In the wake of nationwide introduction of the system of “authorized person (AP)” (or "qualified person" and "QP") for pharmaceutical manufacturing by the SFDA in April this year, Guangdong Provincial Pharmaceutical Association (GPPA) recently inaugerated the Professional Committee of Authorized Person for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Quality.

The committee has 71 institutional members and 179 individual members who are APs or AP equivalents.

The AP/QP system has been experimented in Guangdong province and 12 other provinces or autonomous regions since 2007, and the SFDA has found the trials to be successful.