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Bosch Releases Second-Generation Residential Air Purifier in

Based on the excellent quality of its first-generation residential air purifiers, Bosch has introduced second-generation air purifiers in the Air 7000 series in China. The new models adopt a unique de...
High-end ACs Becoming Popular in China
The upgrading of Chinese people’s consumption habits could further accelerate the supply-side reform of air conditioning products. Smart and energy-efficient products will become hot spots in the market. From January to September 2017, the retail sales volume of products with the highest energy efficiency increased by 79.2% year on year, the fastest growth rate among air conditioners with o...
TCL AC Launches New R290 Production Line

TCL launched another new production line for propane (R290) air conditioners on November 15. Specialists from the United Nations, the Ministry of Environmental Protection of China, and the China House...
Contract Energy Management Plan Expected to Be Implemented i
China’s 13th Five-year Plan proposed that by the end of 2020, more than 50% of new urban buildings have to meet the green building standards. Development of green buildings has become a future trend accompanied by many problems. According to the World Green Building Trends 2016 SmartMarket Report jointly released by Dodge Data & Analytics and United Technologies, 60% of Chinese companie...
National Standards for Reliability Evaluation Methods for RA
On November 1, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) and the Standardization Administration of China released the No. 29 announcement of national standards, issuing a total of 585 national standards and two amendments to the national standards. ‘GB/T 24986.4 -2017: Evaluation methods for reliability on household and similar electrical appliance...
Chigo Receives an African Business Delegation

In October, Chigo received a delegation from the Belt and Road construction project composed of over 30 African business associations and enterprises from Cameroon, Mali, Congo, Benin, Algeria, Burund...
LG Supplies Oil-free Centrifugal Chiller to a Chinese Depart

Recently, LG’s 1,000-ton magnetic bearing centrifugal chiller successively passed the verification of its customer, Jingdian Department Store in Fuzhou owned by the Grand Ocean Group. LG’s magn...
Midea Technology Forum Attended by Kuka and Toshiba for the

With the theme of ‘Leading Products and Joint Innovation’, Midea held the 22nd Technology Forum from September to October. Since its foundation in 1996, the total amount of RMB 200 million (US$ 30 mil...
Kelon Releases Customized Air Supply Solutions

Kelon has released a new series of air conditioners that can ensure the most appropriate temperatures and comfort according to the environ-mental conditions in residential living rooms. The new produc...
Smart Appliances Cloud Interconnection Standard Released
On November 8, 2017, the China Household Electrical Appliances Association (CHEAA) released the T/CHEAA 0001-2017 Standard: Cloud to cloud interconnection for smart household appliances. The standard eliminated information gaps between different brands of smart appliances and unified the service agreement, so that different smart appliances from different manufacturers can exist together within a ...