INSIDE THIS ISSUE. Fujian to Manage Food and Drug by Safety Credit. Health Authority Advocates More Fruit and Vegetable. August 4, 2015 Issue 152

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1 August 4, 2015 Issue 152 INSIDE THIS ISSUE Fujian to Manage Food and Drug by Safety Credit Health Authority Advocates More Fruit and Vegetable CFDA Launches Information Platform for Food Safety Spot Check Regulators Train Media on How to Report Food Safety Online Store Fined 3.5 Million yuan For Selling Illegal Overseas Health Products Chronic Disease on Rise in China: Health Survey Chinese People Getting Taller and Fatter Foreign Brands Losing Luster in China Face Value China Will Reach Pollution Peak in 5 to 10 Years China Launches Healthy Eating Campaign to Combat Expanding Waistlines Fujian to Manage Food and Drug by Safety Credit To better regulate the local food and drug market, improving the effectiveness of regulation, the local food and drug authority of Fujian province said that it would classify different cases in the food and drug field and manage them based on the safety credit level. The major or emergency cases will be classified into the A column, which will be directly handled by the national FDA and provincial authority of Fujian. The B cases will be addressed by the FDA of Fujian province, while the C cases, which refer to the cases that the Fujian regulator help with and happen outside the province, will be handled by related provincial or lower departments. (Source: China Economy Net) Health Authority Advocates More Fruit and Vegetable China's health authority and All- China Journalists Association (ACJA) jointly kicked off a public campaign advising citizens to consume a quarter kilogram of fruits and half a kilo vegetables everyday.the dietary balance campaign will be launched across several cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu, according to a statement issued by the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC). Unbalanced diet results in people becoming overweight, obese and a rise in chronic disease, Wu Liangyou, an NHFPC official, said in the statement.

2 U.S. CHINA HEALTH PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION The campaign followed the "2015 Report on Chinese Nutrition and Chronic Disease", released by the NHFPC on June 30, which highlighted the alarming rate of stretching waistlines. "The obesity rate among adults was 11.9 percent in 2012, a rise of 67.6 percent from 2002, and 6.4 percent among children and adolescents, a rate tripling that of 2002," the statement said. The average Chinese person takes in excessive amount of fat which accounts for more than 30 percent of energy intake, while the consumption of vegetables and fruits are decreasing. The campaign belongs to an annual public health initiative jointly held by the NHFPC and ACJA which focuses on one risk factor of chronic disease each year. (Source: Xinhua) CFDA Launches Information Platform for Food Safety Spot Check To better meet the request by the national regulator on information release of food safety monitoring, CFDA launched an online platform to release information of food safety spot checks. The act aims to better inform the public of information of related food products. The platform includes all the released information of the state regulator since 2015, and will update the information timely when necessary. The consumers, production operators, the press can search in the platform for information including whether the product has passed the spot checks, company names and address of the company which makes the product, the test result and criteria of the inspections. Any suggestion on how to make the platform better is welcomed. (Source :CFDA) Regulators Train Media on How to Report Food Safety The state regulator recently held a training seminar for the online media on the topic of how to report on food safety issues. It is part of the national food safety promotion week which was kicked off late last month. Wang Minzhu, deputy chief of CFDA, attended the seminar, and addressed in the meeting. She stressed that the press play a vital role in helping the public to rationally get involve in solving food safety problems, along with other legal, regulatory and market methods. She pointed out that the online media has been a major source, and obtaining information via the new media has become a popular behavior activity in today s society. It becomes increasingly important to form a responsible public opinion atmosphere by the media in ways of releasing scientific and helpful information. The seminar was guided by the food safety office of the State Council, and was supported by the national information office. Over 60 media outlets nationwide attended the seminar. (Source: CFDA) Online Store Fined 3.5 Million Yuan For Selling Illegal Overseas Health Products The local market regulators of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, held a press conference to release information of an online store which was selling foreign health products and cosmetics without

