At the "two sessions" that just concluded, the NPC deputy, chairman and president of Gree Electric Co., Ltd. Dong Mingzhu proposed a bill proposing that legislation should stipulate mandatory scrap standards for household appliances. In Dong Mingzhu's view, there are currently no mandatory scrap standards and related regulations for household electrical appliances in China. Household appliances are still in use beyond their safe use years, which will bring more and more security risks.

According to the data released by the National Development and Reform Commission, according to the calculation of the service life, the annual scrapping amount of electrical appliances in China has exceeded 50 million units, and is growing at an average annual rate of 20%. It is estimated that by the end of the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan”, the annual output of five categories of home appliances such as color TVs, air conditioners, and refrigerators will amount to 160 million units.

Dong Mingzhu believes that the implementation of compulsory retirement standards for household appliances not only helps protect the lives and property of consumers, but also helps clarify the responsibilities. "If consumers use electrical products that exceed their useful life, they must bear the risks that this poses."

At the same time, Zheng Huiqiang, member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, proposed in the "Recommendations on End-of-Life Disposal of Electronic and Electronic Products" proposal to "establish a management system for the service life of electrical and electronic products" to specify the risk responsibilities for overdue use. Production enterprises must establish a warning system , Remind consumers of expiring electrical and electronic products, and provide recycling channel guidelines and maintenance services to actively guide the retirement of electrical and electronic products.