Legal basis: According to Article 38 of the Regulations on the Safety Management of Hazardous Chemicals, enterprises that have obtained the safety production license, safety use license, and business license for hazardous chemicals in accordance with the law shall purchase highly toxic chemicals and explosive hazardous chemicals with corresponding licenses. The enterprises that produce civil explosives shall purchase explosive hazardous chemicals with the civil explosive production license. Organizations other than those specified in the preceding paragraph that purchase highly toxic chemicals shall apply to the public security authorities of the county-level people’s governments in their respective places to obtain a purchase license for highly toxic chemicals; in the case of purchasing explosive hazardous chemicals, a legal statement of purpose shall be provided by the organization concerned. Individuals are not allowed to purchase highly toxic chemicals (excluding pesticides classified as highly toxic chemicals) and explosive hazardous chemicals.
