1995
The State Council promulgated the Procedures for Compulsory Drug Addiction Rehabilitation.
1996
China encountered many difficulties in combating drugs, and drug-related crimes increased due to the rampant international drug tide in the mid- and late 1990s. The Standing Committee of the Politburo thus convened special meetings to strengthen drug control.
1997
The CPC Central Committee and the State Council issued the Document No. 5 in January, stating that local Party and government heads are the leaders of local anti-drug work.
The NNCC convened the second national anti-drug conference in March, and launched the first nationwide crackdown on drug dealing in China since the 1980s.
1998
A national anti-drug exhibition was held from May to July under the theme “Say Yes to Life, Say No to Drugs.” Domestic media outlets hailed it as the longest, most visited, highest-level, largest, and most effective anti-drug exhibition in China since the founding of the People’s Republic of China because it lasted 63 days, received nearly 1.7 million visitors, was visited by people from all walks of life and all seven members of the 15th Standing Committee of the Politburo as well as the leaders of many government agencies, was held in many different places, and caused a great social sensation. Senior Party officials made a series of important instructions on strengthening drug control during their visit to the exhibition. After the exhibition, the Ministry of Public Security obtained the approval of the State Council to set up the Narcotics Control Bureau.
1999
The new NNCC members met in Baotou in August for the third national anti-drug conference. China’s anti-drug work entered a new stage in the context of the socialist market economy.
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