China's Compulsory Product Certification System (Four Unification)

On December 17, 2001, the State General Administration for Quality Supervision and Inspection and Quarantine and the Certification and Accreditation Administration co-held the news release conference in the Great Hall of the People for publicizing the laws of the National Compulsory Product Certification System ("Four Unification"). This is a

China Compulsory Product Certification System(III)

The CCC mark must be stamped and the old mark shall not appear for productsthat have obtained CCC certification. During the transition period, the exterior packing with theold mark printed can be used continually, but the State encourages using the CCC mark to cover theold mark. However, the new mark shall be used to cover the old mark upon the end of the transitionperiod (including products that have entered the market before the end of the transition period).

Nearly 200 Enterprises Having Passed the Product Certification of Envieronmental Protection

Up to now, there are nearly 200 enterprises in China having passed the product certification of environmental protection, which is of national grade and involves thousands kinds of products. A commissioner of CNCA (Certification and Accreditation Administration of the People’ s Republic of China) introduced on Nov. 2nd, 2004, that the product certification of environmental protection, as the third party evaluation system, provided the market of environmental protection industry with unitary

Role of Agricultural Product Quality and Safety in High Quality Development of China's Agriculture

The quality and safety of agricultural products are closely related to human health.They also play an important role in enhancing the competitiveness of China’s agricultural products market,shaping the brand value of agricultural products,and promoting the high-quality development of agriculture.At present,there are still a series of problems in the quality and safety of agricultural products.Relevant departments of the state should strengthen guidance and supervision,improve the quality and safety awareness and management level of agricultural product producers,and encourage producers to participate in the product certification and process certification of agricultural products.In addition,it is necessary to take effective control measures in accordance with the certification requirements,to evaluate their effectiveness,so as to improve the quality and safety of agricultural products and promote the high-quality development of China’s agriculture.

Integrating traditional Chinese (herbal) medicines into risk based regulation-With focus on non-clinical requirements to demonstrate safety

Within the public health sector of Hong Kong(China),there is a consensus around the important role of traditional Chinese medicines.For Hong Kong(China)to play a bridging role to bring Chinese medicines to the global market requires a concerted effort from the government,academic institutes and industries.The release of the final version of the European Medicines Agencies guidance document,which details the acceptance of minimum requirements to nonclinical package in bibliographical applications,grants the opportunity for well-established and traditional herbal medicines to demonstrate an‘acceptable safe’status for registration in the European Union.It is anticipated that this minimum nonclinical package can be applied to demonstrate the safe use of many traditional Chinese medicines regardless of their eligibility to be registered under the simplified procedure within the European Union.This paper conceptualizes an integration of a simplified evaluation route for eligible proprietary Chinese medicines(pCm)with long history of use into the existing drug regulatory framework in Hong Kong(China).Such integration utilizing the minimum nonclinical package,based on bibliographical data or expert report,as proof of evidence to demonstrate safety for pCm with long history of use requires less demand in scientific resources.With Hong Kong(China)conducting‘first hand’review for eligible pCm,it provides an option for overseas and local pharmaceutical companies to register their products in Hong Kong(China)without the need to rely on issuance of Certificate of Pharmaceutical Product from other countries.This could bring eligible pCm with long history of use to reach international risk-based standard and to be marketed globally as‘medicines’to reach their full therapeutic potential.An important process to positioning Hong Kong(China)to compete with other countries in promoting importation and exportation of pCm to better serve the global health.

Should the "3-15" Certification of Consumer Products Be Cancelled?

The China Consumers' Association (CCA) confirmed in late July that it has ended its "3-15" certification program for consumer-friendly prod- ucts, and companies that had been certified will have to stop using the designation after their agreement with the CCA expires.