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[ppzhan abstract] China is currently the country with the greatest growth potential in the paper industry, with total output and consumption of paper and paperboard both surpassing the United States to rank first in the world. As a result, higher requirements have been placed on the development of paper chemicals in China. The "12th Five-Year Development Plan for the Paper Chemicals Industry" has set out five key tasks for the industry. China is a country with strong growth in the paper industry, and at present its total output and consumption of paper and paperboard both exceed those of the United States, ranking first in the world. At the same time,

[ppzhan abstract] Generally speaking, when selecting labels, a comprehensive consideration should be given to several factors, including the type of substrate, the printing method and printing conditions, the customer's special requirements, post-press finishing processes, the label's application and conditions of use, and cost. 1. When selecting label printing inks, customer requirements must also be fully taken into account. Sometimes customers may require labels to have a certain special effect, such as an ice-flower effect, a frosted effect, an anti-counterfeiting effect, etc., in which case it may

[ppzhan abstract] Recently, the General Administration of Press and Publication formulated the Measures for the Administration of National Printing and Reproduction Demonstration Enterprises, comprising 16 articles in total; the full text of the regulations is as follows. In order to implement the requirement set out in the Cultural Industry Revitalization Plan issued by the State Council to build a number of demonstration bases for the reproduction industry, to conduct comprehensive assessment of printing and reproduction enterprises by category, to standardize the establishment and management of national printing and reproduction demonstration enterprises, and to give full play to the role of national printing and reproduction demonstration enterprises in transforming development

[ppzhan abstract] The General Administration of Press and Publication recently issued the Measures for the Administration of National Reproduction Demonstration Enterprises, proposing that Sino-foreign joint venture and Sino-foreign cooperative publication printing enterprises recognized as demonstration enterprises may be controlled or dominated by the foreign party, breaking the previous requirement that such enterprises must be controlled by the Chinese party. The Measures took effect on January 1, 2012. The General Administration of Press and Publication recently issued the Measures for the Administration of National Printing and Reproduction Demonstration Enterprises, proposing that those recognized as

[ppzhan abstract] According to the Ministry of Finance, following deliberation by the State Council Tariff Commission and approval by the State Council, China's import and export tariffs will undergo partial adjustments as of January 1, 2012. Tariff lines have been added for flexographic plates, stacker-reclaimer machinery, vascular stents, wireless earphones and others. After the adjustment, China's total number of import and export tariff lines for 2012 will increase from 7,977 in 2011 to 8,194. According to the Ministry of Finance, following deliberation by the State Council Tariff

[ppzhan abstract] On December 9, 2011, at the National Machinery Conference in Guangxi, the machinery industry standard "Sheet-Fed Offset Printing Presses — Full-Sheet and Larger Formats," drafted under the responsibility of Jiangsu Changsheng Group, successfully passed the vote at the conference. After passing the conference vote, the standard will soon be turned into a draft for approval and enter the approval procedure. With this, the drafting of the standard project has come to a successful conclusion. On December 9, 2011, at the National Printing Machinery Conference in Guangxi,

[ppzhan abstract] On December 7, 2011, the General Administration of Press and Publication issued the Measures for the Administration of National Printing and Reproduction Demonstration Enterprises (hereinafter referred to as the Measures), which set out the purpose and planning objectives of national printing and reproduction demonstration enterprises, stipulated from eight aspects the conditions that applicant enterprises must meet, defined from five aspects the preferential support policies for demonstration enterprises, and established an annual assessment mechanism for demonstration enterprises. On December 7, 2011, the General Administration of Press and Publication

[ppzhan abstract] 2011 was the opening year of the 12th Five-Year Plan, and also a crucial year in which the printing industry shifted from a period of rapid growth into a period of steady development and printing enterprises pressed ahead with transformation and upgrading. In 2011, judging from the macro policies issued by various state ministries and commissions, the printing industry, as one of the eight key cultural industries, was enjoying an ever-greater policy dividend. The following is a focused review of the policies on the printing and packaging industry issued by the state this year. 1. Digital printing equipment listed as high-tech products

[ppzhan abstract] On December 30, 2011, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) and the Standardization Administration of China issued, in the Announcement of National Standards of the People's Republic of China (No. 23 of 2011), one PDF/X file format standard and four national standards for film lamination printing organized and drafted by the National Technical Committee 170 on Printing Standardization (SAC/TC170), which will enter into force on March 1 and June 1, 2012 respectively. December 3, 2011

[ppzhan abstract] On February 3, 2012, the Ministry of Health website published questions and interpretations concerning the General Standard for the Labeling of Prepackaged Foods (GB7718-2011). The standard will take effect on April 20, 2012. The relevant provisions are set out below, and printing companies may pay extra attention to these matters during production so that, whether for themselves or for their customers, they can avoid compromising production and business operations simply because they are unfamiliar with the relevant rules. 1. Apart from trademarks,