The National Technical Committee for Standardization of Household Appliances, the Sub-Technical Committee on Commercial Electric Food Processing Service Equipment (SAC/TC46/SC7) held a discussion meeting on April 14 to 16, 2024 at Tangzhuang Hot Spring Hotel in Zibo Shandong Province and launched forum about commercial dishwasher industry. The more than 70 representatives of the commercial dishwasher industry and related units who attended included leaders from nearly 30 commercial dishwasher manufacturers, technical personnel from PLA Military Engineering Technology Research Institute, China Household Electrical Appliances Research Institute and Beijing Service Machinery Technology Operations Unit Co. Ltd., as well as delegates from China Quality Certification Center (CQC).

This symposium phase results have been reached in the industry standard commercial dishwasher program of work carried out to determine the draft standards framework and basic technical performance requirements, test methods for future reference.