Allergen immunotherapy (AIT) for allergic rhinitis (AR), asthma, and other allergic diseases has developed quickly. House dust mite (HDM), Artemisia (wormwood), Humulus japonicus (Japanese hop), Alternaria alternata, and Cladosporium herbarum are the five most common inhalant allergens in China. AIT has been performed in China for over 60 years. With the support of the Chinese Medical Association (CMA) and the Chinese Medical Doctors Association (CMDA), the Chinese College of Allergy and Asthma (CCAA) was established in 2016 as a specialized branch of CDMA and is the main certification authority for AIT. Chinese allergists and scientists have made tremendous progress in the development of AIT. There have been many publications by Chinese allergists and scientists worldwide encompassing original research studies, systematic reviews, case studies, and clinical trials. Currently, conventional subcutaneous immunotherapy (SCIT) is the preferred AIT in China, but sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) is beginning to gain recognition. An increasing number of clinical trials have been conducted to investigate the clinical efficacy and side effects of SLIT and SCIT. In China, HDM is the only commercial standardized allergen extracts in clinical use, whereas the others are crude allergen extracts. Besides standardized allergen extracts, other forms of hypoallergenic extracts are still being investigated and developed in China. Immunotherapy in China is similar to that in the USA in which allergen extracts can be mixed for SCIT. However, allergen extracts cannot be mixed for SCIT in Europe.

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SF6 has been widely used in the power industry as an arc quenching and insulation medium due to its excellent physical and chemical properties since 1960. However, experience shows that SF6 gas medium has many disadvantages under certain conditions: gas may encounter liquefaction when installed in cold areas; SF6 is still expensive; dielectric strength is sensitive to electric field, and require higher equipment design and manufacturing processes; SF6 is a greenhouse gas, and is used under limitations since the Kyoto Protocol was signed in 1997[. Unfortunately, its difficult to find no environment hazards and to replace SF6 completely at present. In view that the greenhouse impact of SF6 is still very little (it is estimated less than 0.01%) in the atmosphere recently and it does not damage the ozone layer, it becomes a focus to find gas mixtures containing SF6 to replace pure SF6 gas to reduce the emissions and environmental impact of SF6. Scientists from all countries and international major GIS manufacturers, electric power sector are working together to develop new gas mixture of SF6-insulated electrical equipment [2].