On September 6, the GB1589-2016 standard training meeting was successfully held in Suizhou City, Hubei Province, hosted by the Special Vehicle Sub-Committee of the National Technical Committee of Auto Standardization and the Special Vehicle Branch of the Society of Automotive Engineers of China, supported by the Suizhou Municipal People's Government and the Hanyang Special Vehicle Research Institute, and undertaken by the “Special Vehicle” magazine.

More than 150 technical persons in charge from special vehicle enterprises in many regions across the country attended this meeting. At the meeting, Gao Guoyou, director of the Hanyang Special Vehicle Research Institute, delivered a keynote speech titled “Analysis of the Development Status and Trends of China's Special Vehicle Industry”, and then Wu Yueling, secretary-general of the Special Vehicle Sub-Committee of the National Technical Committee of Auto Standardization, introduced in detail the key revised contents of GB1589-2016 to the participating representatives. At the meeting on the afternoon of September 6, Chen Dongming, technical expert of the Hanyang Institute, and Hu Gang, head of the standards and regulations department of the Hanyang Institute, respectively delivered speeches titled “Testing and Product Development of Trailers and Related Parts” and “Interpretation of the Compulsory National Standard “Safety Technical Conditions for Oil Tank Trucks and Refueling Trucks””. Finally, experts from the Hanyang Institute had a lively interaction with the participating representatives on “Normative Requirements for Enterprise Product Production and Announcement Declaration under the New Standard”.

After the meeting, the participating representatives generally said that attending this standard training meeting benefited them a lot! The representatives of the Chengli company also gained a lot at this meeting, and are well prepared to respond to the new standard.