China has approved 27 websites to sell medicine to individual consumers via the internet, the State Food and Drug Administration announced on its website Tuesday .

The administration stipulates that the 27 online pharmaceutical dealers could only sell over-the-counter medications to individual consumers, not to other businesses or medical facilities.

According to a provisional regulation regarding the online transaction of drugs, those selling medications online must receive a license and put their license code on the front page of their transaction websites.

The list of the 27 websites permitted to sell medications online is available on the administration's official website, www.sfda.gov.cn.

(Xinhua News Agency July 14, 2010)