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Division of Chemicals Management
Department of Pollution Prevention and Control,
Ministry of Environmental Protection
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I. Environmental Situation

1Emergence of chemical-related environmental problems
and serious environmental situation due to frequent
occurrence of chemical incidents.

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Incomplete system of relevant laws and regulations, anational macro strategy concerning chemicals management
not formed yet.

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Insufficient technological support and institutional staffing
for chemicals environmental management, weakfoundation for environmental management.

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I. Environmental Situation
State’sMission

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Opinion of the State Council on Strengthening Major
Environmental Protection Work” (GuoFa [2011] 35)

ERA should be conducted as a key element in assessment of hazardous
chemical engineering projects.
Highly toxic and hardly degradable chemicals with high environmental
risks should be phased out legally, production and use of highenvironmental risk chemicals should be restricted.
Life cycle approach for chemicals environmental management should beenhanced.
Supervision on key industries releasing POPs should be intensified.

I. Environmental Situation

State’sMission“The ‘12th Five-Year Plan’ for National
Environmental Protection” (GuoFa [2011] 42)v Three goals: quantity control, quality improvement
and risk prevention
v To strengthen chemicals environmental supervisionv To enhance chemical risk prevention and control

II. New Chemicals Registration
Measures for Environmental Management of New Chemical Substances entry into force from October 15, 2010)(MEP Order No.7, promulgated in January 2010,

4 Establish the permit requirements for import and production ofnew chemicals.

4 Importer and producer of new chemicals are required to registerwith Ministry of Environmental Protection, information required
to submit including name, hazards properties, risk assessment
report, relevant testing report.

6II. New Chemicals Registration
Measures for Environmental Management of New Chemical Substances entry into force from October 15, 2010)(MEP Order No.7, promulgated in January 2010,

4 New chemicals are assessed and classified into non-hazardous,hazardous and key hazardous, subject to different management
requirements respectively.
4 Guidelines on the new chemicals registration are now underamendment to establish more reasonable and scientificregistration process.

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III. Existing chemicals management

1. Hazardous Chemicals Management
2. Import and export Management
3. Chemicals investigationॆᆖ૱⧟ຳ㇑⨶ษ䇝⨝

8III. Existing chemicals managementè RegulationsonSafety

ManagementofHazardousChemicals (2011)

è Measures for Environmental Management Registration ofHazardous Chemicals (2012)ॆᆖ૱⧟ຳ㇑⨶ษ䇝⨝

9III. Existing chemicals management
Regulations on Safety Management of Hazardous Chemicals(State Council Order No.591, promulgated in March 2011, entry into force from
December 1, 2011)• Identified the responsibilities of various Ministries in the area ofhazardous chemicals management.
• Ministry of Environmental Protection has been given theauthority in formulating the measures for environmental
management of hazardous chemicals.

10III. Existing chemicals management
Regulations on Safety Management of Hazardous Chemicals(State Council Order No.591, promulgated in March 2011, entry into force fromDecember 1, 2011)• Having established the environmental registration system forhazardous chemicals• Having established the pollutants release and transfer reporting(PRTR) system for hazardous chemicals under key environmental
administration

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III. Existing chemicals management
Measures for Environmental Management Registration ofHazardous Chemicals (MEP Order No.22,promulgated in October 2012,
entry into force from March 1, 2013)

4 This is the first time for environmental agencies to collect theproducing and using information of chemicals from industry in
China.
4 All of the producers and users of hazardous chemicals arerequired to register with local environmental agencies.
4 Information needed to register including name, hazards
properties, production quantity, using quantity of hazardous
chemicals and other environment related information of theproducer or user.
12III. Existing chemicals management
Measures for Environmental Management Registration ofHazardous Chemicals (MEP Order No.22,
promulgated in October 2012,
entry into force from March 1, 2013)

4 Information needed to register including name, hazards
properties, production quantity, using quantity of hazardous
chemicals and other environment related information of theproducer or user.
Ø Realize a dynamic understanding of the actual production anduse of hazardous chemicals and the environmental situation

