On Dec 28th 2017, Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) published on its website the Catalogue of Priority Chemicals (1st Batch) and explained the risk control measures on these chemicals.
The draft of the Catalogue was issued in October and open to public consultation. The scope of the priority chemicals shrunk from 36 types of chemicals with 59 CAS numbers in the draft to 22 types of chemicals with 38 CAS numbers in the finalized version of the Catalogue. These chemicals will be included in compulsory national standards and restricted or even banned from use in some products.