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Home appliances can be used only if they are not broken

2025 07/25

 
Recently, the highly anticipated revised version of the national standard "General Principles for Safe Service Life and Recycling of Household and Similar Electrical Appliances" has been officially released, and the standard will be officially implemented from January 1, 2026. The introduction of this new regulation aims to address the safety hazards caused by the overdue service of old household appliances and the environmental problems caused by improper recycling and disposal, and to build a management system covering the entire lifecycle of products.
According to the new regulations, the safe service life of household appliances shall not be set lower than the "three guarantees" period of the main components, and shall be determined based on objective statistical data and scientific testing methods to ensure the rationality of the service life standard. At the same time, it is clarified that the starting time of the safe use period is based on the date of the consumer's first purchase, and products that require professional installation are calculated from the date of completion of the first installation.
Looking back at the old standards released in 2020, they stipulated that the safe service life of refrigerators and air conditioners was 10 years, while washing machines, water heaters, range hoods, etc. were 8 years.
Prior to this, Dong Mingzhu publicly stated that she hopes the country can quickly establish mandatory safety service life standards for household appliances. She believes that improving the product scrapping system is very important for the home appliance industry, just like the automotive industry, appliances that have been in service for a long time also have safety hazards.