According to the website of the National Development and Reform Commission, the National Development and Reform Commission and other departments issued a notice on the "Action Plan for Deeply Promoting the Green Transformation of Express Packaging". The details are as follows:

1. General requirements

Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, we will thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, fully, accurately and comprehensively implement the new development concept, accelerate the construction of a new development pattern, focus on promoting high-quality development, strengthen the green governance of express packaging, focus on key areas and prominent issues, and take comprehensive measures in a step-by-step and phased manner. We will increase efforts to solidly promote the reduction of express packaging, accelerate the cultivation of new models of recyclable express packaging, continue to promote the recycling of waste express packaging, improve the standardization, recycling, reduction and harmlessness of express packaging, promote the high-quality development of e-commerce and express delivery industries, and provide support for the green transformation of development methods. By the end of 2025, the express delivery green packaging standard system will be fully established, the prohibition of the use of toxic and harmful express packaging requirements will be fully implemented, the standardized management system of the express delivery industry will be effectively operated, the awareness of express delivery packaging reduction among e-commerce and express delivery industry operators will be significantly improved, the phenomenon of excessive express delivery packaging by large brand e-commerce companies will be significantly improved, a group of e-commerce express delivery reduction models will be cultivated and selected in the e-commerce industry, the proportion of recyclable express packaging used by intra-city express delivery will reach 10%, the scale of reuse of old cartons will be further expanded, and express delivery packaging will basically achieve green transformation.

II. Main actions

(I) Special guidance action on express delivery packaging reduction. Organize e-commerce and express delivery industries to carry out training on laws, regulations and policies related to express delivery packaging. Organize large brand e-commerce companies, e-commerce platform companies that carry out self-operated business and delivery companies to conduct self-inspection and self-correction of express delivery packaging problems in a timely manner, focusing on problems such as too many packaging layers, too large void ratio, small use of large boxes, and too much wrapping tape, take effective measures to improve management level, and report the self-inspection and improvement situation to the competent industry department. The competent departments of the industry shall establish a proactive service and front-line guidance mechanism, conduct in-depth research and guidance in key warehouses, large delivery points, e-commerce parks, express logistics parks, etc., help relevant enterprises to promptly discover packaging problems in the delivery of goods, and urge relevant enterprises to optimize the packaging rules and standards in the delivery of goods, improve the matching degree between packaging and delivery objects, give priority to the use of simple packaging, and prevent excessive packaging.

(II) E-commerce platform enterprises take the lead in action. Guide e-commerce platform enterprises to improve the rules for reducing express packaging for their own business, and formulate targets and tasks for reducing express packaging. Guide e-commerce platform enterprises to work together with large brand e-commerce enterprises and express delivery enterprises on the platform to select a batch of appropriate commodities with high sales rankings among key consumer goods such as food and daily necessities, promote e-commerce express delivery original direct delivery, direct procurement from the place of origin, and direct delivery by grouping, actively apply commodity packaging that meets the needs of express logistics and distribution, and reduce the secondary packaging of commodities in the delivery link. Urge e-commerce platform enterprises to strictly implement the use and recycling reporting system for disposable plastic products. Encourage e-commerce platform enterprises to use recyclable packaging for appropriate categories such as fresh food delivered in the same city. E-commerce platform companies are encouraged to jointly launch initiatives with brand e-commerce companies within the platform, calling on more e-commerce companies to promote original direct delivery and promote the green transformation of express packaging in the e-commerce field. Compile and publish a collection of cases of express packaging reduction in China's e-commerce field.

(III) Green upgrade action for express packaging supply chain. Urge and guide commodity producers to strictly produce commodities in accordance with mandatory standards that restrict excessive packaging of commodities. Urge and guide e-commerce companies and other commodity sellers not to sell excessively packaged commodities. Support e-commerce and express delivery companies to establish a qualified supplier system for express packaging products, gradually expand the proportion of packaging products purchased and used by qualified suppliers, and promote packaging production companies to carry out packaging reduction design. The headquarters of express delivery companies should strengthen the management of the purchase and use of packaging products by branches and franchised companies, and establish a guidance and constraint mechanism for the purchase and use of packaging products with the orientation of packaging standardization, recycling, reduction and harmlessness. Organize and carry out green product certification for express packaging, encourage packaging production companies to actively participate in certification, and promote the increase of green product supply for express packaging.

(IV) Promotion action for recyclable express packaging. Deepen the pilot of large-scale application of recyclable express packaging, and timely summarize and refine experience and results. Pilot enterprises are encouraged to cooperate with commercial institutions, convenience stores, property service enterprises, etc. to set up recycling points for recyclable express packaging and set up recycling facilities for recyclable express packaging. Pilot enterprises are encouraged to establish incentive and constraint mechanisms such as point rewards, green credit, deposit system, and commitment system with e-commerce enterprises to guide individual consumers to return recyclable express packaging on their own. E-commerce platform enterprises are encouraged to give full play to their role and provide consumers with recyclable express packaging options on the order generation page of some categories. It is encouraged to promote the application of recyclable and foldable delivery packaging in scenarios such as fresh food delivery in the same city and bulk logistics of chain supermarkets. The people's governments of various cities should plan and build express delivery terminals and recyclable express packaging recycling facilities based on actual conditions.

