China's version of WEEE announced: Electrical appliance manufacturers' costs are rising 5% Nearly three years after the EU's Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE) was fully implemented, China announced China WEEE. On March 5, 2009, the General Office of the State Council of China officially issued State Council Order No. 551, officially promulgating the "Regulations on the Management of Recycling and Disposal of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment" that was reviewed and approved on August 20 last year. At this time, nearly five years have passed since the National Development and Reform Commission formulated the draft for comments. The just-promulgated Chinese version of WEEE can be traced back to 2004. After the European Union's "Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive" officially came into effect in 2003, the National Development and Reform Commission issued a draft of the "Regulations on the Recycling and Treatment of Waste Home Appliances and Electronic Products" as early as September 2004. Since then, many countries and regions, including Japan, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Canada, and some states in the United States, have also begun to step up the formulation of relevant laws. For example, Japan promulgated the "Household Appliances Recycling Act" and the "JEITA/JEMA Product Recycling Initiative" in 2006, South Korea promulgated the "Electronic Electrical Equipment and Vehicle Recycling Act" at the end of 2007, and California in the United States promulgated the "California Electronic Waste Recycling Act." The Chinese version of WEEE encountered setbacks in the process of soliciting opinions. A relevant person from Skyworth Group told reporters: "We saw this solicitation draft at the end of 2004, but it stipulated that the recycling costs of waste electronic products should mainly be borne by the manufacturers. , this fee accounts for about 10% of the product cost, which is