3 4 5 U.S. CHINA HEALTH PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION registration, also on the rise, the report said, without mentioning previous data. Chinese label and did not pass regulatory test. The store owner was fined by about 3.5 million yuan. Only 27 kinds of health food and imported cosmetics approved by the state regulator are allowed to sell in the local market, said a director of the local market regulation office. In the past few years, the public security bureaus have detained fake Amway products that value at 200 million yuan. Amway said it would partner with the local inspectors to spot the fakes. (Source: Beijing Morning News) Moreover, 533 out of every 100,000 Chinese residents died from chronic disease in 2012, accounting for 86.6 percent of all deaths, with cardia- cerebrovascular disease, cancer and chronic respiratory disease the top causes. Lung cancer is the most frequently- occurring cancer among Chinese men, and breast cancer among women, the report said. Longer life expectancy and an aging population prompted a rise in chronic disease, the report said. Chronic Disease on Rise in China: Health It said smoking, overdrinking, insufficient physical Survey exercise and unhealthy diet featuring excessive salt and fat are triggers of chronic diseases. "Body movement for the average Chinese is at a low level," the report said, finding only 18.7 percent of those between 20 and 69 regularly exercise (at least three times a week, 30 minutes per time) in It took researchers one and a half years to finish the report, which was based on latest data from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Cancer Center and other institutes. China had its first public nutrition and health survey The number of people suffering from chronic disease in China rose during the period, according to a nationwide health survey released by the country's health authorities on Tuesday. The "2015 report on Chinese nutrition and chronic disease" was released by the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) at a press conference. According to the report, hypertension prevalence among Chinese adults was 25.2 percent, and diabetes was 9.7 percent, both higher than 2002 levels. The incidence rate of cancer was 235 out of 100,000 people in 2013, according to the national tumor in 2002, with results announced in Since 2004, the nation has carried out field surveys every three years to collect data on causes of death, chronic disease and other health issues.(source: Xinhua) Chinese People Getting Taller and Fatter Chinese people are growing taller as the country becomes richer but they are getting fatter even faster, the government and state media said. The proportion of Chinese over- 18s who were overweight stood at 30.1% in 2012, up 7.3 percentage points over a decade, Wang Guoqiang, a vice director of the National Health and Family Planning Commission, told a press conference.

4 6 7 U.S. CHINA HEALTH PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION The obesity rate had risen by 4.8 percentage points that fatalities in China each year were to 11.9%, he said on Tuesday - a two- thirds linked to high body- mass index, an indicator for increase. heart disease, diabetes and other ailments.(source: AFP) "The problem of overweight and obesity is rising sharply as the dietary make- up has changed," Wang Foreign Brands Losing Luster in China said. Move over Western brands, Chinese companies are The average Chinese man weighed 66.2 kg in 2012, taking over. he said, citing a government report on national nutrition and chronic diseases, with women China s 1.34 billion- plus consumers are filling their weighing in at kg. shopping baskets with Chinese- branded toothpaste, laundry detergent, juice, cookies and more, Males have put on an average 3.5 kg over 10 years, according to a new study from consultancies Kantar the China Daily said Wednesday citing previous Worldpanel and Bain & Co. figures, while women were 2.9 kg heavier. "Smoking, excessive drinking of alcohol, insufficient physical exercises and unhealthy diet such as high salt and fat consumption are the main behaviour risk factors that trigger and worsen chronic diseases," Wang said at the briefing. Local Chinese companies have become more competitive and are leveraging their strength in smaller cities, where growth rates are higher than in top cities like Beijing and Shanghai, according to the study, which looked at the shopping habits of 40,000 consumers. "Pressures brought by the rapid development and transformation of the economy and society on people's life and work have also caused impact on health," he added. The average Chinese man was cm tall, the figures showed, and women's average height was cm. They were up just 0.4 cm and 0.7 cm repectively from 10 years earlier, the China Daily report said. The numbers made Chinese people "slightly shorter" than their neighbours in Japan and South Korea, the newspaper said, quoting Liang Xiaofeng, The result is that foreign brands are losing market deputy director of the Chinese Centre for Disease share in large consumer goods categories such as Control and Prevention. personal care, home care and packaged foods all A report published in The Lancet last year showed across China, from its biggest to smallest cities, Bain said. And sales growth, which is dwindling as China s

5 8 9 U.S. CHINA HEALTH PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION economy slows, is going primarily to Chinese companies, such as fabric- softener maker Guangzhou Liby Enterprise and juicer Tian Di No. 1 Beverage, it said. Over a two- week period, Yu Meng, a student in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, had cosmetic surgeries on her face twice. She had a nose job, cheek enhancement and chin augmentation. While that s good news for Chinese brands, it s nothing to cheer about for global companies, which have been banking on Chinese shoppers to boost their sales. China s economy is also slowing, meaning that the days of easy money in China are over and tireless boardroom references to China s emerging middle class as the saving grace may soon be put to rest. As soon as she could, she took out her mobile phone and looked at her face, "look, my chin is much thinner," she exclaimed and sent her photo to her friends via Wechat. Yu said that she has been always worried about her appearance, insecure about what she sees as her big face, small eyes and thick arms. When she worked part- time at a beauty salon, her customers Some companies, like Best Buy Co. and Home Depot mocked her saying "your skin is so bad, how can you Inc., have either exited or are rethinking their goals sell skincare products?" in China. Best Buy Co. sold all its remaining stores in Though she is a diligent student, Yu lacks China last year, citing online competition. confidence. "In this society, appearances are so important. It is an age of face value," she said. But there s still growth for many foreign brands. Foreign makers of beer, chewing gum and hair A nose job costs around 9,000 yuan ($1,450), a chin conditioner are still gaining traction and market augmentation is priced at around 20,000 yuan and a share from Chinese companies, according to Bain. cheek enhancement procedure can cost up to 30,000 yuan. Some students save up for the Below are charts from Bain & Co and Kantar operations with part- time jobs but often parents Worldpanel showing how Chinese companies are fork out the cash for the procedures. standing up against foreign rivals at retail and in consumer products. (Source:WSJ) In July, students start their summer holidays. According to the Changsha Daily, a newspaper Face Value based in Hunan Province, four times more students are seeking cosmetic surgery now compared with the year's previous months. More than 50 percent of patients seeking cosmetic surgery are college students. "After the summer vacation, many college graduates will start work. The vacation is a good time for them to get a 'fresh appearance,'" said a cosmetic surgeon working in Changsha, Hunan. However, the surgeon warns college students that cosmetic surgeries have certain health risks and

