The national standard "Technical Code for Lightning Protection of Urban Landscape Lighting Facilities" will be officially implemented starting September 1.

Recently, the 7th Chinese National Standard announcement of 2021 was released. The State Administration for Market Regulation (Standardization Administration of China) approved 386 recommended national standards and 3 amendments to national standards, including "Packaging containers - Steel drums - Part 6: Tapered opening steel drums". Among them is the recommended National standard (mandatory / recommended) "Technical Code for Lightning Protection of Urban Landscape lighting Facilities".

Starting from September 1, 2021, the National standard (mandatory / recommended) GB/T 40250-2021 "Technical Specification for Lightning Protection of Urban Landscape Lighting Facilities", approved by the State Administration for Market Regulation (Standardization Administration of China), officially came into effect.

This standard specifies the basic lightning protection requirements for urban landscape lighting facilities, including direct lightning strike protection, lightning electromagnetic pulse protection, inspection methods for lightning protection devices, and maintenance. It applies to the lightning protection design, construction, inspection, and maintenance of urban landscape lighting facilities. For example, the standard specifies the basic lightning protection requirements for urban landscape lighting facilities:

The "Technical Specification for Lightning Protection of Urban Landscape Lighting Facilities" is under the jurisdiction and implementation of TC345 (National Technical Committee on Standardization for Meteorological Disaster Prevention and Mitigation), with the China Meteorological Administration as the competent authority. The main drafting units are Fujian Provincial Meteorological Disaster Defense Technology Center, Fujian Institute of Meteorological Sciences, Hefei Weiwei Electric Co., Ltd., Xiamen Daheng Technology Co., Ltd., Hubei Provincial Lightning Protection Center, Jiangxi Provincial Meteorological Service Center, Fujian Provincial Meteorological Service Center, Hebei Yuxiang Lightning Disaster Defense Technology Co., Ltd., Hubei Leite Lightning Protection Testing Co., Ltd., Heilongjiang Provincial Meteorological Disaster Defense Technology Center, Anhui Provincial Meteorological Disaster Defense Technology Center, Shenzhen Aokelite Technology Co., Ltd., Sichuan Pengtian Technology Development Co., Ltd., Ningde Meteorological Bureau of Fujian Province, Shanghai Meteorological Disaster Defense Technology Center, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Lightning Protection Center, Shenzhen Meteorological Service Co., Ltd., Nanjing Kuanyong Electronic System Co., Ltd., Fujian Provincial Meteorological Bureau Agency Service Center, Sichuan Zhongdian Qimingxing Information Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai Chenhui Technology Co., Ltd., and Jiangsu Yunmai Electric Co., Ltd.

The main drafters are Zeng Jinquan, Liu Bing, Zeng Yingting, Lü Dongbo, Wang Xueliang, Chen Huahui, Lin Binbin, Li Xin, Xiao Zaili, Zhu Biao, Yu Jianhua, Jiang Yitao, Qin Jianxin, Ju Xiaoyu, Yu Tianye, Feng He, Zhang Chunlong, Li Yu, Zhang Fengbin, Liu Jun, Yang Hongsheng, Li Bochen, You Jingyi, Liu Xiaofeng, Gao Yang, Jin Mingda, Chen Qingjiao, Wu Hairong, and Wang Huijun.

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