Anúncio importante: A NMPA revela 24 medidas a favor do crescimento; as revisões especiais de cosméticos podem ser delegadas às autoridades provinciais

Anúncio importante: A NMPA revela 24 medidas a favor do crescimento; as revisões especiais de cosméticos podem ser delegadas às autoridades provinciais

To the Medical Products Administrations of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps:

Cosmetics are essential consumer goods that meet the public’s desire for beauty and a high-quality life. In recent years, drug regulatory departments have actively advanced cosmetic regulatory reforms, accelerated the improvement of the legal framework, and innovated regulatory methods. Consequently, China’s cosmetic industry has flourished, and quality safety levels have continuously improved. To further coordinate high-quality development with high-level safety, the following opinions are hereby proposed.

I. General Requirements

The goal is to establish a scientific, law-based, internationalized, and modernized regulatory path. By 2030, the legal system and standards will be further refined, and innovation vitality will be abundant. By 2035, the regulatory system will reach an international advanced level, fundamentally achieving regulatory modernization and global competitiveness.

II. Strengthening Support for Industrial Innovation

1. Streamline Registration for New Efficacy Cosmetics: Support and prioritize the review of cosmetics with new efficacies. Establish a pre-consultation mechanism and adjust classification catalogs as needed.
2. Encourage Global Debuts in China: To foster a “First-Store/First-Launch Economy,” international products debuting in China may be exempt from submitting Certificates of Free Sale (CFS) from the country of origin.
3. Promote the “Silver Economy”: Encourage R&D into anti-aging mechanisms and products tailored specifically for the elderly.
4. Innovate Label Management: Implement electronic labeling to support digitalization and green development.
5. Personalized Services: Allow registered notifiers to provide simple on-site dispensing and packaging services at business premises based on consumer needs.
6. Increase Industrial Support: Cultivate domestic brands with international competitiveness and support green, low-carbon development.

III. Enhancing Registration and Notification Efficiency

7. Support Ingredient Innovation: Explore internationalized naming rules for ingredients. Focus on high-use, high-risk, and unique Chinese botanical resources. Establish a pre-consultation channel for eligible new ingredients.
8. Optimize Documentation Requirements: Allow products of the same brand with similar formulas (differing only in colorants or fragrances) to share safety technical data. For site changes, original technical data may be reused.
9. Improve Review Quality and Efficiency: Explore a joint “National-Provincial” review mechanism. Delegate part of the technical review for special cosmetics to capable Provincial MPAs. Shorten review timelines for high-risk and low-risk changes to 60 and 45 working days, respectively.
10. Optimize Safety Assessment: Continuously refine safety assessment guidelines and promote advanced assessment strategies.
11. Optimize Efficacy Claim Management: Except for freckle-removing/whitening, sunscreen, and anti-hair loss, allow companies to choose their own evaluation methods. Allow data sharing for similar formulas under the same brand.

IV. Refining Production and Operation Supervision

12. Classified Supervision: Establish a tiered management mechanism based on enterprise risk levels and quality systems.
13. Optimize Production Quality: Explore quality management requirements for “smart manufacturing” and off-site warehouses under the same quality system.
14. Strengthen Online Supervision: Optimize the national online monitoring platform and hold e-commerce platforms accountable for the vendors they host.
15. Enhance Adverse Reaction Monitoring: Improve data sharing and emphasize the primary responsibility of registrants/notifiers in risk analysis.
16. Extend Supervision: Conduct authenticity verifications of notification data and inspections of testing laboratories.

V. Strengthening Technical Support

17. Team Building: Expand the professional ranks of reviewers and inspectors.
18. Standardization: Accelerate the development of mandatory national standards, focusing on ingredient safety and new technologies.
19. Regulatory Science: Research new tools, standards, and methods for safety assessment and risk early warning.
20. Informatization: Promote full-process digital governance and the use of AI in notification and supervision.

VI. Aligning with International Standards

21. International Cooperation: Deepen participation in international regulatory organizations and support the “going global” of domestic brands.
22. Internationalize Standards: Facilitate the adoption of international standards and increase China’s influence in global standard-setting.
23. Accelerate Animal Testing Alternatives: Gradually implement animal testing exemptions, starting with perming products, non-oxidative hair dyes, and cosmetics using new ingredients beyond the monitoring period.
24. Optimize Management of Permitted Ingredients: Support the timely inclusion of ingredients evaluated by international authorities and with a history of safe use abroad into China’s permitted catalogs (preservatives, sunscreens, etc.).

National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) November 14, 2025