Abstract: Objective To review the evolution of the Provisions for Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting and Monitoring and analyze the significant revisions and considerations in order to provide references for revisions. Methods The background and highlights of revisions and the role played by Provisions for the Monitoring of Adverse Drug Reaction (trial) in 1999 and the two revisions in 2004 and 2011 in enhancing the monitoring of adverse drug reactions were reviewed. The priorities of the current revision were analyzed, and the considerations were outlined from a technical perspective. Results The revisions of the provisions fully reflected the current needs of regulation, aligned with the reality in monitoring and evaluation of ADR, and served as a strong force behind related monitoring. The central purpose of this revision was to meet the requirement that “the state establish a pharmacovigilance system” stipulated in the “Drug Administration Law”. Importance was attached to the compatibility between related regulations and guidelines, and efforts were made to ensure inheritance and innovation of the provisions. Revisions involved delimiting the range of reporting, optimizing the requirements for reporting, highlighting risk control, and strengthening supervision and management. Conclusion The revisions of the provisions have a long way to go, but are of great significance for pharmacovigilance in China for some time to come, and will usher China's pharmacovigilance into a new stage of development.

Key words: Pharmacovigilance, Adverse Drug Reactions, Adverse Drug Reaction Monitoring, Drug Supervision, Legal System