6 0 1 U.S. CHINA HEALTH PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION people should only go to major hospitals for these curbing environmental pollution," he added. operations. Meanwhile, the surgeon tell college graduates that success depends on one's abilities "But the 13th Five- Year Plan ( ) will also rather than one's beauty. present great opportunities to improve the environment because of growing attention from After the US and Brazil, China has become the the central government and an improved legal largest market for cosmetic surgery in the world. system protecting the environment." As of 2013, 5.4 million Chinese have paid to have their looks altered surgically. This number is The minister spoke during the International expected to increase to 7.4 million in 2015 and Advisory Meeting on the Environment and 11.1 million in (Source: Global Times) Development for China's 13th Five- Year Plan, held in Beijing on Tuesday. China Will Reach Pollution Peak in 5 to 10 Many environmental experts and officials have Years shared their suggestions on the national road map China will reach its peak in the emission of major in the next five years. pollutants in the next five to 10 years, experts said China needs to use "greenization" to push the on Tuesday. development of the plan, said Ren Yong, assistant However, that will not trigger the turning point for secretary- general of the council, who headed the the quality of the environment, according to a experts' research. report from the China Council for International "To measure 'greenization', China needs to Cooperation on Environment and Development. stipulate specific indicators and binding targets in "It will take 15 to 20 years to reduce emissions various fields," he said. (Source: China Daily) enough to bring about a fundamental change for the better," said Chen Jining, the minister of China Launches Healthy Eating Campaign environmental protection. to Combat Expanding Waistlines The next five years will prove critical as China continues toward its goal of building a prosperous society, yet the quality of the environment may hinder it from realizing its goals, he said. "The rapid economic growth in the past years has come with a high price in the environment. The ability of the ecology and the environment to cope with some forms of pollution has reached or exceeded its limits." China faces more complex pollution issues than those encountered by developed countries in the past, with multiple pollution sources in different China's health authority and All- China Journalists regions and industries, Chen said. Association (ACJA) jointly kicked off a public campaign advising citizens to consume a quarter "The large emission of major pollutants and the kilogram of fruits and half a kilo of vegetables huge social and economic gap between the eastern everyday. and western regions are also creating obstacles for 6

7 U.S. CHINA HEALTH PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION The dietary balance campaign will be launched in several cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou in South China's Guangdong Province and Chengdu in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, according to a statement issued by the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) over the weekend. Unbalanced diet results in people becoming overweight, obese and a rise in chronic disease, Wu Liangyou, an NHFPC official, said in the statement. The campaign followed the "2015 Report on Chinese Nutrition and Chronic Disease," released by the NHFPC on June 30, which highlighted the alarming rate of increasing waistlines. The average weight of men is 66.2 kilograms and 57.3 kilogram for women, some two to three kilograms heavier than in 2002, said the report. "The obesity rate among adults was 11.9 percent in 2012, a rise of 67.6 percent from 2002, and 6.4 percent among children and adolescents, a rate tripling that of 2002," the statement said. The average Chinese person consumes an excessive amount of fat which accounts for more than 30 percent of their energy intake, while their consumption of vegetables and fruits is decreasing. The campaign belongs to an annual public health initiative jointly held by the NHFPC and ACJA which focuses on one risk factor of chronic disease each year. Some 25.2 percent of Chinese adults suffer from hypertension and 9.7 percent from diabetes, both higher than 2002 levels. (Source: Global Times) China Updates is published weekly by the U.S. China Health Products Association, a non- profit organization dedicated to the promotion of dietary supplements and nutritional ingredients. The association s major focus is the continued development of China s overall natural health product industry as well as offer business services to its global members. ADVERTISE WITH CHINA UPDATES FOR AS LITTLE AS $1,400 FOR 52 WEEKS CONTACT US NOW: news@uschinahpa.org Copyright 2015 U.S. China Health Products Association. All Rights Reserved 7