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For thousands of years, shoes are closely related to human life, with the progress of mankind and constantly rich and colorful. Now China has become recognized as the world's largest shoe production country, trading country and the most dynamic consumer country. The variety and brand of footwear are greatly enriched, and the quality has been greatly improved.

China's footwear standards began in 1974, after the various types of footwear standards gradually increased, up to now, the current footwear standards a total of more than 200 items. The standard testing items have also been greatly enriched. The earliest leather shoes standard requirements are very simple. The main senses are to see if there are defects. After that, the requirements of physical indicators such as peel strength have been added. Now the limited substances are also required. The development of footwear standards has also witnessed the development process of China's shoe industry.

Among the many institutions related to footwear quality in China, the National Footwear Standardization Technical Committee (SAC/TC305) and the National Footwear Quality Supervision and Inspection Center (Beijing) are the leaders in the field of domestic standards and testing.

| Promoting quality improvement and industry upgrading-China's footwear industry is moving towards a shoe-making power |

After more than 30 years of development since the reform and opening up, China's footwear industry has developed into a big industry with international competitive advantages. According to statistics from the National Footwear Industry Information Center, my country's total footwear exports in 2016 were about 9.2 billion pairs, and the total export volume was about US $44.2 billion. According to the Global Footwear Network, although China's shoe production gradually declined after its global share peaked at 62.9 percent in 2013, it still reached 57.0 percent in 2016. China is also one of the countries that consume the most footwear products in the world.

Although China's footwear industry has made remarkable achievements, there is still a certain distance from the shoe-making powers. At present, developed countries in Europe and the United States actively promote "re-industrialization" and high-end manufacturing, and developing countries speed up the process of industrialization. form a double attack on China's footwear industry. The technical trade measures of developed countries on China's footwear products are further intensified, and the requirements for quality are more stringent. To resolve these problems, the key is to focus on promoting the transformation of the development mode of the footwear industry, bid farewell to the old road of winning by quantity and low-price competition, and turn to quality improvement, brand management and economic efficiency.

The "Made in China 2025" issued by my country puts forward the basic policy of "quality first". In the new round of global industrialization division of labor, my country's manufacturing industry must get rid of the "double squeeze" and seize the commanding heights of the new round of manufacturing industry. Reshape the core competitive advantage of China's manufacturing industry-quality and brand.

The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine issued the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan for Quality Brand Promotion" at the end of 2016. In the plan, it clearly stated that quality brand is a major strategic issue for economic and social development, which reflects the competitiveness of enterprises and the comprehensive strength of the country. It is pointed out that the future goal is to further strengthen the supporting role of quality development in industrial transformation and upgrading, significantly enhance the ability of quality innovation, gradually increase the proportion of quality competitive industries, significantly improve the quality premium level of export products, and emerge a number of quality leading enterprises, advantageous industries and consumers' favorite national products and quality services. In the special promotion plan of consumer goods including footwear products, the implementation of consumer goods quality improvement action. Encourage powerful enterprises to speed up research and development, design and manufacturing in response to consumer goods market hotspots, and launch a batch of new products in a timely manner. Support enterprises to use modern information technology to promote personalized customization and flexible production to meet the differentiated needs of consumers. Carry out spot checks on key performance indicators of key consumer goods, improve the quality of domestic consumer goods supply, and actively guide the return of overseas consumption. Intensify the supervision and spot checks on consumer goods, strengthen supervision during and after the event, and improve the overall effectiveness of supervision and spot checks.

It can be seen that improving product quality is becoming a national strategy. In the future, the transformation and upgrading of my country's shoe industry will be a very important task to improve product quality. Far-sighted large enterprises have been strictly controlling product quality. Large enterprises such as Belle, Tianchuang, Anta, and Li Ning all attach great importance to standards and testing as an important means to improve product quality. For example, Tianchuang Company's relevant measures in standard testing mainly include:(1) strictly respecting standards and producing according to standards;(2) Actively participating in the formulation and revision of some standards;(3) Some projects adopt international standards. Anta's corresponding measures are:(1) formulate strict internal control standards, formulate and implement product inspection plans to ensure that products meet the standard requirements;(2) set up an independent testing technology research team to conduct a comprehensive performance evaluation of the company's new products and new processes;(3) timely project research on abnormal product quality, the National Shoe Standardization Technical Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Shoe Standardization Committee) is the authoritative organization for the standardization of the national shoe industry. Its predecessor, "China Shoe Industry Standardization quality Inspection Center Station", was approved by the National Bureau of Standards and the Ministry of Light Industry in 1980. Relying on the Scientific Research Institute of Footwear Industry of the Ministry of Light Industry, it was established. In 1985, it passed the acceptance of ISO technical centralized unit of the National Bureau of Standards and issued a certificate of conformity. In 1990, the "China Shoemaking Standardization Center" was established ". The National Shoemaking Standardization Technical Committee was formally established in June 2008 with the approval of the National Standardization Management Committee (National Standard Committee Comprehensive Letter [2008] No. 29), numbered SAC/TC 305, and its secretariat is located in China Leather and Shoemaking Industry Research Institute. The scope of work of the Shoe Standards Committee is mainly responsible for standardization in the field of footwear. It is the counterpart of the International Organization for Standardization ISO/TC 137 "Shoe Number Identification and Marking System" and ISO/Evaluation Price Method, and is applied to internal control product standards to monitor product quality.

