GB 46523-2025General safety requirements for children's products (English PDF)

Foreword

This document complies with the provisions of GB/T 1.1-2020 "Standardization Work Guidelines Part

1.Structure and Drafting Rules of Standardization Documents". Drafting. Please note that some content in this document may involve patents. The issuing organization of this document assumes no responsibility for identifying patents. This document was proposed and is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China.

With a wide variety of children's products and a constant stream of new products, there is an urgent need to develop a universal safety standard for children's products to strengthen their regulation. Full standard. Given the diverse nature and industry-specific characteristics of children's products, and the fact that their users are minors whose minds are still developing, The purpose of this document is to strive to consider the body size, appearance and/or weight, physiology, physical fitness, cognitive abilities, emotional development, and other factors of children of different ages. Based on the behavior and potential hazards during use, and considering the technical characteristics of various children's products, we determine the common risks that children's products may pose. Sexual risks are identified, and basic safety requirements are determined based on common risks. General safety requirements for children's products

1 Scope

GB 46523-2025 is the Chinese national standard on general safety requirements for children's products, in the field of domestic and commercial equipment, entertainment, sport. It carries no /T suffix, which in the Chinese system means compliance is mandatory: a product or a practice within its scope has to meet it to be lawfully made, sold or carried out in China. It was issued on 5 October 2025 by the State Administration for Market Regulation; Standardization Administration of China, and takes effect on 1 November 2026. Classification: ICS 97.190, CCS Y14;Y39;Y46;Y50;Y57;Y81;Y88. This page is published from the official record of the standard held by the Chinese standards administration: the identification, the dates, the classification and the issuing body are taken from there. The clause text, the tables and the numeric limits are in the document itself, which is delivered complete in English translation.

This document specifies general safety requirements for children's products and describes the corresponding testing methods. This document applies to products designed or ordered for use, play, or wear by children under the age of 14 (including trials and free gifts). product). This document does not apply to the following products.

---Children's medicines;

---Children's cosmetics and children's daily chemical products regulated in accordance with the "Cosmetics Supervision and Administration Regulations";

---Children's food;

--- Amusement facilities used in public places that fall under the regulations of the "Special Equipment Safety Supervision Regulations";

---Sports facilities and teaching equipment;

---Children's medical devices;

---Fireworks and firecrackers.

Note. Hygiene requirements for products that come into contact with food are not included in the scope of this document.

2 Normative references

The contents of the following documents, through normative references within the text, constitute essential provisions of this document. Dated citations are not included. For references to documents, only the version corresponding to that date applies to this document; for undated references, the latest version (including all amendments) applies. This document.

GB/T 2912.1 Textiles-Determination of formaldehyde-Part

3 Terms and Definitions

The following terms and definitions apply to this document.

3.1 children's products Design or order products for use, play, or wear by children under the age of 14.

4 Migration of Certain Elements

GB/T 7247.1 Safety of laser products - Part