Recently, the Department of Resource Conservation and Environmental Protection under the National Development and Reform Commission has issued the Administrative Measures for the Label of Water Use Efficiency (Draft for Comment) (the "Draft for Comment") for public comments before September 24, 2016.
Based on the definition of the label of water use efficiency, the Draft for Comment further provides that any product listed in the Catalogue of the People's Republic of China on Products with the Labels of Water Use Efficiency shall be marked with the label of water use efficiency at a noticeable position either on the products or on the smallest package, and such label shall be elaborated in the product instructions. For transactions made on the internet, sellers shall display the corresponding label of water use efficiency at a noticeable position on the page where product information is presented. Eight types of basic information shall be indicated on a label of water use efficiency, such as "the Chinese and English names of the product". In addition, the Draft for Comment specifies that products listed in the above-said Catalogue shall be labelled with the label of water use efficiency upon the date when they leave the factory or before the date when they are brought into China; their manufacturers or importers shall apply to authorized agencies for filing the labels of water use efficiency before products leave the factory or are brought into China and shall accomplish such record-filing within 30 days from the date when products leave the factory or are brought into China.