After you get a filing or registration, what must be kept consistent

After a product is filed or registered, the Chinese name, formula, claims, labels, online listings and the identity of the registrant, filer, manufacturer or Domestic Responsible Person should remain consistent with the official file. Changes should go through the change or re-filing process before new goods are listed or imported. Ordinary cosmetics also have an annual-report duty. Special cosmetics have their own post-market duties, including uploading sales-label images before launch.

Published 11 November 2026 · Updated 11 November 2026

What should stay aligned

The goods that are manufactured or imported, the Chinese label on those goods, the e-commerce page, and the public NMPA record should tell the same story. Advertising and livestream scripts are part of that story. If a change is approved or completed, update each of those surfaces.

Later duties

Submit the ordinary-cosmetics annual report in the January–March window for products that have been filed for a full year. Cancel filings that will no longer be produced or imported. Keep safety-assessment reports and raw-material quality information available for inspection. Remain reachable through the contacts left on the official platform.

Cautions

Consistency is easier when the formula, name and artwork were frozen before the first submission. Quietly reprinting a stronger claim, or shipping a revised formula under the old number, creates avoidable risk.

Questions we are often asked

Can we keep selling old artwork after a label change?

Goods already manufactured or imported before the change may be sold until the end of their shelf life. New production or imports should use the changed file.

Does registration last indefinitely?

A special-cosmetics registration certificate has a five-year validity and a statutory renewal window. Do not treat it as a permanent number with no follow-up.