NEWSROUNDUP
The Big Picture
A roundup of news relevant to operations in China
shipping lines and customers handle their
documentation and operations for ship-
ments bound for China.
Policy
Healthcare for the masses –
coming soon?
The Chinese Central Government an-
nounced health care reform guidelines on
April 8th that are scheduled to take place
over the course of the next ten years,
marking a huge step forward towards
providing universal health care for the
Chinese population. The government has
been testing these guidelines over the last
few years in Chengdu with great success.
Their primary goal is to provide universal
The Chinese government is planning to provide universal health care by 2020.
and fair care and, as part of this most re-
cent announcement, they invested an ini-
Quality Customs tial US$124 billion into the current health
care system. This influx is intended to spe-
Guangdong FDA finds carcino- China: new rule for 24 hour ad- cifically target the needs of the rural, poor,
gen in hair dye vance manifest unemployed, and migrant workers.
The Guangdong Provincial Consumers’ China plans to impose new rules govern-
Commission recently exposed five kinds ing entry of cargo in which all cargo bound Foreign ban on China express
of hair dye as containing harmful chemi- for China will be subject to the 24 hours mail
cals, and now Guangdong Provincial Food advance manifest rule. In shipping termi- China’s parliament has revised the na-
and Drug Administration has reported that nology a manifest is a document that lists tion’s postal law in a move that will ban
six more hair dye products, made by five all cargo carried on a specific vessel. With foreign delivery companies from handling
companies, have been found to contain the new regulation, carriers undertaking domestic express mail. The revised law
m-Phenylenediamine. The main use of m- shipments to China must submit manifest was passed by the National’s People’s
Phenylenediamine is as an industrial dye. details to Chinese customs 24 hours be- Congress on April 24 despite opposition
It is widely known as a chemical that can fore a ship arrives at the port of loading from express delivery giants including
cause gene mutations, cancer, or body anywhere in the world. The new regulation DHL, FedEx, and UPS, the China Daily
malformation. It is banned for use in cos- will have a significant impact on the way reported.
metics.
Toyota recalls over 250,000
Camry cars
Toyota Motor Corp will recall 259,119
Camry cars made between 2006 and last
year on the mainland because of problems
with the brake system. The sedans were
made by Toyota’s JV with Guangzhou Au-
tomotive Industry Corp between 15 May
2006 and 3 March 2008. The recall is
the second-biggest on the mainland after
Honda Motor’s recall of 528,000 units in
2007 due to power-steering flaws.
18 MAY/JUNE 2009
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