China's National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has published revised
Regulations on Registration, Filing and Data Management for New Cosmetic
Ingredients, effective July 15. The NMPA says the rules aim to clear bottlenecks
in ingredient innovation and improve industry R&D efficiency. Deputy director Li
Yunfeng said the regulations encourage adoption of animal-test alternatives and
other new methods to reduce international trade technical barriers and provide
policy support for domestic cosmetics firms expanding overseas.