On July 15 2025, the National Information Technology Standardization Technical Committee (SAC/TC28) launched its first “Standards Week” event of 2025. The opening event and plenary meeting were held in Beijing. Mr. Xiong Jijun, Vice Minister of Industry and Information Technology, Mr. Wang Yuhuan, Deputy Director of the Standards Technical Management Department of the State Administration for Market Regulation, attended the meeting and delivered speeches.

Attendees also included, Wang Yanqing, Deputy Chair of SAC/TC28 and Director General of the Department of Information Technology Development at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Xu Wenli, Deputy Chair of SAC/TC28 and Deputy Director General of the Department of Electronic Information, Yao Jia, Deputy Director General of the Department of Science and Technology, along with other leaders and experts. Mr. Yang Xudong, President of the China Electronics Standardization Institute (CESI), also attended, while Mr. Fan Kefeng, Secretary-General of SAC/TC28 and Vice President of CESI, presided over the meeting.

Mr. Xiong Jijun, Vice Minister of MIIT, acknowledged the achievements of information technology standardization from 2020 to 2025. He put forward five proposals:

  1. Plan and lay the groundwork for key development areas in next-generation information technology.
  2. Establish a system for regularly updating standards. Improve the overall standards framework to ensure cohesion.
  3. Accelerate the development of crucial standards in high-demand areas like advanced computing, critical software/hardware, digital transformation, and AI.
  4. Promote the effective implementation of standards for critical software/hardware, advanced computing, AI, and text encoding to create a stable foundation.
  5. Deepen involvement in international standardization efforts to help Chinese technology, products, and solutions expand globally.

Mr. Wang Yuhuan from SAMR, emphasized that advancing IT standardization is vital for nurturing new industrial advantages, driving integration of IT with various sectors, and supporting both domestic and international openness. He called on SAC/TC28 to closely track IT frontiers, strengthen foresight research in AI and brain-computer interfaces, promptly transform innovations into standards, deepen international collaboration, and boldly explore breakthroughs.

Mr. Yang Xudong, President of CESI, presented the “Information Technology Standardization Work Report”, reviewing global IT industry trends and reporting progress in standardization across critical areas such as hardware, software applications, electronics, emerging technologies, and future industries. SAC/TC28 has overseen over 1,600 national standards and contributed to more than 100 international standards. Looking ahead, it will continue to refine the system, deepen cooperation, and optimize organizational mechanisms to support high-quality IT development with high standards.

Over the past five years, SAC/TC28 has demonstrated substantial achievements through publishing 338 national and sector standards while initiating 395 new projects. The committee has strengthened China’s international leadership in standardization by establishing the first international subcommittee on brain-computer interfaces and significantly increasing China’s contribution to international standards development.

SESEC has compiled TC28’s evolution, key statistics and standards updates from this Work Report, which can be downloaded from here:

SESEC V Report – SAC/TC28 Plenary Meeting 2025

In addition, the National Digital Transformation Standards Service Platform (dtmmep.cn) was unveiled. Beyond showcasing standards, it enables enterprises to self-assess digital transformation maturity online (nearly 1,400 enterprises have participated), while also certifying 70 high-quality service providers.

Furthermore, CESI and HiSilicon jointly released a roadmap for the next-generation General Purpose Multimedia Interface (GPMI) standard. HiSilicon is a Chinese fabless semiconductor design firm owned by Huawei. With just one cable, GPMI meets all wired interconnection needs and is the only domestic interface technology recognized by international ecosystems. Covering key products such as set-top boxes, computers, displays, TVs, and projectors, GPMI is being advanced as an international standard, with GPMI 2.0 development already underway.

From July 15 to 18, SAC/TC28’s “Standards Week” hosted thematic seminars on software and digital transformation, storage, extended reality and digital humans, computing devices, educational large models, open source, IT services, AI terminals, operating systems, databases, unmanned systems, and IT talent development. Leaders from relevant departments, SAC/TC28 members, subcommittees, working groups, and representatives from industry, academia, and research institutions participated.