China's first mandatory national textile standards for children both infants and older children took effect on June 1, International Children's Day.

The standards categorize textiles into two types: materials for infants aged 36 months or below, and for children aged 3 to 14 years. The new rules ban the use of six plasticizers and two heavy metals lead and cadmium.

"Clothes for infants and children under 7 are not allowed to have straps or rope around the neck or head," said Dai Hong of the National Standardization Technical Committee.

Under the standards, an item's safety category must be attached to the clothing to inform buyers.

The new standards will have a two-year transition period for full compliance from June 1 to May 30, 2018.

Source: ChinaDaily