(May 15, 2008, the Ministry of Commerce, the national development and Reform Commission, the State administration for industry and Commerce 2008 8th release as of June 1, 2008) article in order to save resources and protect the ecological environment, guiding consumers to reduce the use of plastic shopping bags, the formulation of the approach.
    Second retail establishments in these measures is to provide retail services to consumers in supermarkets, shopping malls and markets. Plastic shopping bags in these measures refers to the retail areas, used for holding goods purchased by consumers, with the function of carrying plastic bags.
    But does not include retail sites based on health and food security purposes, used to carry us bulk fresh foods, cooked foods, pasta and other items in plastic bags.
    Materials of plastic shopping bags by national standards and technical requirements specifications.
    Retail sites should be based on article III of the approaches available to consumers of plastic shopping bags.
    Fourth commercial Administrative Department and price authorities, industrial and commercial administrative departments in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations, within their mandates, in the context of the retail sites paid use of plastic shopping bags in the course of management supervision and management.
    Fifth retail place of plastic shopping bags should be clearly marked in accordance with law.
    Sixth article commodity retail places can independent developed plastic shopping bags price, but shall not has following behavior: (a) below business cost sales plastic shopping bags; (ii) not marked price or not by provides of content way marked price sales plastic shopping bags; (three) take discount or other way not by marked of price to consumers sales plastic shopping bags; (four) to consumers free or disguised free provides plastic shopping bags.
    Article seventh commodity retail establishments should be shown separately on the sales voucher consumers buy plastic shopping bags quantity, unit price and payments.
    Conducted by way of renting out stalls of markets except issue sales receipts to consumers is difficult.
    Eighth retail sites should be established by law in plastic bag manufacturers, wholesalers or importers buy plastic shopping bags, and obtain relevant licenses, establish the purchase and sale of plastic shopping bags account for possible examination.
    Nineth retail establishments, sales did not meet national standards of plastic shopping bags.
    Article tenth commodity retail outlets, measures should be taken, for consumers to bring their own shopping bags, shopping basket shopping convenience.
    11th retail areas shall be encouraged in accordance with the relevant quality standards and environment friendly alternatives to plastic shopping bags.
    12th rental management in the form of market stalls, by the operating unit or subject to his approval on the market established within the franchise (or run) business stall the implementation of plastic shopping bags plastic shopping bags, procurement and sales.
    13th operators of retail establishments (hereinafter referred to as the operator) for violations of the relevant provisions of these measures assume the corresponding responsibility.
    The following retail sites, run by units of rental units or for violations of the relevant provisions of these measures assume responsibility: (a) rental management in the form of market stalls, (ii) in and out of renting supermarket, counter and (iii) large-scale supermarkets, shopping malls into the business stalls.
    Opened 14th places of retail operators, rental units or in violation of this article sixth of the acts and provisions on marking clearly the prices concerned, the competent authority shall order correction and fined 5000 Yuan fine Visual plot.
    15th operator of retail sites, start-up units competing rental units or in violation of these regulations relating to the sixth and seventh regulations, the Administration for industry and commerce shall order rectification, and may, if the circumstances up to 10000 Yuan fine.
    16th retail premises, operating units or lease violates the provisions of article eighth, the Administrative Department for industry and commerce shall order rectification and visualization plots up to 20000 RMB fine.
    17th retail premises, operating units or rental units in violation of the provisions of article Nineth, by the administration of industry and commerce in accordance with the People's Republic of China product quality law and other laws and regulations will be punished.
    18th retail premises, operating units or rental units by the punishment for violation of the relevant provisions of these measures, business departments, price departments and industrial and commercial administrative departments will be liable to the penalties announced to the public.
    19th to encourage the media to acts in violation of these rules of supervision by public opinion.
    No unit or individual may apply to the local commerce authorities, price departments and industrial and commercial administrative departments to report violations of these rules of behavior.
    20th of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the people's Government departments in charge of Commerce in conjunction with the price supervisor, administration for industry and Commerce according to work out the implementation details of these measures, implemented after approved by the people's Governments at the same level, and reported to the Ministry of Commerce, the national development and Reform Commission, the State administration for industry and Commerce for the record.
    21st article this way by the Ministry of Commerce, the national development and Reform Commission, the State administration for industry and commerce is responsible for the interpretation.
                                                                        22nd article this way come into effect on June 1, 2008.