To effectively curb the repetitive construction and blind expansion in the glass fiber industry, standardize the market competition order, promote the transformation and upgrading of the industrial structure, and lead the high-quality development of the industry, these regulatory conditions are formulated in accordance with relevant national laws, regulations and industrial policies.

These normative conditions are applicable to enterprises producing glass fiber raw material balls and glass fiber yarns. These regulatory conditions are guiding documents to encourage technological progress and standardized development in the industry, and do not have the pre-approval or mandatory nature of administrative approval.

I. Construction Layout

(1) The project should comply with national industrial policies, land use planning, local urban and rural construction planning and industrial planning, as well as relevant environmental protection, safety, energy consumption and other regulations, and rationally layout the elements of resources, energy, environment, logistics and market in a coordinated manner. Encourage glass fiber enterprises to relocate to regions with energy, resources or market advantages.

(2) New and expanded fiberglass production projects should be located outside the scenic spots, ecological function protection areas, nature reserves, cultural heritage protection areas, drinking water source protection areas, and basic farmland protection areas as stipulated by the state and local authorities.

The overall layout of the enterprise factory building should comply with the "Design Standard for Glass Fiber Factories" (GB 51258) and the "Code for General Layout Design of Industrial Enterprises" (GB 50187). Encourage existing glass fiber enterprises to enter industrial parks and develop in clusters.

(3) The project construction should comply with the requirements of the Catalogue for the Guidance of Industrial Structure Adjustment. The construction and expansion of restricted projects are prohibited. The production process and equipment for glass fiber drawing in clay crucibles should be completely phased out in accordance with the law. Encourage the development of high-performance and special glass fibers such as high-strength, high-modulus, alkali-resistant, low-dielectric, high-silicon-oxygen, degradable, special-shaped cross-section, and composite fibers (glass fibers combined with thermoplastic resins).

Ii. Process Technology and Equipment

(4) For the construction of new alkali-free glass fiber pool kiln roving drawing production lines (with single filament diameter >9 microns) and alkali-free glass fiber pool kiln fine filament drawing production lines (with single filament diameter ≤9 microns), they should comply with the requirements of the Catalogue for the Guidance of Industrial Structure Adjustment.

(5) For glass ball kiln production lines, it is encouraged to adopt advanced kiln melting processes and insulation energy-saving technologies. The use of clarifying agents should comply with the "Occupational Exposure Limits for Hazardous Factors in the Workplace" (GBZ 2).

The glass fiber drawing production line using platinum crucible method is encouraged to adopt advanced processes and equipment such as separate drawing, large roll packaging, as well as intelligent centralized control systems for raw material balls, sizing agents and kiln temperatures.

The glass fiber pool kiln drawing production line is encouraged to adopt advanced processes and equipment such as pure oxygen combustion, electric melting assistance, waste heat utilization, waste filament recycling and utilization, intelligent production and logistics.

Iii. Product Quality and Technological Innovation

(6) Enterprises should establish a complete quality management system, be equipped with quality inspection institutions and full-time inspection personnel, and implement quality management system certification.

(7) Enterprises should enhance the inspection of raw materials entering the factory, strictly control the quality of finished products, and meet relevant standards. They are encouraged to establish a product traceability system, a complete enterprise product standard system, and an after-sales service management system.

(8) Enterprises should enhance their independent research and development and innovation capabilities, actively establish enterprise technology centers, engineering research centers, key laboratories and other research and development institutions, and implement differentiated and brand-oriented production and operation.

Iv. Environmental Protection

(9) Enterprises should strictly abide by environmental protection laws and regulations, implement clean production, and be equipped with environmental protection facilities such as dust removal, desulfurization, denitrification, wastewater recycling and treatment, and waste filament recycling and treatment. The project should strictly implement the environmental impact assessment system and the "three simultaneous" system. Enterprises should apply for pollutant discharge permits in accordance with the law and discharge pollutants in accordance with the permits.

(10) Strengthen the control of unorganized emissions. The discharge of air pollutants should comply with the requirements of national or local pollutant discharge standards.