(V) Recycling and disposal of express packaging. Express delivery enterprises are encouraged to promote the recycling and reuse of express packaging by providing free reusable cartons and providing preferential delivery rates. Continue to promote the classification of domestic waste, improve the system of classified delivery, collection, transportation, and treatment of domestic waste, and promote the timely and standardized collection and disposal of express packaging waste. Deepen the integration of household waste classification outlets and renewable resource recycling outlets, and further improve the recycling rate of renewable resources such as waste cartons.

(VI) Express packaging supervision and law enforcement action. Strengthen supervision and law enforcement of express packaging management, organize and carry out spot checks on express delivery packaging, deepen the "double random, one public" supervision, and strengthen rigid constraints. Incorporate the implementation of relevant standards for express packaging into the management of e-commerce and express delivery industries, strengthen supervision and guidance, and talk and remind. Investigate and deal with violations of relevant laws, regulations and mandatory standards in accordance with laws and regulations. Establish a system for exposing typical cases of express packaging violations to strengthen the warning effect. Urge and guide express delivery companies to implement relevant management systems for express packaging and operating specifications, incorporate requirements such as standardization, recycling, reduction, and harmlessness of express packaging into the delivery service agreement, and strengthen training for employees. Open up channels for public complaints and reports, promptly investigate and deal with clues of express packaging violations, and urge relevant companies to rectify according to law. Encourage places with conditions to open special channels for complaints and reports on excessive express packaging.

(VII) Theme publicity action for green transformation of express packaging. Through newspapers, radio and television, new media and other channels, we will increase the publicity of laws, regulations, standards and policies on express packaging, improve the public awareness of policies and create a good atmosphere of public opinion. We will guide industry associations to give full play to the role of industry self-discipline, and guide enterprises to strengthen their main responsibilities through the issuance of industry self-discipline conventions and the signing of self-discipline commitments on the green transformation of express packaging. The relevant industry authorities will collect typical experiences and work results of the green transformation of express packaging every year, and timely summarize the experience and results of publicity and promotion. At important time nodes such as China Ecological Day, China Energy Conservation Promotion Week, China Low Carbon Day, World Earth Day, and World Environment Day, we will increase the publicity of the concepts of standardization, recycling, reduction and harmlessness of express packaging. We will encourage e-commerce platforms to carry out publicity activities on the green transformation of express packaging based on shopping festivals, guide merchants to promote the reduction of express packaging, and encourage the public to actively participate in the recycling of waste express packaging.

III. Guarantee measures

(VIII) Strengthen departmental coordination. All relevant departments of the State Council should perform their respective duties, take their respective responsibilities, cooperate closely and work together, increase guidance to local governments, coordinate and solve difficulties in the implementation of this action plan, report major situations in a timely manner according to procedures, and summarize and evaluate the implementation of the "Opinions on Accelerating the Green Transformation of Express Packaging" and this action plan by the end of 2025. The central government will support the construction of statistical analysis, law enforcement and supervision capabilities covering the entire process of express packaging production, use and recycling disposal through existing departmental budget funds. The National Development and Reform Commission will coordinate the use of central budget investment and other channels to increase financial support for pilot projects on the large-scale application of recyclable express packaging. The State Post Bureau, the Ministry of Commerce and other departments should make good organizational arrangements, break down and refine goals and tasks, and ensure that the work is effective. The procuratorate shall perform the legal supervision function of public interest litigation on illegal and irregular acts in the field of express packaging in accordance with the law.

(IX) Improve laws and regulations. Promote the revision of the "Express Market Management Measures" to promote the standardization, recycling, reduction and harmlessness of express packaging. Accelerate the introduction of mandatory standards to restrict excessive express packaging. Highlight the requirements for reduction, and speed up the formulation and revision of standards for key areas such as green products for express packaging and recyclable express packaging. Open up green channels to improve the efficiency and quality of standard formulation and revision.

(10) Strengthen local responsibilities. Local people's governments at all levels should strengthen the organizational leadership of the green transformation of express packaging, improve the working mechanism, refine the tasks and measures, and take effective measures to ensure the implementation of the work. Provincial people's governments should urge the implementation of the management responsibilities of provincial competent departments and the local responsibilities of municipal and county people's governments, track and evaluate the implementation of this action plan on an annual basis, and promptly identify and resolve problems in implementation. Local people's governments at all levels should increase support for law enforcement personnel, equipment, and funds. The people's governments of all cities should increase their support for the construction of express packaging recycling facilities.

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