National Standard of 'Gobiocypris Rarus- Fish Acute Toxicity Test' to Be Published
A Chinese national standard (coded as 20100319-T-469) concerning fish acute toxicity has passed the technical validation in Beijing in September of this year and shall be published soon.

China to issue new pesticide regulation by December 2012
Sui Pengfei, director of ICAMA, Ministry of Agriculture revealed in an industrial conference that China to issue new regulation for pesticide and the legal text will be promulgated by December 2012 the latest.

A "Guidance-like" Document to Clarify the Hazardous Chemicals Registration
Since the revised Order 53 (SAWS) entered into force on Aug 1st, 2012, the question to "Should I get substances registered or not?" never ceased. According to Mr. Jinhe Chen, an official from NRCC-SAWS, a "guidance-like" document will be released in the near future to clear out the confusion over registration.

China First Updates its Environmental Law since 1980's
On August 31, the Standing Committee of the Eleventh National People's Congress (NPC) has first-read the drafted amendment of the Environmental Protection Law and published the draft on its website for public comments.

China's Overarching Cosmetic Regulation is under Revision
An official from Legislative Affairs Office of China's State Council has announced that the overriding Regulations Concerning the Hygiene Supervision over Cosmetics (1989) is being amended.

China to Issue Certificates for 10 New Chemical Substance Notification
China MEP has published 10 new chemical substances registered through regular notification under China New Chemical Substance Notification

Taiwan CLA Concludes the Supplementary Existing Chemical Substance Nomination on August 31st
Taiwan completed the Existing Chemical Substance Inventory(draft) by April this year. In order to keep the inventory up to date, Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs reopened the Supplementary Existing Chemical Substance Nomination from 1 June to 31 August 2012

SFDA Issues IECIC Third Batch (draft) in Sep 2012
China SFDA releases the draft of the third batch of the Inventory of Existing Cosmetic Ingredient in China (IECIC 2012) for public consultation.

Free Entry and Exit Inspection and Quarantine during the 4th Quarter of 2012
According to AQSIQ, during the 4th Quarter of this year, local CIQs charges no fees for inspection and quarantine of all entry-exit goods, vehicles, containers and other statutory items in order to boost foreign trade.

OCT 17: Are reasons for "no classification" under China REACH equal to CLP Regulation?
This list of FAQ concerning China New Chemical Substance Notification includes 82 queries submitted to CRC-MEP