On April 24, 2026, China’s National Medical Products Administration(NMPA) issued the Notice on Issuing the 2026 Cosmetics Standard Project Initiation Plan. The plan includes a total of 27 standards related to the cosmetics sector, among which the standard “Determination Method for Water Resistance of Sunscreen Cosmetics” is a revised standard, and all the rest are newly formulated standards.
Detailed information on the 27 cosmetic standards is as follows.
1) 2-Methoxy-methyl-p-phenylenediamine and its sulfate
2) HC Blue No. 16
3) Acid Black 1 (CI 20470)
4) Acid Orange 7 (CI 15510)
5) Acid Red 52 (CI 45100)
6) Acid Blue 62 (CI 62045)
7) Retinol, Retinyl Acetate, and Retinyl Palmitate
8) Cosmetic Ingredient – Phenyl Methyl Pyrazolone
9) Cosmetic Ingredient – N-Acetylneuraminic Acid
10) Cosmetic Ingredient – Lauroyl Alanine
11) Cosmetic Ingredient – Polyaminopropyl Biguanide
12) Cosmetic Ingredient – p-Hydroxyacetophenone
13) Acute Oral Toxicity Test – Initial Dose Method Using Cell Cytotoxicity
14) Reproductive and Developmental Toxicity Screening Test
15) Technical Specification for Validation of Toxicological Test Methods
16) Method for Determining Water Resistance of Sunscreen Cosmetics
17) Freeze-Dried Facial Mask
18) Non-Rinse Hair Cleansing Products
19) Guideline for Process Validation of Cosmetics Manufacturing
20) Test Method for Acid Black 1 and 8 Other Ingredients in Cosmetics
21) Test Method for N-Methylpyrrolidone (NMP), N-Ethylpyrrolidone (NEP), and N-Vinylpyrrolidone (NVP) in Cosmetics
22) Ultraviolet-Visible Absorption Spectroscopy (Spectrophotometry)
23) Clinical Evaluation of Whitening Efficacy for Toothpaste
24) Clinical Evaluation of Bad Breath Reduction Efficacy for Toothpaste
25) Toothpaste Ingredient – Dextranase
26) Test Method for Benzoyl Peroxide in Toothpaste
27) Determination of Peroxides in Toothpaste
Please refer to link below.
https://www.nmpa.gov.cn/xxgk/fgwj/gzwj/gzwjhzhp/20260424141521124.html
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