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Caro­li­ne Li, Direc­tor of the APAC Region at IFRA, recently met with Ms Yan Jiang-Ying, Chair­man of the Chi­na Asso­cia­tion of Fra­gran­ce, Fla­vour and Cos­me­tic Indus­tries (CAFF­CI), in Bei­jing, Chi­na. The mee­ting pro­vi­ded an oppor­tu­nity to build on the two orga­ni­za­tions’ long-stan­ding part­nership and to map out futu­re joint initiatives.Discussions cen­tred on three key areas: upco­ming colla­bo­ra­ti­ve pro­jects and workshop topics; regu­la­tory deve­lop­ments and how both asso­cia­tions can sup­port their mem­bers in navi­ga­ting evol­ving lands­ca­pes; and mutual know­led­ge exchan­ge bet­ween inter­na­tio­nal and domes­tic industry sta​kehol​ders​.As a con­cre­te out­co­me, IFRA and CAFF­CI offi­cially agreed to esta­blish a regu­lar dia­lo­gue bet­ween the two asso­cia­tions — for­ma­li­zing a com­mit­ment to sus­tai­ned, struc­tu­red collaboration.

Repre­sen­ting IFRA, Dr. Caro­li­ne Li par­ti­ci­pa­ted in a recent mee­ting of the RAIN Asia Wor­king Group, a plat­form brin­ging together lea­ding inter­na­tio­nal che­mi­cal industry asso­cia­tions, inclu­ding the Ame­ri­can che­mistry Coun­cil (ACC), che­mi­cal industry asso­cia­tion of Cana­da, CEFIC, SCIC ( Sin­ga­po­re che­mi­cal industry Coun­cil), among others, to dis­cuss regu­la­tory deve­lop­ments across Asia.The mee­ting focu­sed on recent deve­lop­ments in che­mi­cal regu­la­tions and the asso­cia­ted cha­llen­ges facing the industry and glo­bal value chains. Par­ti­cu­lar atten­tion was given to the imple­men­ta­tion of new che­mi­cal regu­la­tions in Asia Paci­fic coun­tries inclu­ding Viet­nam, which industry are acti­vely wor­king with local sta­ke hol­ders regar­ding cla­rity, prac­ti­ca­lity, and imple­men­ta­tion details.