China Proposes Stricter Fireworks Retail Licensing Rules

This is a governance story dressed as a safety rule. The draft's core move is centralizing approval authority and forcing physical inspection, which directly targets the loophole where lower-level bodies waved through unqualified operators. The affected parties are local regulators and small retail and wholesale applicants, who now face slower, more scrutinized permitting despite a shortened formal time limit. Whether the on-site inspection requirement survives public comment, and how local authorities absorb the added workload, is the open question.