Industry News

[ppzhan Summary] Industry standards are the yardstick of an industry's economic development. Although China's economy has made considerable progress in recent years, in terms of industry standards China still basically follows the standards of developed countries, which has caused Chinese industries to lose their say. So in recent years China has been working in this direction, and recently the relevant departments solicited drafting units for two national standards on packaging and printing. On September 22, 2013, the National Printing

[ppzhan Summary] A few days ago, the Printing Standards Review Work Meeting was held in Beijing, with more than 30 experts and scholars from all over the country attending, and it was finally decided to discontinue 27 standards (including 25 industry standards and 2 national standards). From September 22 to 25, 2013, the National Printing Standardization Technical Committee (SAC/TC170) held the 'Printing Standards Review Work Meeting' in Beijing. The meeting, in accordance with the press and publication

[ppzhan Summary] Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards; for the economic development of an industry, industry standards play an even greater role. Recently, the Guangdong provincial local standard 'Shaftless High-Speed Gravure Printing Press' drafted by Guangdong was approved and released by Guangdong Province on August 24, 2013, with the standard number DB44/T1175-2013. It is reported that the standard will be implemented province-wide from November 24, 2013. The Guangdong Provincial Film

[ppzhan Summary] Industry standards are the norms of an industry's economic development. Because our industry started late, China's standards are lacking in many industries. Recently, the National Papermaking Standardization Technical Committee said it will develop national standards for coated paper and molded pulp tableware used in food packaging, to promote the development of the industry and provide a safeguard for food safety. To improve the standard system for paper tableware products, the National Papermaking Standardization Technical Committee will develop the national standard 'Molded Pulp Tableware'. The standard

[ppzhan Summary] In recent years counterfeit and shoddy products have been rampant. Facing this phenomenon, the Ningxia Fire Corps issued the 'Measures for the Administration of QR Code Electronic Labels for Fire Products (Trial)' (hereinafter referred to as the 'Measures'), to carry out informatized management of 304 fire products and further eliminate the circulation and use of counterfeit and shoddy fire products. To further standardize the tracking and management of fire product flows, on September 30 the Fire Corps of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region issued the 'Fire Product'

[ppzhan Summary] As living standards rise, people pay more attention to food safety issues. In recent years, food safety incidents caused by packaging problems have occurred from time to time. Recently, Taiwan, China issued advance notice of an amendment to the draft 'Inspection Methods for Food Utensils, Containers and Packaging - Inspection of Plastics Made with Formaldehyde-Melamine as Synthetic Raw Materials'. A few days ago, the 'Ministry of Health and Welfare' of the Taiwan region of China issued Announcement No. 10219506

[ppzhan Summary] Recently, smoggy weather has seriously affected the lives of people in the three northeastern provinces, and Beijing has activated its emergency plan for heavy pollution. But this only treats the symptoms, not the root cause; to prevent and control air pollution we must solve the problem at the source. In 2014 China will develop air pollutant emission standards for industries including packaging and printing. Smog has invaded China in an alarming way; in these past few days the capital cities of the three northeastern provinces have all been shrouded in haze and fog, their

According to relevant personnel of the Kunshan Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, in October this year, while inspecting imported food from Taiwan, China, the bureau successively found nine batches of food with non-compliant labels, involving candy, pastries, beverages and so on. It is reported that since the 'General Rules for Nutrition Labeling of Prepackaged Foods' took effect on January 1 this year, the Kunshan Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau has strengthened conformity testing of food nutrition labels, cumulatively finding 20 batches of non-compliant labels. These mainly manifested as incomplete labeling of the basic elements of labels, for example missing nutritional ingredients

[ppzhan Summary] As one of China's traditional industries, printing has always been an important part of China's economy. Recently, abolishing the minimum registered capital requirement will undoubtedly lower the entry threshold of the printing industry once again, which will inject new vitality into the printing industry, which is currently at a low point in its development. On October 25, the State Council held an executive meeting to study and arrange the reform of the company registered capital registration system. The main content of this reform: first, to abolish the minimum registered capital requirement for limited liability companies

[ppzhan Summary] Some time ago, the working group meeting on two new standards and the sixth plenary meeting of the ISO/TC122/SC4 'Packaging and the Environment' technical committee were held, and China also sent representatives to attend. The meeting focused on discussing the working drafts (WD) and key technical issues of two new ISO standards proposed by our institute, 'Packaging and the Environment - Terminology' and 'Packaging and the Environment - Material Identification Marking'. This is a standard proposed by China