On October 22, Mrs. Wang Hui, public affairs director of North Asia of Unilever, Mr. Zhu Jiebing, regulatory affairs director of North Asia of Unilever and Mr. Nie Liang, deputy director of public affairs of China led a delegation of Unilever to visit SQI for communication.

On the meeting, Mr. Ji Fei, president of SQI introduced the capability and qualification, talent team, scientific research and standardization situation to the guests. He focused on the the technical ability of national quality inspection centers for food, cleaning products and consumer goods of SQI and shared the successful experience of SQI in serving quality improvement and helping enterprises to participate in the construction of Shanghai brand. He said that SQI adhered to the green and sustainable development strategy and actively carried out technical research and standard formulation in testing and certification of biodegradable products and renewable plastics. SQI has taken the lead in releasing group standards such as take-out lunch box  and  take-out food package  which  improved the safety of  take-out food.

Mrs. Wang Hui confirmed the ability of SQI and she introduced that Unilever is one of the main producers of fast-moving consumer goods in the world. The large-scale production and circulation of fast-moving consumer goods bring considerable economic income to the enterprise, but also cause a large number of plastic packaging. As a large multinational enterprise, Unilever has the responsibility and obligation to actively reduce the use of plastic packaging.

Mr. Zhu Jiebing said that Unilever has been exploring new business models to reduce the use of plastic packaging by making packaging from environmentally friendly and renewable materials. He hoped that with the help of SQI, both side could cooperate on renewable plastic testing.

Mr. Nie Liang hoped that in the next stage, Unilever will cooperate with SQI to establish an effective standard system in recycling, utilization, testing and certification of plastic packaging products.

The delegation also visited the laboratories of SQI and communicated with technical personnel on the quality and safety of recycled plastics used in food and cosmetic packaging materials.