China RoHS

China RoHS (Management Methods for the Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Products) is China’s national regulation restricting hazardous substances in EEE. The current regulation, Order No. 32 (China RoHS 2), was issued by MIIT (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology) and entered into force January 1, 2016, with full phase-in by July 1, 2019. China RoHS restricts the same six substance groups as EU RoHS (lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, PBBs, PBDEs), but applies a different concentration limit framework and requires additional labeling: products containing restricted substances above thresholds must display the orange hazardous substances marking; products below thresholds display the green product logo.

China Management Methods for the Restriction of Hazardous Substances in EEE (Order No. 32, MIIT, 2016); China Standard GB/T 26572:2011 (restricted substance limits).

Products sold in China face a dual compliance challenge: EU RoHS (CE marking) and China RoHS (orange/green labeling) may be required simultaneously. The China RoHS concentration limits for the six original substances align broadly with EU RoHS, but the labeling and product classification (catalog management) system is different. Products on the Catalog of EEP (Electrical and Electronic Products) requiring management of hazardous substances must comply with additional declaration and labeling requirements. Compliance data collected for EU RoHS can largely be reused for China RoHS, but labeling decisions require China-specific assessment.