World's First! China Releases Mandatory National Standard for Desks and Chairs for Primary and Secondary School Students' Lunch Break

**[News Flash]** On February 1, 2026, China officially implemented the "General Technical Requirements for Desks and Chairs for Primary and Secondary School Students' Lunch Break" (GB/T 46016—2025). This is the world's first national-level standard specifically for the school lunch break scenario, marking a crucial step forward for China in the field of student health management and setting a new benchmark for global school furniture design.

The standard, drafted under the leadership of leading companies such as Sunon, fills the international technological gap regarding "seated-reclining" desks and chairs. The standard not only specifies the dimensions of desks and chairs in the learning state (e.g., the height of primary school desks is 455mm-730mm), but also sets stringent requirements for the lunch break state: the overall length of the chair after unfolding must be no less than 1050mm, and the backrest angle must be at least 135°. This means that students will completely say goodbye to cervical spine compression caused by "sleeping face down" and achieve true "lying flat" rest.

The introduction of this standard has directly driven a technological reshuffling of the domestic school desk and chair market. The previously diverse and inconsistent quality of "nap chairs" now have a unified standard of compliance. For educational equipment procurement departments, the new national standard provides a clear "supervision basis," ensuring that every set of school desks and chairs entering the campus can withstand durability tests (such as hooks bearing a 5kg load and functional components lasting 10,000 cycles). This is not only an upgrade in hardware but also a systemic guarantee for students' "right to healthy sleep."