TIMBER BUILDING FIRE PROTECTION RESEARCH IN CHINA- PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

摘要

After joining WTO, China's market gradually opened to the world. Many wood councils and wood product companies of foreign countries came to China to find their opportunities. As a result, more and more timber buildings have been built all over China. In order to ensure the fire safety of the timber buildings, Tianjin Fire Research Institute of MPS (TFRI), the chief editor of the most important fire code of China, has been keeping a close eye on the safe development of timber buildings. Therefore, a series of researches on timber fire protection have been done and parts of the achievements have been integrated into the fire code. This paper introduces what we did in the last few years in timber fire protection research, what we are doing now and what we will do in the near future.