Meeting with Shanghai Pudong New Area Market Supervision Administration

2017-12-19 | Beijing

Meeting with Shanghai Pudong New Area Market Supervision Administration

European Chamber CAC (Cosmetics Advisory Committee) members paid a visit to Shanghai Pudong New Area Market Supervision Administration (PDMSA) and had a friendly and constructive view exchange meeting with the Director of PDMSA. The Deputy Director and division officials in charge of cosmetics work and inspection team were also presented at the meeting.

Member companies highly appraised the reform of cosmetics publication system firstly undertook by PDMSA, which allows to the most extent a streamlined marketing process for imported non-special cosmetics, greatly saving time for companies to bring in the newest cosmetic products from abroad to domestic consumers. Deputy Director Shen introduced the current execution of the publication system, e.g. 1300 plus applications, extra scrutiny on the authenticity and sufficiency of the materials etc., and their next work plan in improving the system, for instance, add modification function and deliver more trainings on ‘domestic responsible person’. Both sides also exchanged views on the topic of extending the pilot success to other capable free trade zones and joint research and study on safety assessment.

Director Wu expressed their appreciation to companies’ contribution and support to PDMSA in making the reform a smooth implementation and emphasized that they are more positioned as serving department to assist industry flourish rather than a mere supervisory body. He welcomed more communications from the Chamber and companies and good advices to make their work a higher level.