On 28 Nov 2016, China ICAMA released an announcement opening three draft guidelines on pesticide residue study to public consultation and will solicit public opinion until 12 Nov. The guidelines include:

On 23 Sep 2016, China ICAMA released 6 draft guidelines for pesticide environmental risk assessment and will solicit public opinion until 23 Oct. All guidelines are compiled as agricultural standards including: 3 test guidelines to assess pesticide environmental behavior and impact 2 guidelines on the validation, calculation and determination of degradation kinetics in environmental medium 1 consolidated guidance on the pesticide risk to soil organisms.

On 7 Sep 2016, China MoA issued Announcement 2445 to terminate the domestic use of 2,4-D butylate, paraquat dicofol as well as restriction of flubendiamide and 4 other active ingredients.

On 31 Aug 2016, China MoA issued Announcement 2443 regarding the GLP accreditation of testing facilities for pesticide registration. 12 laboratories were newly approved, 9 existing GLP labs were approved for expanded study scope and 5 labs were approved for name change.

On 1 and 5 September 2016, China ICAMA issued the 8th and 9th Batches of pesticide registration to be approved in 2016 for public consultation until 7 and 11 September.

On 25 Aug 2016, China MoA released the meeting-minutes of the 19th session of the 8 National Expert Committee of Pesticide Registration, which was held on 26 Jul in Beijing. A total of 43 pesticides using 21 new active ingredients were reviewed for full registration.  20 pesticides using 11 new active ingredients were approved, of which 3 were submitted by MNCs: halauxifen-methyl herbicide by Dow Agroscience, fluoxastrobin fungicide and amicarbazone herbicide by Arysta.