Legal basis: Article 68 of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Waste. The design and manufacture of products and packaging shall conform to the relevant provisions of the state on cleaner production. The competent department of standardization in the State Council shall, according to the national economic and technical conditions, the prevention and control of environmental pollution by solid waste and the technical requirements of products, organize the formulation of relevant standards to prevent environmental pollution by excessive packaging. Producers and business operators shall abide by the mandatory standards to limit the over-packaging of commodities and avoid over-packaging. The market supervision and management departments and relevant departments of the local people's governments at or above the county level shall, according to their respective responsibilities, strengthen the supervision and management of over-packaging. Enterprises that produce, sell or import products and packages listed in the compulsory recycling catalogue according to law shall recycle products and packages in accordance with relevant state regulations. E-commerce, express delivery, take-away and other industries should give priority to the use of reusable and easy-to-recycle packaging materials, optimize the packaging of articles, reduce the use of packaging materials, and actively recycle packaging materials. The competent departments of commerce and postal services of local people's governments at or above the county level shall strengthen supervision and management. The state encourages and guides consumers to use green packaging and reduced packaging.