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[ppzhan abstract] The 4th working meeting of the drafting group for "Graphic technology — Process control for the production of half-tone colour separations, proof and production prints — Part 6: Flexographic printing" was recently held in Shanghai. The meeting preliminarily produced the draft of "Draft No. 8 of the drafting group". The meeting required that the text of the draft of Draft No. 8 of the standard be revised and improved within one week. On November 26-27, 2012, GB/T17934.6-201X "Printing

[ppzhan abstract] Gansu recently issued the Notice on Further Strengthening the Governance of Excessive Packaging of Commodities, requiring localities throughout the province to intensify governance efforts and urge enterprises to eliminate excessive packaging of commodities at the source, and to inspect and expose practices such as using luxury packaging to raise prices in a disguised manner and seek exorbitant profits. According to media reports, Gansu recently issued the Notice on Further Strengthening the Governance of Excessive Packaging of Commodities, requiring localities throughout the province to intensify governance efforts and urge enterprises

[ppzhan abstract] In order to strengthen the supervision and administration of medical devices and ensure public safety in the use of medical devices, the State Food and Drug Administration is standardizing the labels and packaging marks of overseas medical devices. To the food and drug administrations (drug administration bureaus) of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, and the relevant units: In order to strengthen the supervision and administration of medical devices and ensure public safety in the use of medical devices, in accordance with the Provisions on the Administration of Instructions, Labels and Packaging Marks of Medical Devices (State Food and Drug Administration

The national standard "Cotton Packaging," proposed by the All China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives and administered by the National Technical Committee for Cotton Processing Standardization, underwent more than two years of revision before its standard review meeting was held in Beijing on December 8, 2012. Among those attending the review meeting were representatives from the China Fiber Inspection Bureau, the China Cotton Association, the China Cotton Textile Association, the Transportation and Economics Research Institute of the China Academy of Railway Sciences, the National Plastic Products Quality Supervision and Inspection Center, Anhui University of Finance and Economics, and Beijing Commercial Machinery

[ppzhan abstract] The State Council recently issued the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan for the Development of the Service Industry", designating the press and publication industry as a priority for cultural industry development during the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, improving the development quality of the printing and reproduction industry, and implementing green printing and digital printing projects. The "Twelfth Five-Year Plan for the Development of the Service Industry". The "Plan" set out the priorities for cultural industry development during the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period: 1. Priorities for the development of the culture and arts industry and online cultural products. Encourage performing

As 2013 arrives, it coincides with the just-concluded successful closing of the Party's 18th National Congress, which put forward a series of strategic goals that are both inspiring and arduous. In the new year, China's economic growth is trending downward, reflecting that economic development has entered a period of transition and that the orientation of macroeconomic policy is turning toward weakening the emphasis on the GDP growth rate. Instead of pursuing a high growth rate while placing greater weight on structural adjustment, the state will adopt a variety of measures to regulate the growth rate and strive to achieve the goal of "making progress while maintaining stability

[ppzhan abstract] Import tariffs on printing equipment and materials will see three changes in 2013: first, five photosensitive material products, including flexographic printing plates, will shift from specific duties to ad valorem duties; second, commodity tariff lines will be added for two types of printing equipment and materials, including wide-format inkjet printing equipment; and third, the taxation schemes for three types of printing equipment and materials will be adjusted. Recently, the Tariff Commission of the State Council issued the 2013 Tariff Implementation Plan (the Tariff Commiss

In accordance with the Measures for the Administration of National Printing and Reproduction Demonstration Enterprises formulated by the General Administration, the Printing and Distribution Management Department organized an expert review panel composed of experts and scholars from government regulatory departments, industry associations, technical equipment, finance and tax auditing and other fields, to review the applications of 65 enterprises submitted by 10 provincial press and publication bureaus. Review of National Printing and Reproduction Demonstration Enterprises I. Review Workflow The expert panel first studied the Measures for the Administration of National Printing and Reproduction Demonstration

[ppzhan abstract] The Ministry of Finance, the National Development and Reform Commission, the General Administration of Customs and the State Administration of Taxation recently jointly issued the Catalogue of Imported Commodities Not Eligible for Tax Exemption under Domestic Investment Projects (2012 Adjustment) (hereinafter referred to as the Catalogue), and the adjusted new catalogue took effect on January 1 this year. The Catalogue is the main basis for implementing the tariff exemption policy for related imported equipment. The adjusted Catalogue contains a total of 944 items, and the items adjusted this time number

Recently, the General Office of the General Administration of Press and Publication issued a notice on launching the 2013 annual verification of printing enterprises and reproduction units, which makes keeping abreast of the development trends of green printing and digital printing at printing enterprises a priority of the work. The notice sets out the priorities of the annual verification of printing enterprises. First, all localities should strengthen supervision over printing enterprises' implementation of the "five systems" and over key enterprises and regions, especially in the 2012 special campaign for the supervision of printing, reproduction and distribution