China's footwear standards began in the 1970 s, and then all kinds of footwear standards gradually increased. Up to now, there are more than 200 footwear-related standards.

There is little difference in the content of the basic standards at home and abroad, and there are basic standards such as "footwear terminology" and "shoe size. Compared with foreign standards, China's footwear standards also have their own characteristics:(1) the testing method standards in China's footwear standard system are composed of two parts, one part is equivalent to the international standard, and the other part is the method standard independently developed by China. Its characteristics attach importance to the testing of whole shoes, such as "folding resistance of footwear test method" and "wear resistance of footwear test method", which are widely used in China. (2) In terms of product standards, there are no product standards in ISO/TC 216 international standards, only the performance requirements of footwear components in the type of technical reports. The standards for footwear products are independently formulated by China to regulate the domestic footwear industry.

At present, there are about 350 institutions with leather and footwear testing qualifications in China, which can be basically divided into four types. 1. Relying on the testing institutions of the industry, such as the National Footwear Quality Supervision and Inspection Center (Beijing) of the China Leather and Footwear Industry Research Institute. 2, quality supervision system subordinate to the local quality inspection agencies. Some well-known foreign testing institutions have entered China. 4, private testing institutions.

The National Footwear Standardization Technical Committee and the National Footwear Quality Supervision and Inspection Center (Beijing), based on the China Leather and Footwear Industry Research Institute, are the leaders in the field of domestic standards and testing. Since the 1970 s, generations of standard testers have been chasing a common dream-to make our country a world shoe power! It is precisely because of their efforts that my country's shoe-making standard testing work is almost from scratch, from domestic to international, completing an epoch-making leap, and promoting the great progress of my country's shoe industry.

The important task of bidding inspection is to pass on the spirit of shoe leather-a standard testing team struggling in the front line |

Since the 1970 s, my country's shoe-making standard testing work has grown from scratch, from rough to meticulous, from domestic to foreign, and has made great achievements. To do a good job in this great project depends on a fighting team with inheritance.

■ Three generations of standard testing leader

The great progress in standard testing in China's shoemaking industry cannot be separated from the leaders of the three generations of standard testing: Zhou Jing, Yan Huaidao and Qi Xiaoxia.

The first generation leader is Director Zhou Jing. He began to engage in shoemaking standard testing in 1976 and was responsible for the work of China Shoemaking Standardization Quality Testing Center in 1981. At that time, there were only four leather shoe standards. When improving the four standards, Director Zhou Jing started with the testing methods and applied for three testing methods of folding resistance, wear resistance and peel strength. The project was approved and released by the National Bureau of Standards, laying a good foundation for shoe-making standards and testing.

From 1996 to 2006, the second generation leader was Director Yan Huaidao. Director Yan Huaidao, who has worked in the field of shoe standards and testing for more than 30 years, has built China's shoe standard testing system from rough to meticulous, matching the rapid development of China's shoe industry. What makes Director Yan Huaidao most proud is that China's shoe standard testing work has begun to be recognized internationally.

From 2007 to now, the third generation leader is Director Qi Xiaoxia. He came to work in the Light Industry Shoemaking Research Institute in early 1991 and formed an indissoluble bond with shoe standards and testing. Under the leadership of Director Qi Xiaoxia, my country's shoemaking standard testing work has been flourishing: the standardization system has been continuously improved, various standards have been continuously improved, and the secretariat of the International Standards Committee has been undertaken, achieving a zero breakthrough in the formulation of international standards. Director Qi Xiaoxia's dream is to "let the Chinese shoe industry have a say in the world, and the inspection of footwear standards should match the big shoe-making countries." For this dream, Qi Xiaoxia and her team have been working hard and the dream is coming true.,

■ First-line standard testing team

Qi Xiaoxia, the current leader, has made great achievements in China's standard testing work, but what makes Qi Xiaoxia more satisfied is that she has cultivated a standard testing team with strong combat effectiveness, and has invested a lot of painstaking efforts to build such a team.

At the beginning of the work, new employees have to go to the enterprise to learn how to make shoes to improve their professional quality. Regular internal training and external training are held, both at home and abroad, covering all aspects related to footwear standards and testing, including fine grinding of a certain standard and collective learning of a new technology. The purpose of training is not only to enrich knowledge reserves, but also to meet peers and accumulate contacts.

With the efforts of Qi Xiaoxia, the standard testing talent team of China's shoe industry has gradually developed, and has developed into a professional technical team with many postdoctoral, doctoral and master's degrees. The mentoring between team members can be seen everywhere, and the experts of the older generation still stick to the front line to selflessly impart technology and experience to young people, and young people quickly master the professional knowledge and skills of shoe-making standard testing through mentoring. it also inherits the conscientious working attitude of the older generation of experts, and develops a good atmosphere and atmosphere in which team members learn from each other, learn from each other, and are willing to share. Some young people have grown up at work and have begun to take the lead in footwear testing, standards, and proficiency testing.

Talking about the future of this team and the future of China's footwear standard testing work, Qi Xiaoxia sighed a lot, "After I leave, the footwear standard testing work will be more brilliant. We already have reserves in technology, personnel, equipment and funds to broaden the space for future development. China's footwear industry will definitely become a world shoemaking power, with an international voice, and the voice of China's footwear industry in the world.