This standard is developed for the purpose of implementing the Measures on Environmental Management of New Chemical Substances, standardizing registration of new chemical substances and at the same time keeping commercial & technical secrets during the registration of new chemical substances. It specifies the method for the development of generic name of new chemical substance when applying for the registration. It is applicable to the development of generic name of new chemical substance when applying for the registration. The review of generic name of new chemical substance may refer to this standard. The current standard is issued for the first time in China. The current standard is a guiding standard.

Guidelines for the generic name of new chemical substances(HJ/T 420-2008)