On September 4, 2023, China National Institutes for Food and Drug Control (NIFDC) approved the Guidelines for Submitting Information through the Cosmetic Ingredient Safety Information Submission Platform (the Guidelines).

The objective of developing the Guidelines is to provide guidance to ingredient manufacturers on the correct use of the Ingredient Safety Information Submission Platform (the Platform) and standardize the submission of ingredient safety information. The Guidelines consists of 13 Articles, including the basis, purpose, application scope, submitting entity, submission content, the generation and use of ingredient submission codes, etc.