On December 2, 2025, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology concluded public consultation on a revised China RoHS compliance catalogue and its exemption list. This marks the first major expansion of China RoHS since 2018 and will extend hazardous-substance controls to 33 categories of widely used electrical and electronic products.
The revised catalogue streamlines and expands product coverage, consolidating the 12 categories listed in 2018 into 10 and adding 23 new categories. It will ultimately cover 33 high-use electrical and electronic products with notable environmental and health impacts. The newly added products mainly fall into three groups: household appliances (such as microwave ovens and rice cookers), emerging consumer electronics (such as smart bands and robot vacuum cleaners), and safety- and health-related devices (such as electronic blood-pressure monitors and hearing aids).
The implementation adopts a phased approach. Ten products already covered by the original catalogue—including refrigerators, washing machines, televisions and microcomputers—will be subject to the new requirements immediately upon release. The 23 newly added categories will be granted a transition period until August 1, 2027, to allow for technical and supply-chain adjustments.