The State Administration for Market Regulation and Standardization Administration of the People’s Republic of China jointly issued the standard GB/T 22705—2019 , which will come into effect on May 1, 2020. This standard specifies requirements for cords and drawstrings on children’s clothing that is worn by children age 14 years old or younger. It is a revision of the old version GB/T 22705—2008.

We summarized the significant changes included in GB/T 22705—2019 in comparison to the existing GB/T 22705—2008 and the more stringent requirement compared to GB 31701—2015 in the white paper. More information, please refer to the white paper.