Dong Mingzhu, chairwoman of Gree Electric Appliances

Dong Mingzhu, chairwoman of Gree Electric Appliances and an NPC deputy, proposed standards for the service life of home appliances should be issued in the form of mandatory standards or laws and regulations.

The safe service life of each type of household appliance should be cleared, while manufacturers are obliged to inform consumers of the specific expiration date of the products.

Dong also proposed to improve power battery safety monitoring standards, for example, to include certain safety testing methods into the national mandatory standards, and modify the standards with the development of technology.