1. The General Office of the State Council issued the Notice on Restricting the Use of Plastic Shopping Bags in Production and Sales, requiring all supermarkets, shopping malls, bazaars and other retail places to implement a system of paid use of plastic shopping bags, and plastic shopping bags are not allowed to be provided free of charge;

2. Passenger trains, passenger ships, buses, planes, stations, airports and tourist attractions are also prohibited from providing ultra-thin plastic shopping bags to passengers and tourists;

3. Plastic shopping bags must be clearly marked, and enterprises are encouraged to provide bags free of charge;

4. Plastic shopping bags must be clearly marked and collected separately. According to the notice, retail outlets are not allowed to provide plastic shopping bags free of charge or include them in the total price of goods. At the same time, relevant departments will formulate specific management measures for the paid use of plastic shopping bags in commodity retail places, and gradually form a market environment for the paid use of plastic shopping bags.

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China prohibits the production, sale and use of ultra-thin plastic shopping bags;

From June 1 2008, the production, sale and use of plastic shopping bags with a thickness of less than 0.025mm were banned nationwide. The Development and Reform Commission should promptly revise the guidance catalogue for industrial restructuring and include ultra-thin plastic shopping bags in the catalogue of obsolete products.

The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine should speed up the revision of the national standards for plastic shopping bags, formulate eye-catching product labels for qualified plastic shopping bags, study and popularize quick and simple detection methods for plastic shopping bags, and urge enterprises to organize production in strict accordance with national standards to ensure the quality of plastic shopping bags.

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