The Chinese lighter industry is currently in a critical period of transformation and development. Enterprises, governments, and associations must firmly establish the concept of safe development, use the strictest standards to build a bottom line for safe development, and adhere to the principle of "accountability for accidents and major accidents".

Fire has always played an important role in human progress and the development of industry and culture. Since the primitive cave dwelling ancestors began using stone tablets to rub wooden sticks to make fire, humans have been seeking an effective and reliable device for making fire. As an efficient and portable ignition source, the development of lighters faithfully reflects the progress of human civilization.

Since the 1990s, the lighter manufacturing industry has rapidly emerged in China and has become an indispensable daily necessity for every household. As a new manufacturing center for lighters in the world, China produces over 15 billion lighters annually, half of which are exported to foreign countries such as Ningbo, Deqing, Wenzhou, Xiayi, and Shaodong, forming a certain scale of production bases. While the lighter industry is driving local economy, its product safety issues have become more prominent. The flammable and explosive characteristics in production, transportation, warehousing and other processes pose a huge challenge to the safety of people's lives and property.

General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that "development must not come at the cost of sacrificing human lives. This must be treated as an unbreakable red line." The quality and safety of lighters require joint efforts from all parties, reciting the "four character formula," firmly tightening the "safety tight loop," and putting great effort into the basic safety skills of "practical, strict, meticulous, and strong.

The main responsibility is' real '. Enterprises are the main body, internal cause, and fundamental of safety production. Only by implementing safety prevention into the production management behavior of enterprises can hidden dangers be eliminated to the maximum extent and accidents be effectively avoided. Lighter manufacturers should fulfill their main responsibilities, be good at identifying and solving problems in a timely manner, take effective measures, and achieve the "five in place" of safety responsibility, investment, training, management, and emergency rescue. Implement a strict safety production responsibility system for all employees, strictly implement job safety responsibilities, strictly abide by operating procedures, strictly prevent unsafe production, and eliminate safety risks from the four major sources of product processing molds, production raw materials, production site layout, and internal warehousing and handling. Strengthening safety investment is the first investment concept, actively applying advanced processes, technologies, equipment, and information methods, continuously improving overall prevention and control capabilities, enhancing safety production levels, and building a solid foundation for the long-term development of enterprises.

The regulatory measures are 'strict'. Currently, domestic lighter manufacturing enterprises are developing rapidly, gradually transitioning from fully manual assembly to semi automation, and even some models are fully automated. The customs inspection and quarantine department is responsible for the inspection and supervision of exported lighter products, and should shift the focus of supervision from specific export products to the quality control system and risk management system of the enterprise itself. Comprehensive supervision should be carried out from multiple aspects such as product research and development capabilities, export product types, product traceability systems, and self inspection capabilities. By developing corresponding regulatory plans based on specific risk data, such as safety issues that are prone to occur under full automation, unqualified data of different models, regulatory frequency, and key regulatory areas, risk management is implemented. Multiple methods such as post supervision and spot checks, administrative law enforcement, and defective product recalls are used to verify the accuracy and quality compliance of enterprise information, supervise and guide enterprises to strictly implement national mandatory standards, promote the improvement of lighter product quality, and promote the sustainable and healthy development of the industry.

The responsibility for material control is detailed. While the lighter industry is booming, the safety situation of lighter port storage and transportation is becoming increasingly severe. Once storage and transportation accidents occur, they can easily cause significant casualties, property damage, and environmental disasters. It is very important to strengthen the safety supervision of the storage and transportation of lighter products. To this end, it is necessary to strengthen the qualification review and rectification of regulatory venues, standardize the entry and exit and loading and unloading management of lighter transport vehicles in the port area: strictly load and unload goods according to the approved load capacity, eliminate the loading and unloading of unlicensed vehicles, and implement online monitoring and monitoring of lighter product loading and unloading; Strictly inspect the equipment of port safety facilities, comprehensively review safety conditions and safety facility design; Strictly control the entry and exit of lighter ships through the declaration process of dangerous goods transported by ships, carefully verify the declaration information, avoid ship concealment, and eliminate hidden dangers from the source.

The synergistic effect is' strong '. Pay attention to the role of the government and associations, firmly establish the main idea of linkage between lighter safety regulatory departments and promotion by industry associations, and ensure the healthy and orderly development of the lighter industry. Strengthen communication and coordination between customs and other departments, establish a joint meeting system and an abnormal situation reporting system, and form a joint regulatory force for lighter products. Timely release information on foreign technical trade measures through government platforms, increase investment in scientific and technological testing, enhance the international recognition of domestic testing institutions, and reduce testing costs for enterprises. Give full play to the coordinating and bridging role of industry associations, optimize the allocation of enterprise resources reasonably, prevent vicious price competition, actively promote the brand building and social credit system construction of the lighter industry.

At present, the Chinese lighter industry is in a critical period of transformation and development. Enterprises, governments, and associations must firmly establish the concept of safe development and use the strictest standards to build a solid bottom line for safe development. Adhere to the principle of "accountability for accidents, accountability for major accidents", conscientiously fulfill responsibilities, implement various measures, supervision, and accountability, and use the four character formula of "practical, strict, detailed, and strong" to effectively tighten, secure, and implement the safety of the lighter industry, and reduce responsibilities.