In response to the tight supply of disinfectants caused by 2019 Novel Coronavirus(2019-nCoV), on February 3, 2020, the National Health Committee released "The Emergency Product Launching Notification of Disinfectants during Prevention And Control Period of Pneumonia Outbreak Caused by 2019-nCoV".More...- On 30 Dec 2019, the Chinese Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs released 192 GM crops to be issued with GMO safety certificate, of which 3 were homegrown grain crops with herbicide-tolerant and insect-resistant traits. Since the last time China approved food GM crops was in 2009, this moveMore...
- On 15 Aug 2019, the National Health Commission, the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs and the State Administration of Market Regulation jointly issued the “GB 2763-2019 National Food Safety Standard: Maximum Residue Limits of Pesticides in Foods”, which will take effect on 15 Feb 2020. TheMore...
- On 6 Aug 2019, the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs disclosed a response to the suggestions and proposals regarding the extension of biopesticides from the NPC deputies. The ministry publicly clarified its policy support to biopesticides and hope this product category can play an expandedMore...
- China uses 6% of the world's water resources, 9% of the world’s farmland and 30% of the world’s chemical fertilizers to produce 26% of the agricultural products in the world. China’s annual irrigation water consumption is 360 billion tons per year but there is still an input gap of 30 billion tonsMore...
- Early this year, MUJI announced a worldwide recall of its bottled water products after detecting excessive bromate contaminant, a disinfection by-product (DBP) generated during ozone disinfection. Although the products mentioned in the recall notice have never entered Chinese mainland, the news wasMore...
- The removal of export taxes on chemical fertilizers, the enactment of the “Soil Pollution and Control Law”, and series of new/revised fertilizer standards are bringing far-reaching effects on Chinese fertilizer market, which is invariably moving towards rationalization, high-efficient,More...
- The Special Rules were promulgated in 2007 after scathing criticism was leveled at China by both domestic and international interests due to China’s long history of product quality and safety issues. The Special Rules were designed to essentially fill in the cracks and loopholes left by other lawsMore...
- Recently, Beijing authorities upheld a decision to impose an administrative sanction on a famous e-commerce platform after it was discovered selling non-compliant water dispensers. Beijing NHC imposed a fined of 310,000 Yuan, which exceeds normal sanction guidelines issued in China’s water productMore...
- China’s overseas consumption maintained an annual average growth of 25.2% from 2005 to 2014 and the consumption rose to a record of 1,200 billion CNY in 2015, of which 680 billion CNY was for overseas shopping. At the same time, slowing export earnings and investment have left national consumptionMore...
