On April 16, 2012, the inaugurating meeting for the Strategic Advisory Expert Committee and the Eighth Academic Committee of the National Institutes for Food and Drug Control (NIFDC) was held in Beijing. Academician Sang Guowei, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) and Yin Li, Commissioner of the Sate Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) were present at the meeting and made speeches. The Strategic Advisory Expert Committee of NIFDC has engaged 17 academicians of the relevant fields from the Chinese Academy of Engineering.