China – 2016 Updated Textile Standard List
Vol. 910 | 24 May 2016
The standardization administration of the People’s Republic of China recently released announcement No. 7 of 2016, which published updates to a number of standards. The standards include two important product standards for apparel and home textiles: GB/T 32605-2016 “Wool, cashmere quilt” and GB/T 32614-2016 "Outdoor sportswear water resistant garment," and some test method standards related to colorfastness, chemical testing and physical testing such as GB/T 6151-2016 “Textiles – Tests for colorfastness – General principle of testing,”, GB/T 32598-2016 “Textiles – Tests for colorfastness – Instrumental assessment of adjacent fabric color staining,” GB/T 20388-2016 “Textiles – Determination of the content of phthalates – Tetrahydrofuran method” and GB/T 32599-2016 “Peeling strength test method of textile accessories.” Intertek has summarized the following key updates to the standards below:
| No. | Standard Number | Title | Replaced Standard | Standard Executed Date |
| Textile | ||||
| Method Standard | ||||
1 | GB/T 6151-2016 | Textiles – Tests for colorfastness – General principle of testing | GB/T 6151-1997 | 11/1/2016 |
2 | GB/T 20388-2016 | Textiles – Determination of the content of phthalates – Tetrahydrofuran method | GB/T 20388-2006 | 11/1/2016 |
3 | GB/T 32598-2016 | Textiles – Tests for colorfastness – Instrumental assessment of adjacent fabric color staining | - | 11/1/2016 |
4 | GB/T 32599-2016 | Peeling strength test method of textile accessories | - | 6/1/2016 |
5 | GB/T 32604-2016 | Textiles – Tests for colorfastness – Vocabulary of color measurement | - | 11/1/2016 |
6 | GB/T 32607-2016 | Textiles – The control guide of quality and safety factors | - | 11/1/2016 |
7 | GB/T 32610-2016 | Technical specifications of daily protective mask | - | 11/1/2016 |
8 | GB/T 32612-2016 | Textiles – Determination of 2- methyl ethyl alcohol and 2- ethyl alcohol | - | 11/1/2016 |
9 | GB/T 32616-2016 | Textiles – Tests for colorfastness – Instrumental assessment of color change | - | 11/1/2016 |
Product Standard | ||||
1 | GB/T 32605-2016 | Wool, cashmere quilt | - | 11/1/2016 |
2 | GB/T 32614-2016 | Outdoor sportswear water resistant garment | - | 11/1/2016 |
The standardization administration of the People’s Republic of China
Announcement No. 7 of 2016 of national standards can be found here:
http://www.sac.gov.cn/gzfw/ggcx/gjbzgg/201607/
For more information, please contact:
Shanghai Ms.Caroline Xin
Tel: +86 21 6091 7608
caroline.xin@intertek.com
Guangzhou Ms.Liu Hui Li
Tel: +86 20 2820 9274
huili.liu@intertek.com
Tianjin Ms.Linda Zhang
Tel: +86 22 2385 7393
linda.zhang@intertek.com