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The project of international convention and international exchange for promoting the management of chemical substances in 2023-2024

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The main outcomes of this project include: (1) The latest management resolutions and substance information under the Stockholm Convention were gathered. Following the convention's management process, the project examined the current state of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) management in other countries and developed recommendations for domestic control. These were discussed in inter-ministerial consultations meeting. The project also completed the POPs achievement reports for year 2022 and 2023. The National Implementation Plan was updated. (2) The project monitored international trends regarding the Minamata Convention's expanded control of mercury-containing products and, through inter-ministerial consultations, formulated corresponding strategies. The 2022 and 2023 mercury management achievements, including project revisions and effectiveness evaluations, have been completed. (3) The project updated the latest resolutions of the Rotterdam Convention, the international lists of endocrine-disrupting chemicals of concern, and analyzed literature on sensitive populations. The 2022 and 2023 achievement reports on environmental hormone management in our country have been completed. (4) The project demonstrated the effectiveness of inter-ministerial efforts through systematic intelligent analysis, including the visualized statistics of mercury and POPs outcomes and the establishment of an information mapping system. (5) The relevant information on POPs, mercury, and endocrine disruptors on various websites were updated, the implementation achievement conference were held, and popular science articles were draft.
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Persistent Organic Pollutants, Minamata Convention on Mercury, Environmental hormone
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