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With the new national standard for classroom lighting set to take effect soon, how can schools keep pace with the transition?

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2026-09-18

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The mandatory national standard “Hygiene Standard for Daylighting and Lighting in Primary and Secondary School Classrooms” (GB 7793–2025), issued last November, will officially come into effect on November 1—leaving schools with less than 50 days to comply.

What’s new this time?

This is the second revision of the standard since its introduction in 1987. The changes go beyond stricter requirements: the scope has been expanded from ordinary classrooms to include laboratories, art rooms, and multi‑purpose classrooms, with secondary vocational schools and off‑campus training institutions also required to comply; additionally, 12 new criteria have been added, such as the blue‑light RG0 exemption level, flicker control, lighting specifically designed for writing boards, and uniformity of daylighting. In short: classroom lighting is no longer judged solely on brightness, but must be stable, evenly distributed, soft, and safe.

Localities have already sprung into action.

According to a report by Hualong Net, Chongqing’s Liangjiang New Area launched a lighting upgrade project in March this year, retrofitting 1,542 classrooms across 46 schools, with similar initiatives underway concurrently in Dadukou, Dazu, Youyang, and other districts. Following the entry into force of the mandatory standards, classroom lighting will be incorporated as a stringent requirement for school‑running conditions, leading to a concentrated surge in retrofits of existing classrooms. As a result, bundled procurement of “classroom lights plus blackboard lights” has become the mainstream approach.

How should schools keep up?

Rather than resorting to reactive remediation after implementation, it’s better to take three proactive steps: first, conduct a thorough self-assessment of the existing classroom lighting environment against the new national standards, identifying any gaps; second, prioritize fully integrated solutions that meet mandatory requirements such as RG0 compliance and flicker‑free performance, thereby avoiding patchwork approaches that leave blind spots; and finally, rely on suppliers with comprehensive testing capabilities to carry out acceptance inspections, ensuring compliance on the first attempt and long‑term regulatory adherence.

Zopoise Technology, a leader in LED smart lighting, offers educational lighting solutions backed by the comprehensive testing capabilities of a CNAS‑accredited laboratory. Its classroom eye‑care luminaires deliver low blue light and high color rendering, providing end‑to‑end support—from self‑assessment and solution design to testing and acceptance—helping schools seamlessly meet the requirements of the new standards.

The countdown has begun—upgrading your lighting environment is best done sooner rather than later.

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