Charles Sternberg, Assistant Editor02.01.21
The position of the China cosmetic market has been reaffirmed by the latest data from the National Medical Products Administration (NMAP). There are currently over 5,400 licensed cosmetic manufacturers, more than 87,000 legal entities (registered/recorded) in cosmetic domain, and nearly 1.6 million valid registered cosmetic products in China, according to the latest video press conference by NMAP.
Immense changes are also expected in the market, with the new regulations (RSAC, Regulations on Supervision and Administration of Cosmetics) coming into force on January 1 this year. At the conference, the officials made clarifications on some notable ones, including a streamlined process (record-keeping notification) for general use cosmetics marketing and selling, a risk-based management system of cosmetic ingredients, as well as stricter regulatory overhauls over online cosmetic selling.
In order to ensure effective implementation of RSAC, sets of guidance documents have been released. The latest ones are List of Prohibited Cosmetic Ingredients (Draft for Comments) and List of Prohibited Plant (Animal) Cosmetic Ingredients (Draft for Comments) released by National Institute for Food and Drug Control.
Immense changes are also expected in the market, with the new regulations (RSAC, Regulations on Supervision and Administration of Cosmetics) coming into force on January 1 this year. At the conference, the officials made clarifications on some notable ones, including a streamlined process (record-keeping notification) for general use cosmetics marketing and selling, a risk-based management system of cosmetic ingredients, as well as stricter regulatory overhauls over online cosmetic selling.
In order to ensure effective implementation of RSAC, sets of guidance documents have been released. The latest ones are List of Prohibited Cosmetic Ingredients (Draft for Comments) and List of Prohibited Plant (Animal) Cosmetic Ingredients (Draft for Comments) released by National Institute for Food and Drug Control.