China has ordered on 26 March a suspension of field test and pesticide registration application (including temporary, full and renewal registrations) for glyphosate mixture aqueous solution with active ingredient content below 30%, according to a notice issued by the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture early this month.

From Agropages — 7 March 2012, the Institute for the Control of Agrochemicals of Ministry of Agriculture (ICAMA) held a symposium in Beijing on glyphosate mixture registration management, addressing the issue of the mixture of glyphosate and herbicide as well as consequences of such mixture, participated by nearly 20 experts from pesticide management, R&D and production departments. After discussions following suggestions are made:

Rules on nomenclature for agricultural botanical varieties are issued to regulate China’s corporeal seed market order The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) has published today the Rules on Nomenclature for Agricultural Botanical Varieties (MOA Order No 2-2012) in order to strengthen the naming management and maintain a sound market order for China’s corporeal seeds. The regulation is going to come into effect from 15 April 2012.

China Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) and Ministry of Health (MOH) have jointly issued on 16 February the National Food Safety Standard GB 28260-2011 to specify maximum residue limits (MRLs) and acceptable daily intakes (ADI) of 85 pesticides in food.

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) lately issued the Chinese 12th Five-Year Plan on Pesticides Development, suggesting to foster two to three large-scale pesticide manufacturing enterprises with international competitive strength and capable to produce over RMB 10 billion worth sales during the period of 2011-2015.

From Agropages.com news on 19 January, the ICAMA registration report published by Agropages said totally 148 active ingredients (AI) were granted ICAMA registrations in 2011, among which 56 were the first time to get approvals.

2012 will see an increase of 4.37% in demand for pesticides in domestic Chinese market.  

China withdraws production certificate on 9 pesticides; 22 highly toxic pesticide products to be phased out from the Chinese market

Chinese pesticides import and export companies should apply for the release permit of their products based on the goods ID and corresponding product name in the new inventory.

On 11 November 2011, a conference was held in Beijing by the Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection, marking the 10th anniversary of the signing the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). The deputy director of the MEP summarized the national experience in POPs control and the progress made on its fulfillment of the Convention.