Chapter 4 industrial policy of international

1.Groundless Claims Prohibited in Cosmetics Packaging China plans to prohibit the use of seven types of wording in the naming and labelling of cosmetics. In future, words like "quick acting and miraculous effects", "instant whitening", "instant blackening"

2.Shanghai Encourages Replacement of Old Cars The Provisional Measures of Shanghai on Encouraging the Elimination and Replacement of Old Vehicles by Offering Subsidies went into force on 1 June. Under the provisional measures, the purchase of new passenger cars or trucks meeting the China IV emission standard

3.Famous Traditional Chinese Medicine Enterprises to be Promoted According to the Several Opinions on Supporting and Promoting the Development of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Industry (the Opinions) issued by the State Council, the government will increase inputs in the industry

4.SFDA Tightens Hygiene Supervision over Cosmetics Enterprises The State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) recently issued an urgent circular on effectively tightening cosmetics hygiene supervision. The circular urges cosmetics hygiene supervision departments at all levels to conscientiously exercise supervision

5.Standard Restricting Excessive Packaging to be Enforced on 1 April 2010 A new National Standard, Requirements for Restricting the Excessive Packaging of Foods and Cosmetics, has been approved and issued by State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ)

6.China Slashes Quarantine Fees on Exports of Knitted and Woven Garments The Ministry of Finance, the National Development and Reform Commission and the State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine jointly announced on 14 May their decision to charge entry-exit quarantine fees

7.AQSIQ Reminds Chinese Enterprises to Observe New EU Directive on Toy Safety The European Parliament recently adopted the draft of a new directive on toy safety. In other words, it was revising the existing legislation on toy safety published by the European Parliament just a little more than a year ago on 25 January 2008. In this connection, China’s quality supervision

8.China Offers Further Tax Concessions to Cultural Establishments The Ministry of Finance, General Administration of Customs and State Administration of Taxation have recently issued in their joint names a circular on some tax policies for the conversion of operational cultural institutions into cultural enterprises and a circular on some tax policies in support of the development of cultural enterprises

9.China Promotes Energy-efficient Lighting in 2009 The central government will increase its efforts to promote the use of energy-efficient lighting products in 2009. The tentative plan is to offer subsidies for 100 million bulbs, double the scale in 2008

10.China Promulgates Guiding Principles for Chinese Medicine Variety Protection For the purpose of carrying on the traditions of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and ensuring that the protection of varieties of Chinese medicine is carried out in a scientific

11.Guangdong Now World's Largest LCD TV Module Manufacturing Base Guangdong's department of information industry announced on 11 February that the province is now the world's largest manufacturing base for LCD TV modules, producing 21 million LCD TVs in 2008, up 56% year-on-year

12.Used Mechanical and Electrical Products under Import Licensing Administration The Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has just published the 2009 Catalogue of Different Grades of Licenses Issued to Goods Subject to Import Licensing Administration. Under this catalogue, ozone-depleting materials and major used mechanical and electrical products are subject to import licensing administration this year

13.China Kicks Off Energy Efficiency Lighting Action Plan The National Development and Reform Commission is working with the United Nations Development Programme and the Global Environment Facility on a project to "phase out incandescent lamps and promote green light" in China

14.Appliances to the Countryside" Becomes Nationwide Campaign in Early 2009 On 30 November 2008, the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and Ministry of Industry and Information Technology jointly held a work conference in Beijing to promote the "Appliances to the Countryside" campaign nationwide. Vice minister of finance Zhang Shaochun, vice minister of MOFCOM Fu Ziying and vice minister of industry and information technology Lou Qinjian attended and addressed the conference

15.Guangdong Authorised to Approve Hong Kong and Macau-Invested Advertising Services Projects Hong Kong and Macau advertising companies planning to set up business in Guangdong do not have to take their applications to Beijing in future. Guangdong is now the only province in the country authorised to approve such projects

16.Digital Terrestrial TV to Cover Entire China in Three to Five Years Wang Xiaojie, director general for science and technology of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT), disclosed at the recent Fourth China Digital Media Summit that China would invest Rmb2.5 billion

17.Eco-friendly Cold-carrying Agent Named National New Product The LM series of cryogenic cooling media, a type of environmentally-friendly and high efficiency anti-corrosive cold-carrying agent developed by Professor Chen Guohua of Hong Kong University of Science

18.Textile Industry Relocates from Coastal to Central and Western Regions Seen from the recent situation in the textile sector, the central and western regions have attracted a larger proportion of investment and recorded faster growth

19.Jilin FAW Wins First Bid for Aid Projects in Central America Jilin First Automotive Works (FAW) recently beat SAIC, Chery, Geely, Brilliance and other leading domestic proprietary brands in an intense bidding to win the contract to supply 200 police vehicles

20.Energy Efficiency Labelling System Covers Eight More Categories Next Year The implementing rules for energy efficiency labelling for eight categories of products drafted under the auspices of the China Energy Label Centre of the China National Institute of Standardisation