On December 21, 2021, the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs(MoARA) invited a 30-day consultation to ban 4 highly toxic pesticides: Phorate, Isofenphos-methyl, Isocarbofos, and Ethoprophos.

On December 16, 2021, the Crop Production Department of the Chinese Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs invited public consultation regarding the accreditation of pesticide registration tests.

On October 21st and 22nd 2021, the Chinese Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs concluded the 6th session of the 9th Review Committee of Fertilizer Registration, putting forward strengthen measures to refine trial management, nutrient contents of organic water-soluble fertilizers(biostimulants), and product labels.

On November 26, 2021, China MoARA opened a public consultation regarding the registration of herbicide used on herbicide-tolerant soybean and maize, aimed to regulate the regulatory study and registration of herbicide used on herbicide-tolerant crops: “Data Requirements for the Registration of Herbicides Used in Herbicide-tolerant Crops”，“Guideline on Field Efficacy Trial of Herbicides Used in Herbicide-tolerant Maize”，and “Guideline on Field Efficacy Trial of Herbicides Used in Herbicide-tolerant Soybean”.

On November 30 2021, China ICAMA opened a 7-day consultation of 13 pesticides containing 7 new active ingredients that have passed through the expert review at the 9th session of the 9th National Committee of Pesticide Registration, and 5 of them are chemical pesticides of Isofetamid and Tembotrione.

On December 1, 2021, China began to enact the national standard, “GB 38456-2020 Hygienic Requirements for Antibacterial and Bacteriostatic Lotion”. The standard clarifies the definition, requirements on raw materials, technical criteria, testing methods, labeling and instruction of these body-use disinfecting products, which would provide scientific foundations for the quality evaluation, correct product claim and consumer choice and promote the standardization process of China’s antimicrobial industry. Product Scope Antibacterial and bacteriostatic lotions are used for antibacterial/ bacteriostatic treatment on intact skin, vagina mucosa and oral mucosa, but excluding those applied on specific body parts such as feet, eyes, nails, axilla, scalp, hair, nasal mucosa, and anorectal area, etc. The most typical antibacterial and bacteriostatic lotions used in our daily life are mouthwash, hand sanitizer and feminine wash with an anti-microbial claim. Raw Materials and Banned Substances All raw materials used shall conform to the quality criteria specified in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia in force, as well as other quality specifications for food grade, medicine grade and cosmetic-grade, etc. The productive water shall satisfy the requirements in the “Hygienic Practice for Producers of Disinfection Products (2009)”. Pharmaceutical active ingredients listed in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia，animal/human-derived and biologically obtained materials that used for disease prevention, treatment and diagnosis, and banned ingredients listed in the “Safety and Technical Standards for Cosmetics”(excluding iodine), as well as other ingredients banned by the health department are prohibited from the formula of antibacterial/ bacteriostatic lotion. Technical Requirements Antibacterial/bacteriostatic lotion shall comply with a series of technical indicators through physicochemical property, efficacy an

From 2016 to 2020, China invested 68.76 billion overall in new agrochemical facilities, capable of producing 653,000 tons of active ingredients, 918,000 tons of intermediates, 531,000 tons of formulations, and 9,700 tons of other products including adjuvants, antidotes, and synergists. As a result of China’s environmental and safety rectification and industrial upgrading, 17.66% and 25.07% of the capital went into northwestern or northern regions, and the East China region has access to 22.83% of the investments, owing to its diverse supply chain, advantageous infrastructure and human resource. As the top agrochemical production province, Jiangsu had put forward a provincial plan to rectify chemical industry as early as 2007, but the concrete measures were enforced since 2016 aimed to merger and upgrade or cancel the existing chemical industrial park/zone, as well as eliminate chemical factories outside the designated chemical industrial park/zone, which were and especially accelerated after the explosion in March 2019. By the end of October 2020, 14 chemical parks and 15 chemical concentration zones have been designated, but only 50% to 60% of chemical producers have moved in and the rest of producers would be forced to relocate or shut down. As for Shandong , the second-largest producing province, 85 chemical industry parks were announced and 34% of chemical producers were moved in and the number of chemical producers decreased from 6,094 in 2018 to 4,580 in 2020. Currently, over 20 provinces have enforced similar measures and it has become an unavoidable tendency that chemical producers to relocate to industrial parks. Since China has not yet established environmental protection regulations specific to Yellow River basin, upstream areas have become perfect destinations for migratory producers. Looking back on the annual investment, the growth in 2019 and 2020 was remarkable, mainly because increasing relocation/investment plans had been announced a

On November 1, 2021, China began to enact the agricultural standard “NY/T 3831-2021 Organic Water-Soluble Fertilizers-General Regulations”. In addition to the definition, classification and general rules on the raw materials, nutrient/harmful contents and label, NY/T 3831 first defined that this category of agricultural input is the result of organic raw materials and contains biostimulant, resolving the ambiguous legal status and offering conceptual ideas for the pre-marketing procedures for biostimulants.

According to the statistic from the Brazilian National Union of Plant Protection Products Industry(Sindveg) released on November 25, 2021, 209.3 million hectares were treated with pesticides in the third quarter of 2021, an increase of 8.7% compared to the same period last year.