On March 17, 2025, the National Standard Administration(SAC) announced a proposal to draft 3 mandatory national standards and revise 4 existing mandatory national standards for energy efficiency. The drafting and revision work will be led by the National Energy and Standards and Management Technical Committee (SAC/TC 20). The proposed standardization plan has been open for public comments from 17 March to 16 April 2025.

The new mandatory standards to be developed will cover:

  • Mono-crystalline,
  • Lithium-ion battery system,
  • Household and similar healthappliances and sports appliances.

Whereas the revision of existing mandatory standards will cover:

  • Polyoxymethylene,
  • Data centers,
  • Displacement air compressors,
  • Room air conditioners.

A list of the 7 standards is provided below:

No. Standard Name New Draft/Revision Standards to be replaced Public Consultation Period
1 Norm of energy consumption per unit production of mono-crystalline New Draft   17 March, 2025 – 16 April 2025
2 Minimum allowable values of energy efficiency and energy efficiency grades for lithium-ion battery system New Draft   17 March, 2025 – 16 April 2025
3 Minimum allowable values of the energy efficiency and energy efficiency grades for household and similar health appliances and sports appliances New Draft   17 March, 2025 – 16 April 2025
4 Norm of energy consumption per unit production of polyoxymethylene Revision GB 29438-2012 17 March, 2025 – 16 April 2025
5 Minimum allowable values of energy efficiency and energy efficiency grades for data centers Revision GB 40879-2021- 17 March, 2025 – 16 April 2025
6 Minimum allowable values of energy efficiency and energy efficiency grades for displacement air compressors Revision GB 19153-2019 17 March, 2025 – 16 April 2025
7 Minimum allowable values of the energy efficiency and energy efficiency grades for room air conditioners Revision GB 21455-2019 17 March, 2025 – 16 April 2025

 

Mandatory energy efficiency standards has been a key market requirements for products entering the Chinese market. We recommend that relevant manufacturers and industry stakeholders to keep a close watch over the progress of these standardization projects.

SESEC will continue to track developments of the projects and provide timely updates, including information on standardization progress and relevant reference materials to help stakeholders better understand the direction of standardization in China.

Below are links containing proposals of each standard documents (in Chinese). Each proposal contains information regarding the purpose, scope and technical content of the standard.

Click the link to view:

  1. Mono-crystalline,
  2. Lithium-ion battery system
  3. Householdand similar health appliance and sports appliance, 
  4. Polyoxymethylene,
  5. Data centers,
  6. Displacement air compressors,
  7. Room air conditioners.

European stakeholders are welcome to provide comments and feedback regarding the standard projects during consultation with SESEC.