To save busy EHS professionals time and energy, we are honored to prepare this semi-annual report of the Chemical regulatory progress in China and other Asia-Pacific country/region in the first half of 2013. A wide spectrum of topics are touched, ranging from New Chemical Substance Notification, Hazardous Chemicals Management, Cosmetics, Agrochemicals as well as the latest chemical regulatory developments in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, including the recently release of K-REACH, passing of OSHA and pending of TCSCA.