China NMPA Announcement No. 70 (2026): registration and filing relief — and where responsibility moved
Original source
Announcement / notice国家药监局关于化妆品注册备案有关事项的公告（2026年第70号）
Regulatory Details
Official source. NMPA Announcement No. 70 of 2026
Key points
- Encourages China-first or simultaneous global launches of new cosmetics.
- Expands situations where animal-test data can be reduced or replaced — check whether your product type qualifies.
- Widens accepted efficacy-evaluation methods.
- Raw-material safety-info files and reporting codes are no longer filled in the portal; keep them on file. Still submit manufacturer name; still submit specs/test reports where STSC requires.
- Similar formula systems may share safety and efficacy packages (scope can be refined by technical guidelines).
Dates. Published 29 July 2026. Apply the announcement text for the start date of each measure.
Verify in the official text. Which of the eight measures apply to general vs special cosmetics and to toothpaste; archive contents equivalent to former Annex 14.
Open questions. Confirm any transitional stock rules and whether your exact INCI / product type is named. This desk brief is a prioritisation aid, not a legal determination.
What changed: NMPA rewrote several registration/filing duties: less portal data, more on-site archive, plus launch and evidence-sharing relief.
Who is affected: China registrants, filers, and their domestic Responsible Persons; raw-material suppliers who used to drive the safety-code workflow.
Suggested next steps: 1. Read the announcement and the interpretation side by side. 2. Redesign the raw-material archive so a provincial inspector can retrieve it. 3. Flag SKU families that might share a safety/efficacy package.
Business Impact
NMPA issued Announcement No. 70 on 29 July 2026, with a same-day policy interpretation, covering eight clusters of registration/filing practice.
Every brand that files or registers cosmetics (or toothpaste) in China should care — especially importers who have been blocked by raw-material safety-code logistics.
Business risk is medium: paperwork gets lighter, but inspectors will expect the archived raw-material file to exist when they ask.
This week: list which live filings still depend on supplier safety-info codes, and decide who inside the company now owns the archive.
Also diary whether you can reuse safety or claim evidence across a “similar formula system” — that is a real cycle-time win if you qualify.
Confirm details in the official announcement; this is a process brief, not a filing strategy.
Official text
Unofficial English translation of NMPA Announcement No. 70 of 2026 (29 July 2026) and the same-day official interpretation. The Chinese official text prevails.
Purpose
NMPA issued Announcement No. 70 to refine registration and filing practice under the Cosmetic Supervision and Administration Regulation and the Measures for the Administration of Cosmetic Registration and Filing. The same-day interpretation groups the measures around eight themes, including:
- Encouraging first launch of new cosmetics in China, or simultaneous launch in China and other markets, against high-standard international economic and trade rules.
- Reducing animal-test data burdens where the product type qualifies.
- Widening the accepted range of efficacy-claim evaluation methods.
- Clarifying quality and safety responsibility of the registrant/filer while reducing portal data entry.
- Allowing products in a similar formula system to share safety and efficacy-evaluation dossiers. Technical review departments may later refine what “similar formula system” means through technical guidelines.
Raw-material safety information (interpretation, Q6)
When registering or filing a product (including toothpaste), the registrant/filer no longer fills in the raw-material safety-information file and reporting code in the portal. Those materials are kept on file by the company for inspection. The manufacturer name of each raw material is still filled in.
Where STSC or other technical documents require quality specifications for a raw material, the registrant/filer must still submit the specification or a test report in the formula column or in the safety-assessment materials — including where only a basic safety-assessment conclusion is submitted under the safety-assessment dossier guide.
If the raw-material manufacturer or specification changes: where content in the formula and the identity/ratio of constituents are unchanged, the company updates manufacturer information on the platform itself. Other changes follow the change procedures in the registration/filing dossier rules (see former Annex 14 materials for what to keep on file).