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On November 21 last year, the 37th session of the Standing Committee of the 13th Shanghai Municipal People's Congress deliberated and approved the Several Provisions of Shanghai Municipality on Reducing Commodity Packaging Materials (hereinafter referred to as the Provisions), which took effect on February 1 this year. This is the country's first regulation specifically dedicated to restricting excessive packaging and promoting the reduction of commodity packaging materials, and it is of great significance for advocating moderate packaging, restricting excessive packaging and promoting energy conservation and emissions reduction. The municipality offered a detailed interpretation of the Provisions: excessive packaging of commodities not only wastes

In order to thoroughly implement the spirit of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, accelerate the transformation of the tobacco industry's development mode, build a circular tobacco logistics system, and further lower costs, reduce waste and save resources, on June 5 the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration issued a notice, deciding to carry out the recycling of cigarette packaging cartons among industrial and commercial enterprises in the industry. The notice pointed out that, as the industry's modern logistics development deepens and the conditions of cigarette transport and warehousing facilities among industrial and commercial enterprises are further improved, cigarette packaging cartons in commercial

On June 6, 2013, the inaugural meeting of the drafting group for the news and publishing industry standard "Requirements and Inspection Methods for the Laminating Process Control of Single-Faced Corrugated Board" was held in Beijing. Ten representatives from Star Printing (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Bobst (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai Publishing and Printing College, the Dongguan Quality Supervision and Testing Center of Guangdong Province, Henkel (China) Investment Co., Ltd., Bokai Machinery (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Tianjin Huaming Printing Co., Ltd. and other units

[ppzhan abstract] The 13th Annual Conference of the Business Forms Printing Branch of the China Printing Technology Association, held together with the Business Forms Green Printing Standard Promotion Conference, was recently convened in Dalian, drawing leaders from various sectors and nearly 500 practitioners from more than 200 companies across the country to jointly discuss the current state and prospects of forms printing. A person in charge of the Business Forms Printing Branch said this year's priority is to promote green certification for forms printing enterprises. China Printing Technology Association Business Forms Printing

[ppzhan abstract] After announcing measures last May to ban BPA in food packaging materials for infants and young children, Sweden recently published regulations prohibiting BPA in the coatings and linings of food packaging for children under 3 years of age. Sweden has thus become the fifth EU member state to ban BPA in specific materials or products by enacting a decree. Recently, the Swedish Code of Statutes (SFS) published

[ppzhan abstract] Anti-myopia exercise books are an important invention in China for preventing myopia among students, and they have achieved good results in actual use; however, as times have changed, the old printing standards no longer meet the needs of today's students' learning, and the Ningxia Department of Education has therefore adjusted the standards. A reporter learned yesterday from the Ningxia Department of Education that since 2000, our region has promoted the use of "anti-myopia exercise books," and because the old printing standards no longer meet the current

[ppzhan abstract] Standards are extremely important to the production process, yet China has not done well enough in this area and is now working to improve. The inaugural meeting of the expert group for drafting the standard "Engraved Gravure Plate-making Process Control and Quality Testing Methods" is to be held in the near future. Entrusted by the National Printing Standardization Technical Committee (SAC/TC170), the standard "Engraved Gravure Plate-making Process Control

[ppzhan abstract] Industry standards are the criteria for product manufacturing, and whoever sets the standards holds the industry's say. With the printing industry developing rapidly today, China is also working hard in this area to improve the development of its printing standards system. In accordance with the relevant requirements of the Standardization Administration of China and the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, the National Printing Standardization Technical Committee (hereinafter referred to as the "National Printing Standards Committee") (SAC/TC170) has preliminarily drafted

[ppzhan abstract] Countries around the world are today linked ever more closely, and the exchange of goods is growing ever more frequent. China is already a major trading nation, importing large quantities of products from abroad every year. However, when it comes to packaging regulations for imported goods, many problems remain. Recently, the food-contact materials laboratory of the Changzhou Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau in Jiangsu Province accepted for testing 5 batches of imported food-contact products, including ceramic cups, plastic drinking cups, non-stick pans and children's tableware, and found that 5 batches

The State Environmental Protection Administration recently released new environmental standards for 10 products, including three types of plastic products: recycled plastic products, foamed plastics and plastic doors and windows. According to the environmental protection bureau, in order to implement the Environmental Protection Law of the People's Republic of China, reduce the impact of plastic products on the environment and human health during consumption and use, save energy, reduce environmental pollution, lower raw material consumption and improve resource utilization, the Environmental Development Center of the State Environmental Protection Administration drafted the Environmental