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Flame retardant protective clothing, radiation protection clothing, acid and alkali resistant gloves and other personal protective equipment look ugly, but for workers, it is the last line of defense for health and safety.

The reporter learned from the Shanghai Forum on Innovation and Development of the 2019 Labor Protection Industry held from June 4 to 5 that China has become one of the world's largest personal protective equipment markets, and the market is still growing rapidly.

　　growing at a double-digit rate

"The scale of the domestic personal protective equipment industry has been growing at a double-digit rate since 2014 (the growth rate is between 10% and 20%). China is currently the country with the fastest growth in the scale of the global personal protective equipment industry." Yang Wenfen, director of the National Labor Protection Products Quality Supervision and Inspection Center (Beijing), said in an interview with a reporter from Science and Technology Daily.

Yang Wenfen introduced that at present, my country's total operating population in the primary and secondary industries is 20 times that of the United States, and the total market value of personal protective equipment is roughly the same as that of the United States. "This shows that the current per capita level of protective equipment for Chinese operators is still relatively low, and it also shows that my country's personal protective equipment market has huge potential." Yang Wenfen said.

Yihe Co., Ltd. is one of the partners of the forum. Ma Jinfang, chairman of the company, said that the current level of domestic personal protective equipment products can be described as "uneven. Yang Wenfen also said that the products of some excellent domestic enterprises can be comparable to foreign products, and some enterprises have obtained UL certification and CE certification in the United States. However, compared with foreign enterprises, these enterprises in general R & D investment is still insufficient. "The new trend in the past two years is that some enterprises have begun to make efforts to develop products." Yang Wenfen said.

　　There is huge room for improvement

"According to statistics, 7500 workers are killed at work every day worldwide, of which 1000 die from occupational accidents and 6500 die from occupational-related diseases." 3M Group Personal Safety Protection Products Global R & D Technical Director Mike Casti introduced at the forum.

In times of crisis, personal protective equipment can play an important role in protecting the health and safety of workers. However, the importance of many domestic industries remains to be improved.

Ma Jinfang introduced that at present, most of the employees of chemical enterprises in my country are generally equipped with anti-static clothing to prevent one of the factors that cause fire sources-electrostatic sparks, but the flame-retardant protective clothing that really protects in fire and explosion accidents is currently domestic The application is still in its infancy.

This is not unrelated to the lack of mandatory equipment standards in the country.

"For many years, my country has only the" Personal Protective Equipment Selection Specification "standard in the field of personal protective equipment, which is only a recommended standard, not mandatory." Ma Jinfang said that in addition to the current lack of a complete set of supervision, assessment, and punishment systems, users are blind and arbitrary in purchasing, and even adopt the procurement strategy of low-price competition, which leads the industry into the disadvantage of vicious competition.

　　Supporting system is being improved

Fortunately, the introduction of mandatory national standards for personal protective equipment is just around the corner.

Yang Wenfen revealed that my country is about to promulgate the general rules of the national personal protective equipment mandatory equipment standards and the sub-rules of various industries. The formulation of the general rules and sub-rules of the personal protective equipment equipment standards will become the method and method for employers and operators to select, purchase, and use personal protective equipment. basis.

"The landing of relevant domestic laws and regulations and standards will make up for the missing links at the previous institutional level and create a good development environment for China's personal protective equipment industry." Yang Wenfen said.

The relevant domestic certification system is also in place. One of the highlights of this forum is that the China Certification Center officially released the voluntary certification in the field of personal protective equipment in China-SINOPPE certification.

Zhang Li, deputy general manager of Huaxia Certification Center, said that in foreign countries, the US UL certification mark and the EU CE certification mark have become influential and highly recognized certification brands. The third-party certification of the domestic personal protective equipment industry is still in the initial stage.

"In the past, there was no certification system specifically for personal protective equipment." Zhang Li expects that China's voluntary certification of personal protective equipment will ensure the improvement of the overall quality level of the industry, support the improvement of the level of workers' protective equipment, and promote the personal protective equipment industry to enter a good cycle.

(Source: China Textile News)