With the implementation of “Regulation on the Control over safety of Hazardous Chemicals (Decree 591)” on 1 December 2011, China has entered a new stage of management on hazardous chemicals. As stipulated in the Decree 591, the environmental Protection authority shall be responsible for the environmental management registration on HCs. Thus, the “MEP Order No 22: Measures for the Environmental Management of Hazardous Chemical Registration (Trial)" was drafted and approved by the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP). The legal text was published on 10 Oct 2012 and the measures will take effect on 1 Mar 2012.