Chinese Standardization
Current Standards System
China’s current standards system is defined by Standardization Law, which came into effect on the 1 January 2018. The standards system consists of five hierarchies of standards: national (i.e. GB/GBT), sector (or ministry) (i.e. JB/T, YY/T, etc.), local (i.e. DB/T), association, and enterprises standards. Among these, national standards are composed of mandatory national standards and recommended (or voluntary) national standards. Apart from Mandatory National Standards, all other standards are voluntary.
In summary, the number of the standards until end of 2019 were listed here.
Standards in China | Amount |
---|---|
National – mandatory | 2111 |
National – voluntary | 36877 |
Sectoral standards | 62262 |
Local standards | 37818 |
Association standards | 9790 |
Enterprise standards | 1140000 |
Table 1.the number of the standards until end of 2019
The standards drafted or revised in the year of 2019 were listed here. 1
Item name | Achieved in 2019
(Number) |
Details |
National standards | 2021 | Published |
New Standardization technical organizations | 41 | Concerning block-chain and other fields |
Sector standards | 4880 | Put on record |
Local standards | 7238 | |
Association standards | 6227 | Issued |
Enterprise standards | 370,000 | Published by 55962 enterprises through self-declaration |
International standard projects | 238 | Proposed by China |
new secretariats and leaderships in international standardization setting organizations (ISO/IEC/JTC1/ITU) | 8 | Proposed by China |
Voluntary national standard projects | 2145 | With 52% elimination rate |
Table 2.Achievements of China Standardization in 2019
1 Data source: China 2019 Standardization Work Annual Meeting on January 19, 2020