PRINCIPLES AND PATTERNS OF LEGAL REGULATION OF GENETIC SCREENING IN PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
The article analyzes the features of legal regulation of genetic screening for prenatal diagnosis in the people’s Republic of China. The conducted research allowed to establish the main principles and regularities of the corresponding regulation. It is summarized that the leadership of the people’s Republic of China conducts a targeted policy for improving the health of the population, where one of the priorities is not to increase the population, but to improve the” quality “ of newborns (in the context of health). Realizing, in this regard, the positive possibilities of genetic screening in HDP in terms of improving the overall level of health of the population, the state is making a lot of efforts in the financial, legal, scientific, social and other spheres for its wide implementation in everyday clinical practice. Genetic screening when PND is free and available to alsegments of the population of China, it is part of health services financed by the state. These principles, as shown by the analysis of the legal framework for genetic screening in HDP, are system-forming in the framework of its legal regulation in the PRC. Currently, the main trend in the development of Chinese legislation in the field of genetic screening for HDP is more detailed regulation of various aspects of the use of this medical technology. China’s accumulated experience in legal regulation can be taken into account by the domestic legislator