# Whisper

China’s Sanitary‑Pad Shakeup: Tougher Standards, Smarter Factories and a Sharper Market

China has introduced stricter national standards for disposable sanitary products that tighten size tolerances, update absorbency tests, close safety gaps on chemicals, and mandate process controls. The rules accelerate factory automation and testing, favour large brands and domestic equipment makers, and are likely to prompt consolidation and higher‑quality — and higher‑priced — products over the coming years.