The 2012 National Food and Drug Regulatory Working Conference was held in Beijing on December 20, 2011. Li Keqiang, Vice Premier of the State Council, made important instructions for the conference. Health Minister Chen Zhu presented and delivered an important speech. Shao Mingli, Commissioner of the State Food and Drug Administration, made the work report at the conference. The conference summarized the work in 2011, analyzed the supervision and management situation and deployed the major tasks for 2012. The conference requires that, to comprehensively implement the Twelfth Five-Year Plan and to lay a solid foundation for the long-term stable improvement of food and drug safety.