The story appears on

Page A5

August 2, 2012

GET this page in PDF

Free for subscribers

View shopping cart

Related News

Home » Nation

Furniture safety improved for kids by new regulation

CHINA'S first mandatory national standard on designing and making children's furniture entered into effect yesterday.

To prevent harm to children aged three to 14, the standard introduces rules on the choice of materials and paints, placement of warning signs and other items.

It highlights several enhanced safety requirements that go beyond the standards for ordinary furniture.

Under the standard, sharp edges should be avoided for such furniture and no glass should be used for parts below 1.6 meters from the base.

The standard of children's furniture also sets the same limits as for toys on the level of chemicals stibonium, arsenic, barium and selenium.

Yesterday also saw three other new rules go into effect, on protection of China's overseas workers, disabled people's access to public infrastructure and restricting overuse of antibiotics.

Foreign labor service companies will each be required to create a bank account containing no less than 3 million yuan (US$471,000) to cover potential risks for Chinese workers.

Also, parking lots, commercial centers, living quarters, transportation facilities and other public infrastructure facilities must be accessible for the disabled.

Chinese doctors also will face tougher restrictions when prescribing antibiotics.





 

Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.

沪公网安备 31010602000204号

Email this to your friend