Difficulty in implementing standards

Although we belong to different product standard committees from the National Technical Committee for Standardization of Rubber and Rubber Products, which formulates composite rubber standards, the requirements for standard implementation are the same. Mandatory standards must be strictly implemented without any room for discussion, while recommended standards are national standards voluntarily adopted by enterprises and can be referred to and implemented during use, "said Engineer Xu Lihong of the National Technical Committee for Standardization of Tires and Wheels.

As a recommended standard, it is technically difficult for customs to inspect and control composite rubber. It is difficult to determine the authenticity of the 88% rubber content with the naked eye, and testing instruments are needed, so customs enforcement is challenging, "said Zhu Hong, Director of the Technical and Economic Committee of the China Rubber Industry Association.

Previously, it was usually the customs ports that requested product testing from us and entrusted us with the testing. The rubber content of composite adhesive could not be seen from the surface, and the actual testing difficulty was also high. We did not have the conditions for experimental testing. In order to facilitate import and export business, natural rubber and composite adhesive have not been included in the legal inspection catalog of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine since 2009, "said Liu Xiaomin, Deputy Director of the Industrial Product Testing Center of Shandong Entry Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau.

The Third Plenum of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China pointed out the decisive role of the market in resource allocation. The market determines resource allocation, which is a general law of market economy. However, in the formulation of the adhesive content of composite adhesive, it is obvious that the government department did not follow the law of market economy. It simply took the average of the requirements of supply and demand and set the 'lifetime' of composite adhesive. Is this too hasty and lax? Standards are no longer 'standards', and implementation is equivalent to empty talk. Administrative' disorderly actions' are more terrifying and dangerous than 'inaction', "said an industry insider who refused to be named.

When searching for relevant information, reporters found that once recommended national standards are accepted and adopted, or agreed upon by all parties to be included in economic contracts, they become a technical basis that all parties must jointly abide by and have legal binding force. Whether using recommended national standards or enterprise standards, once explicitly stated on the product, it is mandatory for the enterprise to comply.