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China loosens genetic data rules, shifts oversight toward ethics committees

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What happened: China's National Health Commission (NHC) circulated a draft on May 8 revising the implementing rules for its human genetic research framework. There were several major changes in the draft indicating that regulatory requirements are being loosened:

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