger, HHS)November 20, 2008 – U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt and the Honorable Andrew von Eschenbach, M.D., Commissioner of the HHS Food and Drug Administration, examine frozen tilapia ready for shipment to the United States, at the Luye Fisheries Aquatic Farms, outside of Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, in the People's Republic of China. Secretary Leavitt and Commissioner von Eschenbach were in China to open the first offices of the HHS Food and Drug Administration (FDA) outside of the United States; HHS/FDA is now working out of three locations in China, the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and the U.S. Consulates General in Guangzhou and Shanghai.  (Photo Credit: Bill Steiger, HHS)
November 21, 2008 – U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt presides over  the ceremony for the opening of the offices of the HHS Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Shanghai, in the People's Republic  of China. To the left of the Secretary is Xu Jianguang, the Director of the Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau; to the right  of the Secretary is HHS/FDA Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach, M.D. (Photo Credit: Bill Steiger, HHS)November 21, 2008 – U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt presides over the ceremony for the opening of the offices of the HHS Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Shanghai, in the People's Republic of China.  To the left of the Secretary is Xu Jianguang, the Director of the Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau; to the right of the Secretary is HHS/FDA Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach, M.D.  (Photo Credit: Bill Steiger, HHS)
November  21, 2008 – U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt and the Honorable Andrew von Eschenbach, M.D.,  Commissioner of the HHS Food and Drug Administration (FDA), unveil the HHS/FDA shield at the ceremony for the opening of the  HHS/FDA office in Shanghai, in the People's Republic of China. Looking on are Beatrice Camp, the U.S. Consul General in Shanghai  (left), and Xu Jianguang, the Director of the Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau (right). (Photo Credit: Bill Steiger, HHS)November 21, 2008 – U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt and the Honorable Andrew von Eschenbach, M.D., Commissioner of the HHS Food and Drug Administration (FDA), unveil the HHS/FDA shield at the ceremony for the opening of the HHS/FDA office in Shanghai, in the People's Republic of China.  Looking on are Beatrice Camp, the U.S. Consul General in Shanghai (left), and Xu Jianguang, the Director of the Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau (right).  (Photo Credit: Bill Steiger, HHS)
November 21, 2008 – The ribbon-cutting for the opening of the offices of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA),  part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in Shanghai, in the People's Republic of China. From left  to right: Tang Minhao (Deputy Director of the Shanghai Municipal FDA), Beatrice Camp (U.S. Consul General in Shanghai); the  Honorable Andrew von Eschenbach, M.D. (Commissioner of HHS/FDA); U.S. Secretary of HHS Michael O. Leavitt; and Xu Jianguang  (Director of the Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau). While in Shanghai on November 21, 2008, Secretary Leavitt also met with  representatives of the business community on the safety of food and drugs, and addressed a large group of county-level leaders  who were in Shanghai for short-term professional training at the China Executive Leadership Academy in Pudong. (Photo Credit:  Bill Steiger, HHS)November 21, 2008 – The ribbon-cutting for the opening of the offices of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in Shanghai, in the People's Republic of China.  From left to right: Tang Minhao (Deputy Director of the Shanghai Municipal FDA), Beatrice Camp (U.S. Consul General in Shanghai); the Honorable Andrew von Eschenbach, M.D. (Commissioner of HHS/FDA); U.S. Secretary of HHS Michael O. Leavitt; and Xu Jianguang (Director of the Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau).  While in Shanghai on November 21, 2008, Secretary Leavitt also met with representatives of the business community on the safety of food and drugs, and addressed a large group of county-level leaders who were in Shanghai for short-term professional training at the China Executive Leadership Academy in Pudong.  (Photo Credit: Bill Steiger, HHS)
November  19, 2008 – U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt speaks to an audience of private-sector representatives  at an open forum on product safety, held at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China. The  Secretary was in China to open the first offices overseas of the HHS Food and Drug Administration (FDA); HHS/FDA now operates  out of three locations in China: the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and the U.S. Consulates General in Guangzhou and Shanghai. (Photo  Credit: Bill Steiger, HHS)November 19, 2008 – U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt speaks to an audience of private-sector representatives at an open forum on product safety, held at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China.  The Secretary was in China to open the first offices overseas of the HHS Food and Drug Administration (FDA); HHS/FDA now operates out of three locations in China: the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and the U.S. Consulates General in Guangzhou and Shanghai.  (Photo Credit: Bill Steiger, HHS)
November 19, 2008 – U.S. Secretary of Health and Human  Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt and the Honorable Andrew von Eschenbach, M.D., Commissioner of the HHS Food and Drug Administration  (FDA), speak to the media after an open forum on product safety, held at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, the capital of the People's  Republic of China. The Secretary was in China to open the first offices overseas of HHS/FDA; the agency now operates out of  three locations in China: the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and the U.S. Consulates General in Guangzhou and Shanghai. (Photo Credit:  Bill Steiger, HHS)November 19, 2008 – U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt and the Honorable Andrew von Eschenbach, M.D., Commissioner of the HHS Food and Drug Administration (FDA), speak to the media after an open forum on product safety, held at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China.  The Secretary was in China to open the first offices overseas of HHS/FDA; the agency now operates out of three locations in China: the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and the U.S. Consulates General in Guangzhou and Shanghai.  (Photo Credit: Bill Steiger, HHS)


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