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China plans regulation to guide beauty industry

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce plans to make public a regulation to govern the booming but complaint-beset beauty and cosmetics industry, China Daily reported Tuesday.

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The Chinese Ministry of Commerce plans to make public a regulation to govern the booming but complaint-beset beauty and cosmetics industry, China Daily reported Tuesday.

The ministry is circulating a draft regulation, which will soon appear on its official website for public comment.

Pan Xiaoming, president assistant of China Beauty and Cosmetics Chamber (CBCC), said Monday that the regulation will play a big role in the sector.

Some 120 million people now work in the industry which involves investment of over 200 billion yuan (24 billion US dollars), the paper said.

With larger pockets since the 1980s, many Chinese are willing to spend more on hair and beauty products. Streets in some cities are filled with salons and parlors. Statistics show that each urban resident currently spends an average of 30 yuan on cosmetics every month.

However, there have been more than 200,000 malpractice lawsuitsfiled in the last decade, according to the China Cosmetology and Hairdressing Association.

Statistics show only 11.7 percent of practitioners have a higher education. Most have not even attended qualified training programs.

The State Administration for Industry and Commerce last year found that the cosmetic-surgery sector is one of the four industries beset by problems, the paper said.

Luo Feng, a 30-year-old company staffer in Beijing, said the regulation is expected to act as a weapon for customers.

"The cosmetics industry has big potential for profits, and as aresult, practitioners try to make money by any means, legal or illegal," said Luo, adding there should be an organized institution to issue standards and regulations.

Source:Xinhua

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