(11) The waste liquid of glass fiber yarn sizing agent should be recycled and reused after recovery treatment, and the wastewater discharge should comply with the relevant national and local discharge standards and restrictions. The discharged sewage should meet the "Integrated Wastewater Discharge Standard" (GB 8978) and the relevant environmental requirements of the location.

(12) All waste filaments generated during the production and processing should be treated pollution-free through recycling or deep processing techniques. Landfill disposal is strictly prohibited.

V. Energy Consumption

(13) Glass ball kiln production line. The comprehensive energy consumption per unit of alkali-free glass balls is ≤0.35 tons of standard coal per ton of balls, and that of medium-alkali glass balls is ≤0.25 tons of standard coal per ton of balls.

(14) Glass fiber drawing production line by platinum crucible method. The comprehensive energy consumption per unit of alkali-free glass fiber is ≤0.35 tons of standard coal/ton of yarn (excluding the energy consumption in the glass ball production process), and the comprehensive energy consumption per unit of high-performance and special glass fibers such as high-silicon-oxygen glass fiber and low dielectric glass fiber is ≤1.2 tons of standard coal/ton of yarn.

(15) Glass fiber pool kiln drawing production line. The comprehensive energy consumption per unit of rown yarn is ≤0.4 tons of standard coal per ton of yarn, that of fine yarn with a single filament diameter of 4 to 9 microns is ≤0.6 tons of standard coal per ton of yarn, and that of high-performance and special glass fibers such as high-silica glass fiber and low dielectric glass fiber is ≤1.0 tons of standard coal per ton of yarn.

The evaluation of the above indicators shall be carried out in accordance with the "General Rules for Comprehensive Energy Consumption Calculation" (GB/T 2589). Among them, the energy consumed by energy-consuming working media such as fresh water, softened water, compressed air and oxygen should also be included in the comprehensive energy consumption per unit of the product.

Vi. Work Safety, Occupational Health and Social Responsibility

(16) Enterprises should comply with the requirements of relevant laws and regulations such as the "Work Safety Law", establish and improve work safety management rules and regulations and work safety responsibility systems, strengthen work safety education and training for employees and hidden danger investigation and rectification, and carry out work safety standardization construction.

(17) The construction of enterprise factory areas should comply with the "Code for Fire Protection Design of Buildings" (GB 50016). The construction and management of oxygen generation stations should comply with the requirements of building fire protection and other safety regulations. The storage of dangerous chemicals should comply with the relevant requirements of the "General Rules for the Storage of Commonly Used Chemical Hazardous Materials" (GB 15603), with obvious safety warning signs set up and managed by designated personnel.

(18) Comply with relevant laws, regulations and standards such as the "Hygienic Standards for the Design of Industrial Enterprises" (GBZ1), and establish organizational structures and rules and regulations in accordance with the "Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Occupational Diseases in Employers" (GBZ/T 225), improve occupational disease prevention facilities, and provide personal labor protection equipment in accordance with standards. Occupational disease prevention facilities must be designed, constructed, put into production and use simultaneously with the main project.

(19) Enterprises must pay taxes in accordance with the law, operate legally, and participate in various insurances such as old-age, medical, work-related injury and unemployment insurances in accordance with the law.

Vii. Supervision and Management

(20) Enterprises voluntarily apply. After review by third-party experts organized by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the list of glass fiber enterprises and production lines that meet the normative conditions will be announced to accept social supervision and implement dynamic management.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will inform relevant departments of the management of standardized announcements to promote the concentration of factor resources in glass fiber enterprises and production lines that meet the standardized conditions.

(21) Local industrial and information technology authorities shall manage the implementation of these normative conditions by the enterprises announced within their jurisdictions.

Relevant associations and intermediary agencies should actively carry out publicity and technical service work.

Viii. Supplementary Provisions

(22) The product concepts and terms involved in these normative conditions are presented in the Appendix.

(23) The standards, norms and relevant policies involved in these normative conditions shall be implemented in accordance with their latest versions.

(24) These normative conditions shall come into effect as of June 24, 2020, and shall be interpreted by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. They shall be revised in a timely manner in accordance with the changes in laws and regulations, industry development and industrial policies. The "Access Conditions for the Glass Fiber Industry (Revised in 2012)" (Announcement No. 46 of 2012 of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China) is simultaneously abolished.