On May 30, 2020, the Chinese Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM), Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), Ministry of Public Security (MPS) and Ministry of Transport (MOT) jointly published the Catalogue of Hazardous Chemicals Subject to Special Regulation (1st edition).

The Catalogue is devised as a response to security problems associated with a series of accidents, including the 2015 Tianjin explosions. Following the release of the First and Second Batch of List of Hazardous Chemicals under Priority Management in 2011 and 2013, respectively, it represents one of China’s attempts to further focus its regulatory efforts on hazardous chemicals.