Opportunity and challenge of the development for fire-retardant materials and products

A new Chinese national standard GB 20286-2006,namely,requirements and mark on burning behavior of fire retarding products and subassembies in public place,was implemented on March 1,2007.The stricter requirements on burning behavior of fire retardant materials and products in public place have been put forward in this standard,furthermore,the smoke density and the toxicity of burning products have been especially stressed.In this paper,the understanding of this standard was presented and the opportunity and challenge of the development for fire retardant materials and products in the future was pointed out.