In order to discuss feedbacks and proposals from all concerned institutions on the amendment of SEPA Order 17 - Measures on the Environmental Management of New Chemical Substances (2003), a seminar was held in Beijing, China during July 15 to 16, 2009.
The chief of the Policy and Law Division in the Department of Policy and Legal Affairs of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and experts from the Assessment Committee of New Chemicals attended the seminar. All collected opinions were discussed at the seminar. For some issues of great divarication, experts proposed to investigate further. Experts also proposed to further improve the testing requirements and the declaration process of new chemicals.