On 5 November 2021, the Standardisation Administration of China (SAC) published the Annual Report on Standardisation Development in China (2020). The Report provides a comprehensive summary of China’s standardisation work in 2020, covering six main aspects: (i) data overview, (ii) key tasks, (iii) international standardisation, (iv) infrastructure construction, (v) typical cases, and (vi) events.
Data
- National standards: In 2020, 2,252 national standards were approved and issued, of which 99 are mandatory and 2,153 are voluntary. By the end of 2020, there were all together 39,847 national standards in China, including 2,133 mandatory standards and 37,714 voluntary standards.
- Sector standards: In 2020, 8,105 sector standards were put on record, and 2,665 were abolished. By the end of 2020, 71 types of sector standards had been approved and issued, and totally 72,620 sector standards had been put on record.
- Local standards: In 2020, 8,387 local standards were put on record, while5,411 were abolished. By the end of 2020, 49,334 local standards had been put on record.
- Association standards: In 2020, 1,292 social organizations registered on the National Association Standards Information Platform, and 9,155 association standards were announced. By the end of 2020, 4,334 social organisations had registered on the platform, with 21,350 association standards announced.
- Enterprise standards: By the end of 2020, there were 341,940 registered enterprises; among these, 305,592 enterprises disclosed 1,713,107 standards, covering 2,920,229 products through self-declaration on the platform.
- Technical committees: By the end of 2020, there were 1,330 national technical committees for standardisation, including 545 Technical Committees, 771 Sub-Technical Committees and 14 Standardisation Working Groups.
International cooperation
By the end of 2020, China had assumed the chairmanship and vice chairmanship of 75 ISO and IEC technical bodies and 75 secretariats; it also signed 97 bilateral and multilateral cooperation documents on standardisation with 54 national and regional standardisation bodies and international organizations, and published 930 foreign versions of national standards.
The Report also highlights that, in the coming years, China will continue to promote standardisation reform in accordance with the Outline for National Standardisation Development, encourage foreign companies to participate in standardisation work in China, and create a fair atmosphere for both Chinese and foreign enterprises.
The full text, in Chinese, of the Annual Report on Standardisation Development in China (2020), is available at:
