New Chemical Registration in China: Industry Speaks out on China’s New Regulatory Scheme

On September 4th, 2020, in the final hours of a two-day workshop on environmental management registration of new chemical substances, representatives from enterprises and laboratories nationwide expressed their concerns over the Measures for the Environmental Management Registration of New Chemical Substances (MEE Order No.12) ^[1] and the Guidance on Environmental Management Registration of New Chemical Substances (Draft) ^[2]. The workshop was held by Solid Waste and Chemicals Management Center (SCC) under the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE).