China Strengthens Oversight of Bulk Liquid Food Transport in Revised Food Safety Law
From September 8-12 2025, the 17th session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) was held in Beijing. During this session, the draft amendment to China’s Food Safety Law was submitted...
Read MoreChina Moves Forward with Revised Hazardous Chemicals Safety Law
Oct-02-2025
On September 8, 2025, the 17th session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) conducted the second reading of the draft Hazardous Chemicals Safety Law. The revised draft...
Read MoreChina Releases 2025 National Standards Relevant to Chemical Management and Hazardous Substance Control
On August 28, 2025, China’s national standardization authorities officially published the 18th batch of national standards for 2025. Among them are several standards directly relevant to chemical management, fire suppression chemicals, and hazardous...
Read MoreChina Notifies WTO of New National Food Safety Standard for Vanillin
On 28 August 2025, the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China (NHC) formally notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of a draft national food safety standard for vanillin,...
Read MoreDeadline Extended for Public Disclosure Extension of Chemical Substance Identification Information
Aug-20-2025
On August 20, 2025, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) announced an extension of the deadline for submitting applications to postpone the public disclosure of chemical substance identification information. According...
Read MoreChina reopens consultation to revise label standard GB 15258
Update: On 13 August 2025, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) released a new draft standard of the national standard GB 15258 and reopened the public consultation on 14...
Read MoreChina enforces GHS Rev. 8 via mandatory standard GB 30000.1-2024
Aug-01-2025
Update: As scheduled, GB 30000.1-2024 entered into force on 1 August 2025. From this date onward, chemical classification and labelling in China must comply exclusively with GB 30000.1-2024 which implements GHS Revision...
Read MoreChina releases official standard for Desensitized Explosives
Jul-28-2025
On 30 June 2025, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) published the final standard of Desensitized Explosives on the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) portal. MIIT designated new...
Read MoreChina Updates Management Rules for Used Cosmetic Ingredients Catalogue
Jun-27-2025
On June 24, 2025, China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) released Announcement No. 61 of 2025 to improve the management of cosmetic ingredients and encourage innovation in the cosmetics industry. The...
Read MoreChina Adds Two New Cosmetic Ingredients to Official Catalogue
On June 24, 2025, China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) announced the dynamic adjustment of the Catalogue of Used Cosmetic Ingredients. This catalogue will now be updated regularly and is divided...
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