1. Implementation of GHS in China Ministry of Industry and Information technology 2010.09.15

2. Current status Challenges and Opportunities Next steps 1.Outline 1 2 3

3. Government Departments of China related to GHS Leading Department ： Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Participating Departments ： Ministry of Foreign Affairs; National Development and Reform Commission; Ministry of Finance; Ministry of E nvironmental Protection; Ministry of Transport; Ministry of Railway; Ministry of Agriculture; Ministry of Health; General Administration of Customs; State Administration for Industry and Commerce; General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine; State Administration of Work Safety 1.current status

4. Laws, Regulations and standards Testing Laboratories for GHS 1. 《 Regulations on the Control over Safety of Dangerous Chemicals 》 Being revised 2. 《 Hazardous Chemicals List 》 Being revised 3. 《 General rule for classification and hazard communication of chemicals 》 （ GB13690-2009) take effect in 1 may,2010 4. 《 General rules for precautionary label for chemicals 》 （ GB15258-2009) take effect in 1 may,2010 5. 《 Safety rules for classification 、 precautionary labelling and precautionary statements of chemicals …… 》（ 26 standards ） Shanghai Research Institute of Chemical Industry Testing Center; Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences ;10 Key Laboratories of AQSIQ,etc. 1.current status

5. 1 3 4 Inconsistent with GHS-related laws and regulations, need to summarize and adjust; The revision of national standards can’t be synchronized with the GHS development GHS implementation involves various departments, need to establish coordination mechanisms, integrate resources. Lack of Basic data of Chemicals. High administrative and production costs in implementation of GHS due to the huge amount of Medium and small chemical plants in China Need a long transition period 2. Challenges and Opportunities 2 Low social awareness about GHS; lack of Human Resources for GHS Management and training

6. 1. Chinese government always attaches importance to people's health and safety, environmental protection and sustainable development, and is especially concerned with chemical safety. 2.All the related departments have reached a consensus on setting up coordination mechanism to accelerate the implementation of the GHS 1.Foreign governments and international agencies have recognized the importance of China's implementation of the GHS 2.Projects are funded to help China improve the capacity of the implementation of GHS Opportunities 2. Challenges and Opportunities International Domestic

7. 3. Maintain cooperation and communication with international agencies on the implementation of GHS 2. Cooperate with UNITAR on national capacity building projects 3.Next Steps 1. Set up coordination mechanism for the Implementation of GHS as soon as possible; Develop national strategies of GHS

8. Thank you ！ Petrochemical and Chemical Industry Division, Department of Raw Materials Industry of MIIT Ms Jiang Jian Director Tel ： +86 10 68205568 FAX ： +86 10 68205568 Email ： jiangj@miit.gov.cn