On April 22, 2024, China’s National Medical Products Administration issued a notice regarding the measures to optimize the management of cosmetic safety assessments. Main contents of NMPA notice: Implement classified management of cosmetic safety assessment data: Enterprises are allowed to submit basic conclusions of safety assessments for certain eligible ordinary cosmetics, with the safety assessment reports to be archived by the cosmetic enterprises for future reference; and Considering that cosmetic research and development require a certain period, to avoid the repeated investment of enterprise resources, cosmetic registrants and filers can still submit a simplified safety assessment report that meets the requirements of the Technical Guidelines for Cosmetic Safety Assessment (2021 Edition) before May 1, 2025.

On April 16, 2024, CIRS Group once again assisted our client in obtaining two new cosmetic ingredient registration numbers, marking the fourth and fifth new cosmetic ingredient registration numbers that CIRS Group has helped companies acquire in 2024.

On March 29, 2024, China’s National Institutes for Food and Drug Control released the "Guidelines for Submission of Cosmetic Safety Assessment Information for public comments. Based on the principles of risk management, the "Guidelines for Submission of Cosmetic Safety Assessment Information (Draft for Comment)" classifies the scenarios for the submission of cosmetic safety assessment data; it also establishes key points for self-inspection of cosmetic safety assessment reports to guide enterprises in conducting product safety evaluations.

We have collected the latest FAQs on ordinary cosmetics filing from Beijing Cosmetics Review and Inspection Center and translated them into English for your reference.

We have collected the latest FAQs on ordinary cosmetics filing from the Guangzhou Administration for Market Regulation and translated them into English for your reference.

We have collected the latest FAQs on ordinary cosmetics filing from the Guangzhou Administration for Market Regulation and translated them into English for your reference.

We have collected the latest FAQs on ordinary cosmetics filing from the Guangzhou Administration for Market Regulation and translated them into English for your reference.

In February 2024, CIRS Group once again assisted the enterprise in successfully obtaining two new cosmetic ingredient registration numbers, “20240014” and “20240016”. This is the second and third new cosmetic ingredient registration number that CIRS Group helped the enterprise obtain in 2024.

On January 12, 2024, China released the Inventory of Existing Toothpaste Ingredients in China (Industry Association Version). The list, which comprises 1026 ingredients, was compiled by the China Oral Care Industry Association based on the toothpaste ingredients recorded by the Association and with reference to the Inventory of Existing Cosmetic Ingredients in China (2021 Edition).

On January 25, 2024, China‘s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Commerce, and the General Administration of Customs jointly issued a notice on simplifying the import and export control over mixtures containing low concentrations of triethanolamine, which will take effect on February 1, 2024. According to the notice, products with low concentrations of triethanolamine, including non-medical disinfectants, synthetic detergents, cosmetics, and inks, are no longer subject to the import & export control for triethanolamine (HS code: 2922150000), and triethanolamine mixtures (HS code: 3824999950) listed in the Catalogue of license for dual-use items and technologies.