Chemical Regulations in China: An Overview

Abstract

China has been developing and reforming its chemical regulations against a background of rising environmental concerns and a number chemicals accidents. The legal systemof chemical regulation inChina now consists of laws, administrative regulations, departmental rules and standards. Diverse chemical regulations and administrative application procedures are governed by different authorities. In January 2019, the Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment published the draft regulation on Environmental Risk Assessment and Control of Chemical Substances with the aim of establishing an overall system formanaging of both existing and new chemical substances. This draft regulationwill bringmany changes to the current chemicalmanagement system in China by the time it is implemented.