Pesticide Market in China

Analysing the registration data for 2025 and previous years reveals that the composition of registered pesticide products in China has become increasingly well-balanced, with the proportion of low/mild-toxicity products, eco-friendly formulation types, bio-pesticides, minor-crop pesticides on the rise and the standard formulating and revising steadily progressed. The recent enforcement of the updated Regulations of Pesticide Management (herein: the Regulations) has led to further refinements in China's pesticide management framework. As the commitment to green and eco-friendly principles grows stronger, there is a gradual prohibition and restriction of highly toxic pesticides, while the registration, manufacturing, and application of low-risk and biological pesticides have increased. Currently, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China is seeking feedback on supporting regulations and rules of the Regulations, aiming to steer the pesticide registration management system towards a more scientific, standardised, and legally grounded path. This initiative is expected to boost the innovation capabilities of companies, encouraging the production of an increasing array of environmentally friendly pesticides. This issue provides an overview of the new registrations of pesticide formulations in China in 2025. It not only outlines the registration status of China's new registrations of pesticide formulations, but also introduces the newly registered formulations under the categories of herbicide, insecticide and fungicide, as well as for the export-only pesticides in detail. The issue also presents those first-registration active ingredients of pesticide formulations in China during the year.