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In 2009, under the unfavorable conditions of the global financial crisis, the relevant state departments formulated a number of favorable policies conducive to the import of high-tech printing equipment; in particular, the preferential policies on the value-added tax transformation reform and the substantial reduction of import tariffs effectively boosted China's imports of printing equipment. So what favorable policies can imported printing equipment enjoy this year? The new policies introduced this year mainly involve the setting or adjustment of provisional tax rates for certain high-tech equipment, substantially lower

Adding another lock to food safety, the Provisions on the Supervision and Administration of Food Additive Production officially came into force in June, and most packaged foods on the market today now identify the additives they contain on their outer packaging. However, reporters found during interviews that the clearly labeled food additives — because of their sheer variety and highly technical names — have left consumers with a great deal of confusion and even frightened quite a few of them. Additives not clearly labeled will be subject to a mandatory recall. Starting June 1 this year, the Food

of tea, yet it has been replaced with plexiglass or even crystal bottle packaging; 750 ml of red wine comes in a wooden box weighing about 2 jin. Relevant experts believe that, although the current regulations restricting excessive commodity packaging set corresponding limits on the number of packaging layers and the void ratio, there are still no mandatory provisions on packaging materials, and they suggest that the upcoming related regulations address this. "Excessive" packaging materials not yet restricted As the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, mooncake gift boxes, freshness

The Chinese government is further stepping up its support for the environmental protection industry. Since the Ministry of Finance issued the Measures for the Administration of High-Tech R&D Funds for the Packaging Industry, which specify that, in order to standardize the management of high-tech R&D funds for the packaging industry, support the packaging industry in actively developing new products and adopting new technologies, and promote the development of the circular economy and the green, eco-friendly packaging industry, from today, qualifying enterprises will have the opportunity to receive R&D funding support of as much as 5 million yuan. The scope of R&D funding support includes those with a level of or

The "three sins" of excessive packaging. The first "sin" is the massive waste of resources it causes, endangering an already grim living environment and strained resources, and running counter to China's stated aim of building a conservation-minded society. The "second sin" is that, because China's current recovery rate for packaging waste is very low, it has become a major source of municipal waste. The "third sin" is that excessive packaging also encourages the gift-giving habit among consumers, breeding corruption and tainting the social atmosphere. Commodities

Editor's note: Approved by the State Council, a new Tariff Schedule will take effect from 2010, adjusting interim rates and lowering import tariffs. It cancels the interim tax rates on two tariff codes — thermal print heads and contact image sensors — and restores most-favored-nation rates, among other features. Looking at the new 2010 import and export Tariff Schedule, we can see that, compared with the 2009 import and export Tariff Schedule, the new schedule concerning printing equipment imports and exports — printing equipment import tariff lines (58 in total

ppzhan News: To strengthen the management of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in Guangdong Province, improve regional atmospheric environmental quality, strengthen the control and management of volatile organic compound emissions in the packaging and printing industry, and promote advances in processes and pollution treatment technologies in the packaging and printing industry, the Guangdong Provincial Academy of Environmental Science, South China University of Technology, the Guangdong Printing and Replication Industry Association and other units jointly

ppzhan News: With the development of agriculture, animal husbandry, sideline production and fishery, packaging machinery repair work is both large in volume and wide in scope, and the task has become more onerous. In order to establish a packaging machinery repair system and strengthen the management of repair services, these Measures are hereby formulated. Article 1 A packaging machinery repair outlet refers to a packaging machinery repair operating unit in any of various forms — state-owned, collective (cooperative) or individual — whose main business is the repair of agricultural, animal husbandry and fishery machinery. Article 2 Service outlets applying to engage in packaging machinery repair must be approved by the local agricultural machinery

ppzhan News: "SIG Combibloc launches China's first beverage carton packaging bearing the FSC certification mark," "Tetra Pak China to launch FSC-certified paper packaging," "Mengniu to introduce new FSC forest-certified packaging materials," "Jielong Art Printing Company kicks off FSC certification," "Hunan Tianwen Xinhua Printing Co. kicks off FSC certification"… In the first half of this year, as the Shanghai World Expo promoted concepts such as green, environmental protection and low carbon, the printing and packaging industry began

ppzhan News: The General Administration of Press and Publication is organizing the formulation of the 12th Five-Year development plan for the printing industry. The overall goal is: by the end of the 12th Five-Year Plan period, major progress will be made in the transformation from a large printing country to a strong printing country, and efforts will be made to realize the goal of becoming a strong country ahead of schedule within the press and publication industry. During the 12th Five-Year Plan period, the growth rate of China's total printing industry output value will basically keep pace with national economic development. Establish and improve national printing demonstration bases and cultivate a number of competitive printing enterprises