Pesticide registration and regulation in China

摘要

Over the past 10 years, the production of pesticide active ingredients has increased in China so that it is now the second largest producer of pesticides in the world. Much of this production is exported. With the entry of China into the World Trade Organization (WTO) it is in China's best interest to bring its own regulatory programmes into harmonization with its major trading partners. As China's pesticide registration process and data requirements become more similar to those in the major pesticide markets around the world. Chinese markets will become more available to foreign producers and, likewise, foreign markets more available to Chinese manufacturers. The regulatory management system in China is analogous to those in Europe and North America. Overall, the process is controlled at the federal level by the Institute for the Contro! of Agrochemicals, Ministry of Agriculture (ICAMA), with certain regulatory and supervisory responsibilities delegated to provincial, municipal and autonomous regional Institutes for Control of Agrochemicals (ICAs).