The 2016 National Inventory of Hazardous Wastes was released by MEP together with NDRC and Ministry of Public Security and shall be enforced as of August 1, 2016. The compilation of the latest inventory adhered to the problem-oriented as well as continuity, practicability, and updating-based principles, not only adjusting the inventory of hazardous wastes but also adding a list of exempted hazardous wastes. In this version, the hazardous wastes are reclassified into 479 varieties under 46 categories (including 362 varieties from the previous version and 117 new additions). Also, the List of Exempted Hazardous Wastes is added to raise the management efficiency. The hazardous wastes in this list will be exempted from management at specified stages, under relevant conditions, and in accordance with related descriptions. The list contains 16 varieties of hazardous wastes, and seven of them have already been exempted by relevant environmental standards at a certain stage; as for the remaining nine ones, based on existing researches, their environmental risks may certainly be accepted if they were exempted at a certain stage.

Source: http://english.sepa.gov.cn/News_service/news_release/201606/t20160623_355525.shtml