On August 30, 2021, the Chinese Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs issued announcement 464 to designate 2 labs for pesticide registration and amend administrative information of 5 existing labs.

On June 23, 2021, China MoARA issued Announcement 439 to specify the test scope of 5 testing institutes newly designated for pesticide registration.

According to China Central Radio and Television, the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs (MoARA) said it will start a 3-year food safety campaign to control pesticide and veterinary drug residue and 10 highly toxic pesticides which are still in use today will be banned batchwise by 2024, including Phorate, Isocarbophos, Omethoate, Carbofuran, Methomyl, Ethoprophos, Isofenphos-methyl, Aldicarb, Chlorpicrin and Aluminium phosphide.

On June 8, China MoARA issued an official letter regarding the regulatory applicability of veterinary insecticides, aimed to clarify the applicable laws for animal-use insecticide fast emerging on the market.

From May 1, 2021, China began to carry out a new national standard of fertilizer markings “GB 178382-2021 Fertilizer Marking—Presentation and declaration”. The mandatory standard applies to both homemade and imported fertilizers circulated in China, playing an effective role in protecting farmer’s interests and promoting legitimate businesses.

On April 27, 2021, China MoARA issued Announcement 422 to designate 2 efficacy labs, 1 residue lab and 1 chemical lab for pesticide registration.

On April 14th and 15th 2021, the Chinese Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs concluded the 5th session of the 9th Review Committee of Fertilizer Registration. The participants voted to approve 113 fertilizers and agreed to standardize the market entry procedures of secondary-element WSFs (Water-soluble fertilizers containing calcium and magnesium) and strengthen the review process of imported organic WSFs(also known as biostimulants) derived from marine food wastes.

On April 16, 2021, China MoARA released the ministerial inspection results of pesticide quality in 2003. The overall qualification rate was 96.2%, an increase of 7.6% from the previous year of 88.6%. 40% of the substandard pesticides were fake products containing no registered active ingredient or containing unregistered active ingredients.

On March 5, 2021, Chine promulgated the national food safety standard, “GB 2763-2021 Maximum Residue Limits for Pesticides in Food”, which is due to take effect on September 3. According to MoARA, GB 2763-2021 consists of 10,092 MLRs for 564 pesticides in 376 food categories, which completed the goal of establishing 10,000 statutory pesticide MRLs by the end of 2020.