The Jiangyan EDZ holds a seminar on its fire-fighting industry and service providers. [Photo/WeChat ID: gh_d6cb78f80c03]
The Jiangyan Economic Development Zone – in Taizhou city in East China's Jiangsu province – held a seminar on the synergies of fire-fighting industry and service providers on April 7, to promote the high-quality development of the sector.
Officials and experts from the Shanghai Fire Research Institute of the Ministry of Emergency Management, the National Fire-Fighting Product Quality Inspection and Testing Center in Jiangsu, the Jiangsu Fire-Fighting Association, the Taizhou Fire Rescue Forces and other units attended the event.
Participants visited the exhibition center of the emergency industrial park and relevant enterprises.
Kong Wei, director of the management committee of the Jiangyan Economic Development Zone, gave a presentation on the Taizhou intelligent safety emergency industrial park in terms of its development plan and support facilities.
Xue Lin, director of the Shanghai Fire Research Institute of the Ministry of Emergency Management, said the institute shouldered the responsibility and mission of improving fire-fighting equipment technology.
He pointed out key problems effecting products for fire emergency responses – including restrictions on their scale and that the products were generally more traditional and conventional.
Xue emphasized that enterprises should pay close attention to changes in the industry, as well as actively participate in the process of establishing standards and systems at all levels.
He called for more attention on scientific and technological innovation, basic research, product quality and brand cultivating.