Statistics show that in the past two years, China's imports of cherries ranked first in the world. More than 10, 000 containers of Chilean cherries were shipped to China last year, accounting for almost 90% of Chile's total production.

ChemLinked rounded up the latest market and regulatory news in the China cosmetic sector...

ChemLinked rounded up the latest market and regulatory news in China’s food sector.

Plant-based milk is growing in popularity in China, with the market size expected to increase to 258.3 billion yuan in 2020.

Livestreaming traffic increased significantly during the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak, during which the government imposed nationwide mandatory isolation measures, effectively confining China's large population to their homes for almost one month. Bricks and mortar businesses that relied primarily on offline sales were hit badly by the economic downturn experienced during this time. However, online companies and the various links in the e-commerce value chain were better positioned to buffer the worst impact of the epidemic. One particularly successful strategy was the utilization of live-streaming. Some brands, such as Forest Cabin, almost exclusively relied on live streaming to survive the crisis.

• China’s domestic capacity and production output in medical devices, disinfectants, pharmaceutical drugs and other key medical supplies has ramped up significantly in the past several weeks to meet unprecedented global demand. • Masks production capacity and output has increased by over 500% in some areas with analysts now estimating China’s daily output at around 200 million masks a day. • Alcohol disinfectant production capacity has ramped up by almost 300% and supply now significantly outstrips demand with many companies sitting on larges stockpiles destined for export.

Despite declining birth rates, increasingly fierce market competition, and regulatory compliance obstacles, the Chinese infant formula market maintained steady growth in 2019.

Social media is gradually commercialized and has become a powerful tool for brands to advertise and promote products.