In 2014, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the China Sanitary Ceramics Association’s Sanitary Ceramics Association held in Wenzhou. 70 well-known experts and entrepreneurs from the national plumbing and bathing community jointly discussed energy-saving emission reduction, industrial upgrading, and new national standards. The reporter learned from the meeting that the standard of the Shuizui key parts and components of Wenzhou locality has passed the provincial development and is planned to be implemented in October this year, which is earlier than the implementation of the “new national standard”. This “landmark” highlights the limited indicators of heavy metals and can fill the gaps in the country.

The Wenzhou Plumbing Sanitary Ware Industry rose in the mid-1980s, mainly in the Haicheng and Tianhe areas of the Economic and Technological Development Zone. According to Mr. Guan Hongsheng, president of the Wenzhou Hardware and Bathroom Industry Association, there are 680 hardware and sanitary companies in the city, including 45 large-scale enterprises, 283 registered trademarks, and 15 famous Chinese sanitary products. The products mainly include ordinary washing faucets. Faucet faucets, kitchen faucets, bathtubs and shower faucets, bidet spouts, washer taps and other water faucets and hardware bathroom accessories, is one of the national plumbing bathroom production base. In 2013, the city’s plumbing industry achieved an industrial output value of over 10 billion yuan. However, the scale of production enterprises in Wenzhou is small, and there are some problems in the quality control of product design flow and material hygiene. In March of this year, some production workshops in our city were exposed by CCTV’s “Economy Half Hour”. After the lead and zinc content exceeded the standards, the relevant government departments and industry associations in our city paid more attention. The Wenzhou Hardware Sanitary Ware Industry Association took the initiative to initiate the local quality supervision. The department jointly formulated the standards for the Wenzhou Spout parts alliance.

According to the relevant person in charge of the Development Division of the Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision of the Municipal People's Republic of China, for a long time, China's mandatory national standard "sealed ceramic faucet" for faucet manufacturers and the industry standard "General technical conditions for faucets" have only reflected the appearance quality of faucets. The use of performance, etc., has been stipulated, and no restrictions have been imposed on the limits of lead and other harmful substances. However, China is developing a "new national standard" for this industry, which is expected to be implemented in December of this year and will play an active role in combating excessive lead and other actions in order to rectify the production of the faucet industry. Wenzhou’s “landmark” was implemented before the new national standard, and formulated the technical requirements for the standards of the key faucet components, such as the valve body for the nozzle, the valve plug for the faucet, the hose for the spout, and the outlet elbow. Heavy metal indicators can fill domestic gaps.