China to Implement New Safety Standards for Fireworks on May 1, Reducing Gunpowder Content
China's Ministry of Emergency Management announced a new mandatory national standard for fireworks effective May 1, reducing gunpowder content and noise. A one-year crackdown on illegal fireworks activities will also begin, following recent fatal explosions.
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(CNA Reporter Taipei, 22nd) Setting off fireworks and firecrackers is a widespread custom among the Chinese public, but official restrictions on setting them off have become increasingly strict, expanding from locations to the gunpowder content in the products. China's Ministry of Emergency Management announced today that the mandatory national standard, "Safety and Quality of Fireworks and Firecrackers," will officially be implemented on May 1. Its contents include reducing gunpowder content, lowering noise levels, and specifying banned explosive types.
In addition to the new standards, the Office of the Work Safety Commission of the State Council also issued the "Special Campaign Plan for 'Cracking Down on Illegality and Remedying Violations' across the Entire Fireworks and Firecrackers Supply Chain." Starting immediately, a one-year nationwide special campaign will be launched to strictly investigate and punish illegal activities related to fireworks and firecrackers, which will continue until after the Lantern Festival in 2027. The reason cited is that during this year's Spring Festival, fireworks retail stores in Donghai County, Jiangsu Province, and Yicheng City, Hubei Province, experienced consecutive explosions, resulting in massive casualties.
According to CCTV News, the Ministry of Emergency Management stated that the new standard, "Safety and Quality of Fireworks and Firecrackers," will appropriately compress gunpowder content, lower noise levels, limit trajectory ranges, clarify anti-impact packaging requirements, and specify banned explosive types. Specifically, the limits on gunpowder content for consumer-grade products will be stricter, tightly controlling safety risks from the source.
The report states that this new standard targets prominent quality issues in current Chinese fireworks and firecrackers. It clarifies easy-to-test technical indicators such as length, height, launch tube limits, tube diameter, and wall thickness for mainstream products like firecrackers and combination fireworks. This helps regulators and the public visually identify illegal products that exceed limits and unqualified products, further reducing the difficulty of law enforcement.
At the same time, the new standard makes further explicit regulations on packaging markings and labels such as product names, hazard levels, and warning phrases, requiring the content to be comprehensive, accurate, and with clear, eye-catching fonts for easy consumer reading. It also adds safety regulations for mixed packs, clarifying that mixed packs should not contain products with explosive gunpowder, meeting market demand on the premise of ensuring safety. (Editor: Chiu Kuo-chiang / Chen Kai-yu) 1150422
(CNA Reporter Taipei, 22nd) Setting off fireworks and firecrackers is a widespread custom among the Chinese public, but official restrictions on setting them off have become increasingly strict, expanding from locations to the gunpowder content in the products. China's Ministry of Emergency Management announced today that the mandatory national standard, "Safety and Quality of Fireworks and Firecrackers," will officially be implemented on May 1. Its contents include reducing gunpowder content, lowering noise levels, and specifying banned explosive types.
In addition to the new standards, the Office of the Work Safety Commission of the State Council also issued the "Special Campaign Plan for 'Cracking Down on Illegality and Remedying Violations' across the Entire Fireworks and Firecrackers Supply Chain." Starting immediately, a one-year nationwide special campaign will be launched to strictly investigate and punish illegal activities related to fireworks and firecrackers, which will continue until after the Lantern Festival in 2027. The reason cited is that during this year's Spring Festival, fireworks retail stores in Donghai County, Jiangsu Province, and Yicheng City, Hubei Province, experienced consecutive explosions, resulting in massive casualties.
According to CCTV News, the Ministry of Emergency Management stated that the new standard, "Safety and Quality of Fireworks and Firecrackers," will appropriately compress gunpowder content, lower noise levels, limit trajectory ranges, clarify anti-impact packaging requirements, and specify banned explosive types. Specifically, the limits on gunpowder content for consumer-grade products will be stricter, tightly controlling safety risks from the source.
The report states that this new standard targets prominent quality issues in current Chinese fireworks and firecrackers. It clarifies easy-to-test technical indicators such as length, height, launch tube limits, tube diameter, and wall thickness for mainstream products like firecrackers and combination fireworks. This helps regulators and the public visually identify illegal products that exceed limits and unqualified products, further reducing the difficulty of law enforcement.
At the same time, the new standard makes further explicit regulations on packaging markings and labels such as product names, hazard levels, and warning phrases, requiring the content to be comprehensive, accurate, and with clear, eye-catching fonts for easy consumer reading. It also adds safety regulations for mixed packs, clarifying that mixed packs should not contain products with explosive gunpowder, meeting market demand on the premise of ensuring safety. (Editor: Chiu Kuo-chiang / Chen Kai-yu) 1150422