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III. Existing chemicals management
Measures for Environmental Management Registration ofHazardous Chemicals (MEP Order No.22,
promulgated in October 2012,
entry into force from March 1, 2013)

Ø The data on annual release and transfer of key hazardous
chemicals under key environmental administration arecollected through the implementation of PRTR requirements.
Ø Use various measures to urge the enterprises to reduce therelease of hazardous chemicals under key environmental
administration into the environment and improve their own
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III. Existing chemicals management
Measures for Environmental Management Registration ofHazardous Chemicals (MEP Order No.22,
promulgated in October 2012,
entry into force from March 1, 2013)• 84 types of chemicals have been highlighted as priority
hazardous chemicals, due to hazards properties both
environmental and health aspects.
• Producers and users of priority hazardous chemicals arerequired to conduct environmental risk assessment.

III. Existing chemicals management
Environmental Management Registration of the import and exportof Hazardous(Toxic) Chemicals • Import or export chemicals listed in “The Catalogue ofHazardous Chemicals for Which the Import and Export havebeen Strictly Restricted by China”, the enterprise should applyand be permitted .
• Fulfill obligations of international chemicals conventions, suchas PIC, POPs.

III. Existing chemicals management
Environmental Management Registration of the import and exportof Hazardous(Toxic) Chemicals The materials required to provide include ˖• Registration application form˗• Photocopies of business license;• Certificate of import and export qualification˗
• Import and export contracts˗
• Environmental management registration certificates of domestic
producers or users and etc.

III. Existing chemicals management
ǉ The Catalogue of Hazardous Chemicals for Which the Import and Export havebeen Strictly Restricted by China Ǌ˄2014ᒤ˅

162 kinds
Actual import/export ˖nearly 60 kinds

2014201220112009200820051994
NLQGV30 kinds( more than180 species)

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5 High toxic
organic
phosphorus
pesticide$GGHG˖

Nonylphenol ,3URKLELWHG˖ surface active
DDT, Mirex,
agent with
Chlordane,nonylphenoxypol
Hexachlorbenzene y(ethyleneoxy)et$GGHG˖Ethylene hanol, 4-nnonylphenol, etc.
dichloride, Zincarsenide, Gallium
arsenide, Arsenic
acid triethyl ester,
the mixture ofseismic agent tolead compounds
as the basic
componentwith cyanide

the name,
HS codeand unit ofchemicals isrevised$GGHG˖
FKHPLFDOVIII. Existing chemicals management
China’s existing chemicals list andinvestigation on chemicals• “China’s existing chemicals list ”was issued in January, 2013,
45,000 types of chemicals were included.
• Investigation of environment related information of existingchemicals producers are being conducted. Petrochemical
processing, coking processing, chemical industry, medicineproduction, chemical fiber industry and food industry arepriority industries.
• Investigation on users of existing chemicals will be conducted
next step.

IV. Future Plan and Priorities
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Further improvement of chemicals environmental legislation• Promote legislation formulation in terms of chemicals
management.
• Establish hazards property identification , risk assessment,
production prohibition, usage restriction, and other risk
reduction measure related regulations.

V. Future Plan and Priorities

Strengthening collection of basic information of chemicals• Implementation of hazardous chemicals producers and users
registration system.
• Conduct environment related information of chemicals
producers and users investigation program.

V. Future Plan and Priorities

Establish life cycle management mode of chemicals• Formulate inter-ministry coordination mechanism in terms ofchemicals management.
• Take joint actions addressing environmental and health risk ofchemicals.
• Enhance the substitution of toxic and hazardous chemicals.
• Promote green chemical industry development.

V. Future Plan and Priorities

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Risk assessment of existing chemicals• Develop document on procedures and guidelines on hazard
properties identification and risk assessment on existingchemicals• Conduct hazard properties identification and risk assessment
on selected highlighted chemicals• Risk reduction actions will be taken based on the result ofabove work in the area of chemicals as well as chemicals inproducts.

V. Future Plan and Priorities
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Promote international involvement in area of chemicals
management• Implementation chemicals related international conventions
and initiatives.

For more information, please contact:
du.kexiong@mep.gov.cn
Or visit the website of MEP:
www.mep.gov.cn