China: Beauty Revolution New Regulations Announced for Cosmetics

• Author: Mark Schaub,Effy Liu,Serena Guo,Tom Shi
• Published date: 12/07/2020
• Citation: jd0040
• Date: 12 July 2020
• Subject Matter: Cosmetics/Economic Law

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China: Beauty Revolution New Regulations

Announced for Cosmetics

By King & Wood Mallesons on July 12, 2020

Authors: Mark Schaub(Corporate & Commercial Group), Effy Liu, Serena Guo, Tom Shi,

King & Wood Mallesons

The cosmetics market in China is growing bigger each year. Data from China’s National

Bureau of Statistics suggests total retail sales of cosmetics in China in 2019 exceeded

RMB 299 billion and a year-on-year growth was almost 13%, which means that retail

sales increased by approximately 40 billion over the year.[1] The size and growth of the

Chinese cosmetics market has not gone unnoticed by the authorities. There is a

significant increase in cosmetic product offerings and competition. To address issues such

as product safety and quality, the PRC authorities finally passed new regulations to better

regulate the cosmetics industry.

The Regulations on Hygiene Supervision of Cosmetics (<化妆品卫生监督条例>)

(“Current Regulation”)[2] are very much ripe to finally bow out after almost thirty years of

being the primary regulation governing the production of cosmetics and the operation of

cosmetic companies. They will be replaced by the Regulations on Supervision and

Administration of Cosmetics (<化妆品监督管理条例>) (“New Regulation”)[3] which was

published on 29 June 2020 and will be enacted from 1 January 2021.

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