On March 20, 2024, SAMR solicited opinions on the "Decision of the State Council on Adjusting the Catalogue of Industrial Product Production License Management and Improving the Approval Methods (Draft for Soliciting Opinions)." The deadline for feedback is April 3, 2024.

The document proposes that China plans to implement the industrial product production license management system for six high-risk products including liquefied petroleum gas regulators, safety helmets, wire ropes, cold-rolled ribbed steel bars, plywood, and particleboard.

It is expected that after the adjustment, the products subject to the industrial product production license management will increase from 21 types in 10 categories to 27 types in 14 categories. Specific products falling under this admission mechanism include: hot-rolled steel bars for reinforced concrete, cold-rolled ribbed steel bars, cement, broadcast and television transmission equipment, RMB counterfeit detectors, prestressed concrete railway bridge simple beams, wires and cables, hazardous chemical inorganic products, hazardous chemical chlorine-alkali products, hazardous chemical industrial gas products, hazardous chemical reagent products, hazardous chemical organic products, hazardous chemical petroleum products, hazardous chemical packaging and containers, hazardous chemical tanks, compound fertilizer, phosphate fertilizer, paper packaging and containers for food, detergent for food use, electric food processing equipment, pressure cookers, bottled liquefied petroleum gas regulators, wire ropes, plywood, particleboard, and safety helmets.

In addition, the document also points out that the authority responsible for implementing industrial product production license management will be changed from the "provincial-level market supervision and administration departments" to the "provincial-level competent authorities for industrial product production licenses."