On May 6, 2021, MIIT published a call for comments on three mandatory standards (draft for comments) for the furniture industry. The period for submitting comments is May 6, 2021 to July 4, 2021. The details of the three standards are as follows:


These revisions reflect the efforts that the furniture industry is taking to simplify and integrate existing standards. Compared with the previous standards, the new standards introduce new requirements for market access and industry regulation. However, since the new revisions do not involve the adoption of international standards, the level of similarity and difference with international standards implemented by overseas enterprises need further analysis.