China plans to add 11 new substances to existing chemicals inventory 
On December 2, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment released on its website a list of 11 chemicals it plans to add to the Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances in China (IECSC), and solicited public comments about them until December 15. The chemicals are listed in the table below.
| No. | English name | CAS Number |
| 1 | 3,4-Dimethyl-benzaldehyde | 5973-71-7 |
| 2 | 4-Amino-N-(4-aminophenyl)benzenesulphonamide | 16803-97-7 |
| 3 | 4-(Trifluoromethyl)benzoic acid | 455-24-3 |
| 4 | Propanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-, C12-13-branched alkyl esters | 1471312-26-1 |
| 5 | N,N’-Carbonyldiimidazole | 530-62-1 |
| 6 | L-Alaninol | 2749-11-3 |
| 7 | Benzyl glycidyl ether | 2930-05-4 |
| 8 | 1H-1-Benzazepine-1-acetic acid, 3-amino-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-2-oxo-, 1,1-dimethylethyl ester, (3S)- | 109010-60-8 |
| 9 | 4′-Bromomethyl-biphenyl-2-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester | 114772-40-6 |
| 10 | N-Phenyl guanidine | 2002-16-6 |
| 11 | 6-Bromo-3-methyl-3H-dibenz[f,ij]isoquinoline-2,7-dione | 81-85-6 |
The ministry reviewed these chemicals and confirmed that they met the criteria for addition to the IECSC specified by the Measures on the Environmental Management and Registration of New Chemical Substances and the Guidelines for the Environmental Management and Registration of New Chemical Substances, after companies and industry groups submitted requests for their addition.
In an announcement in June 2019, the ministry stated that companies and industry groups can request the addition of new substances to the IECSC if they have been produced in or imported into China before October 15, 2003. Many companies, including Japanese-owned firms, and industry groups have submitted this request.
The official list of the chemicals planned to be added to the inventory (in simplified Chinese) is available at
https://www.mee.gov.cn/ywgz/gtfwyhxpgl/hxphjgl/wzml/202112/W020211202364394621548.pdf
