2024-10-03
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the "rare earth management regulations" were recently announced.effective from october 1, 2024. the "regulations" clarify that rare earth resources belong to the state, and the state strengthens the protection of rare earth resources in accordance with the law and implements protective mining of rare earth resources. at the same time, encourage and support the research and development and application of new technologies, new processes, new products, new materials, and new equipment in the rare earth industry, continue to improve the level of development and utilization of rare earth resources, and promote the high-end, intelligent, and green development of the rare earth industry. the regulations propose thatno organization or individual may acquire, process, sell, or export illegally mined or illegally smelted rare earth products.。
the newly revised "regulations on military pensions and preferential treatments"effective from october 1. it aims to ensure the country's pension and preferential treatment for military personnel, inspire military personnel's dedication to defending and building the motherland, strengthen national defense and military modernization, and make military personnel a profession respected by the whole society. the "regulations" propose that the state establishes a care and assistance mechanism for pensioners and preferential treatment recipients.gradually improve the registration system for information files on the living conditions of pension and preferential treatment recipients, where conditions permit, a retired military care fund can be established, and the retired military care fund can be fully utilized to carry out assistance and assistance, and increase the care and assistance for pension and preferential treatment recipients who have experienced major changes in their lives and encounter special difficulties.
seven departments including the ministry of civil affairs issued the "guiding opinions on strengthening the supervision of prepaid fees in elderly care institutions" to stipulate the collection requirements and usage of prepaid fees. this opinionsinceeffective from october 1, 2024, valid for 5 years. in terms of the amount of advance charges, the "opinions" stipulate thatthe period for collecting pension service fees in advance shall not exceed 12 months., the deposit collected from a single elderly person shall not exceed 12 times the monthly bed fee for that elderly person. in terms of usage,"opinions" lists out a "negative list", for example, membership fees may not be used for high-risk investments such as non-self-use real estate, securities, financial derivatives, direct or indirect investment in companies whose main business is the purchase and sale of securities, or other borrowing purposes. the opinions also stipulate thatelderly care institutions shall not induce the elderly or their agents to pay advance fees by promising to repay principal and interest, providing other investment returns, etc.. deposits and membership fees should be managed through commercial bank third-party depository and risk deposit methods to ensure the safety of funds.
the ministry of finance, the ministry of commerce, the ministry of culture and tourism, the general administration of customs, and the state administration of taxation issued the "notice on improving the city's duty-free shop policies".clarified from october 1, 2024, standardize the management of duty-free shops in the city in accordance with the "interim measures for the management of duty-free shops in the city" and promote the healthy and orderly development of duty-free shops in the city. according to the notice,there are currently 6 duty-free shops in beijing, shanghai, qingdao, dalian, xiamen and sanya., the "measures" will apply from the date of implementation of the "notice"; there are currently 13 foreign exchange commodity duty-free shops in beijing, shanghai, harbin, etc.transform into a city duty-free shop within 3 months from the date of implementation of the "notice", start business after passing customs inspection and acceptance. at the same time, in 8 cities including guangzhou, chengdu, shenzhen, tianjin, wuhan, xi'an, changsha and fuzhou,establish one duty-free shop in each city。
the newly revised "aeronautical sports management measures"effective from october 1, 2024, the "aeronautical sports management measures" (national sports commission order no. 15) issued on august 10, 1991 was abolished at the same time. the "measures" propose that pilots who fly civil aircraft to participate in aviation sports,must hold a valid civil aircraft pilot license issued or recognized by the civil aviation authority, in compliance with relevant regulations on civil aviation physical examination. personnel who use aviation sports equipment to take off to participate in aviation sports,must obtain a physical examination certificate from a class iia or above medical unit. people engaged in skydiving,must be at least 18 years old (professional athletes can adjust their age appropriately according to the actual situation);single pilots engaged in sports such as paragliding, paramotoring, hang gliding, and powered hang gliders,must be at least 16 years old, manned flight personnel must be at least 18 years old。
"universal graphic markings for household and similar electrical appliances" national standardeffective from october 1, 2024. standards specifying electrical appliances for household and similar purposesterminology, classification and symbols for general graphic signs, and stipulates the general requirements and design requirements for graphic signs. suitable for the design, production, sales and inspection of household and similar electrical appliances. the standard mainly stipulates the terms and definitions of graphic signs, safety signs, functional signs and prompt signs, and classifies them according to the functions of graphic signs. principles are given for the application of height, shape, proportion, color and text of graphic signs, as well as the application of safety signs and graphic signs. it also stipulates the design requirements for common graphic marks for household and similar electrical appliances, including mark style, chinese and english names, categories, functions and corresponding descriptions.
"technical specifications for collaborative disposal of solid waste in cement kilns"effective from october 1. the standard stipulates the identification and detection requirements for cement kiln collaborative disposal of solid waste, disposal process technology and management requirements, heavy metal content limits for raw materials entering the kiln and cement clinker, leachable heavy metal content limits for cement clinker, detection methods and frequency of detection. wait. it is suitable for the production process, product control and management of cement kiln collaborative disposal of solid waste. this standardthe cement kiln co-processing process was standardized and controlled from three aspects: the heavy metal content in the raw materials entering the kiln, the heavy metal content in the cement clinker, and the leachable heavy metal content in the cement clinker.. at the same time, this standard has added a new heavy metal content limit detection method to facilitate cement companies to test solid waste more conveniently, accurately and stably, and meet the detection needs of different solid wastes.
the ministry of finance and the state administration of taxation jointly announced to clarify the stamp tax policies related to enterprise restructuring and restructuring and public institution restructuring.effective from october 1, 2024 to december 31, 2027。in terms of stamp tax policy on business booksfor new enterprises established during the process of enterprise restructuring and restructuring as well as the restructuring of public institutions, the total amount of paid-in capital (share capital) and capital reserves recorded in their newly opened operating accounts will no longer be subject to stamp tax on the part that has already paid stamp duty.stamp duty policy on taxable contracts, for various types of taxable contracts written but not yet completed before the restructuring of enterprises and public institutions, if the post-reorganization entity inherits the rights and obligations of the original contract and does not change the tax calculation basis of the original contract, the stamp duty has been paid before the restructuring no longer pay stamp duty.stamp tax policy on property transfer documents, stamp tax is exempted from property rights transfer documents issued due to enterprise restructuring, merger, division, bankruptcy liquidation and restructuring of public institutions. the people's government at or above the county level or its affiliated departments with state-owned assets management responsibilities shall make administrative adjustments to the ownership of land, houses, etc. in accordance with regulations, and write property rights transfer documents for the internal transfer of land, houses, etc. to the same investment entity. according to it, stamp duty is exempted.
the revised new version of the "measurement and inspection rules for net content of quantitatively packaged goods" was published onofficially implemented on october 12, 2024. quantitatively packaged goods refer to goods intended for sale.prepackaged goods with unified quality, volume, length, area, count labeling and other identification contents within a certain quantity limit. drugs and hazardous chemicals are excluded. for the numerical part of the net content label, it is recommended that no more than 3 significant digits be used to guide companies to provide consumers with clearer net content information. it is clearly stipulated that the net content label "should be clearly visible on the main display surface of the product packaging or on the product label." it is in a prominent position and is obviously different from the background color of the product packaging."
source: chinese government website