The harm of noise and vibration has a long history, and only in modern times has it attracted widespread attention. Looking back on history, there were reports of noise deafness of forgers in the 18th century, but it was not until after the second world war that the number of deafness caused by gun noise increased sharply that the noise began to attract the attention of the medical community. Researchers have carried out a series of research work on noise induced deafness, and many countries have successively published research reports on deafness caused by industrial noise.


With the development of modern industry and transportation, noise pollution has become more and more serious, and has become a world public hazard. It affects people's life, sleep, study, work and physical and mental health. Over the years, China has taken many noise control and management measures, and the acoustic environment has been improved, but the speed of treatment lags behind the speed of pollution. With the improvement of people's material and cultural living standards and the strengthening of environmental protection awareness, noise pollution complaints are still high. According to the information provided in the 2017 report of the Ministry of environmental protection on the prevention and control of environmental noise pollution in China, environmental protection departments at all levels across the country received 1.19 million environmental complaints in 2016, of which 522000 were noise complaints, accounting for 43.9% of the complaints (the completion rate was 99.1%), of which industrial noise accounted for 10.3%, construction noise accounted for 50.1% (night construction noise complaints accounted for 90.5% of such complaints), Social life noise accounts for 36.6%, and transportation noise accounts for 3%. From the 1960s to 1970s, aviation noise has reached an intolerable level.


China's noise law will be formally implemented in 2022, and the supervision and management will be further strengthened. The whole society will pay more attention to the problem of noise and vibration, and China's noise and vibration control industry will usher in a new period of development.


With the implementation of the noise law and the requirements of the opinions for the implementation of noise pollution prevention and control actions, the noise pollution prevention and control action plan will be issued and implemented. The demand for noise monitoring and control equipment will increase, and the noise and vibration control industry will usher in a new period of development opportunities. NOA, as a third-party comprehensive testing organization, can issue objective and true noise evaluation reports.