Shanghai Landscaping & City Appearance Administrative Bureau has issued notice, requiring all districts to give full play to the safety responsibility of business entities in addition to special requirements such as protection of buildings and some scenic spots, with the focus placed on safety. Next step, we will urge the front-line units to enhance guidance, clarify supervision responsibilities and avoid simple yet unsafe unification of signboards.

As replied by Shanghai Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau, according to the Interim Measures for the Return without Reasons of Commodities Purchased Online within Seven Days, the seven-day no-hassle return policy may not be applicable to cosmetics confirmed with consumers, provided that reasons for inapplicability disclosed.

Shanghai has issued China's first List of Impunity for Minor Violations and Irregularities in the Market. Since March 15, 2019, 34 kinds of minor violations and irregularities covered in the List will be exempted from administrative punishment.

Adopted. In 2018, relevant guiding opinions were issued to encourage public welfare reporting and crack down on acts of extortion, fraud and abuse of administrative reporting via occupational counterfeit hunting. The situation will be significantly improved as the market becomes increasingly standardized, the guiding opinions are further implemented, and classified management and guidance are adopted for administrative review of complaint handling.

Mandatory national standards are approved or authorized by the State Council. Local standards are all non-mandatory standards. Moreover, there are strict review procedures in preparing local standards, so no barriers will be set for imported products.

Shanghai Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau has set up screening mechanism to organize investigations against trademark squatting considering the actual conditions.

One-stop online affairs handling of Shanghai Municipal People's Government and E-taxation make this process simpler.

On March 13, 2019, Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Justice, Shanghai Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau and Shanghai Municipal Emergency Management Bureau issued the List of Impunity for Minor Violations and Irregularities in the Market to exempt 34 kinds of minor violations from administrative punishment.