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The latest regulations of the cosmetics industry have become more stringent after the release. Subsequent products claims must have corresponding toxicology reports and test reports.

• pchi interview
• cosmetics interviews

Plant extracts use plants as raw materials and undergo a series of physical and chemical extraction processes to obtain plant products composed of one or more natural active ingredients.

• plant extract
• production sale
• natural active ingredients

Oligosaccharides refer to low-degree polymeric sugars linked by 2-10 monosaccharides via glycosidic bonds. They are commonly found in plants in nature.

• functional oligosaccharides
• stachyose

Internal and external factors have superimposed, international crude oil has broken down, and overall chemical products have generally recovered. Expectations are now falling simultaneously.

• crude oil broke
• chemicals prices

Two new inactivated COVID-19 vaccines developed by Sinopharm(CNPGC) were also unveiled for the first time at the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services, which opened in Beijing last weekend.

• Covid 19 vaccine
• china vaccine
• sinopharm vaccine

Regarding the current development and future trends of China and the global medical beauty market, experts in the field of Focus Chem gave professional opinions and answers!

• pchi interview
• Focus Chem

Hansen said that the natural product comes from turmeric, but it effectively overcomes the peculiar smell of turmeric. Because turmeric has photosensitivity, this product is suitable for a variety of non-transparent packaged foods such as candy, ice cream

• heat-stable curcumin
• turmeric

Recently, researchers in Australia and other countries have discovered that a protein naturally produced by the liver can lower the blood sugar levels of lab rats suffering from diabetes, and hope to develop new drugs to treat type 2 diabetes

• protein research
• food additives research

the European Commission issued Implementation Regulations (EU) 2020/1163, according to European Parliament and Council Regulations (EU) 2015/2283, authorizing the use of vitamin D2 mushroom powder on the market as a new type of food for breakfast cereals

• vitamin D2
• mushroom powder
• nutritional supplement

More than 17,000 companies will attend the upcoming China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, organizers said.

• china fair
• china trade news
• china trade fair

China has formalized 15 new national e-commerce demonstration bases in efforts to foster the development of the sector.

• china ecommerce
• china B2B

Looking back at 2016, the price of TDI exceeded RMB 50,000 (actually, the price rose by RMB 20,000 in just 5 days in October 2016, and then gradually fell). This year, the situation is similar and different

• TDI SURGE
• TDI price surge

The cost of air freight from China to Europe, the US and Japan are rising as China takes the lead in resuming production after the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Japanese news website nikkei.com's Chinese edition reported on Aug 24.

• china air cargo
• china logistics

Two months after 10 Chinese customs began an experimental supervision mode to boost B2B e-commerce export, 12 more customs were added to the pilot program on Tuesday by China's General Administration of Customs.

• china B2B
• B2B export

Today's East China market price of 16,000-17,000 yuan, up 1,000 CNY/ton from yesterday, offer confusion.

• china TDI
• asia TDI price

Beauty cosmetics and skin care products have even become the "lipstick index" in 2020, becoming a new generation of consumer products to measure consumers' shopping tendency and preference during the economic downturn.

• global beauty recovery
• M&A

Import negotiations in the Asian plasticizer market have reached an impasse amid widening bid-ask spreads.

• Asian plasticizer market
• asian chemical market

As raw material prices are still high, plasticizer sellers have been rushing to increase their quotations to protect their profits; and buyers are unwilling to make promises when prices in the Chinese domestic market continue to fall.

• Asian plasticizer market

Recently, industry sources said Saudi Arabia and Aramco are expected to cut the official price of crude oil for Asian buyers for the second straight month as the Middle East benchmark crude price slides and refining margins are weak.

• Saudi Arabia asian
• asian crude oil

Conditioners gradually extended from the food and health fields to the beauty field, and quickly became an essential ingredient in products.

• Ganoderma licidum
• Hollyhock root
• Licorice root