On 5 October 2025, China released GB/T 33450-2025 Guideline for the transformation from scientific and technical achievement to standard which will come into effect on February 1, 2026. As researchers continue to face significant challenges in transforming advanced scientific and technological achievements into standards, this new national standard provides targeted solutions by clarifying how to transform, what to transform, and how the transformation should be carried out. It is expected to serve as a crucial bridge between the research laboratory and the production line, supporting China’s national strategy to develop new-quality productive forces.
On November 14, 2025, the Department of Standards and Innovation Management at the National Standards Administration of China (SAC) published an official interpretation of this new standard.
According to SAC, the standard highlights three main areas.
First, the standard clarifies the feasibility analysis for transforming scientific and technological achievements into standards and proposes pathways and methods for promoting a standardized transformation process. It serves as a “transformation manual” for researchers.
Second, the standard includes a pathway for transforming scientific and technological achievements into international standards, providing technical support for incorporating China’s technological achievements into the international standardization system and helping China shift from an “active participant” to a “major contributor” in international standardization.
Third, the standard establishes an evaluation indicator system for standards derived from scientific and technological achievements, enabling clear judgments on whether such achievements are suitable for transformation into standards and analyzing which categories of standards they fit. In addition, it refines the handling of patents involved in standards and sets requirements for the disclosure of information and licensing declarations on standard-essential patents, filling a previous technical gap in transforming advanced technological achievements into standards.
Currently, the trend of synchronizing standard development with scientific and technological innovation has become increasingly evident. Standardization work is gradually becoming embedded in all stages of scientific and technological activities, providing important support for enabling technological achievements to enter the market quickly and enhancing industrial competitiveness. SAMR will continue to improve the coordinated development mechanism between standardization and scientific and technological innovation, accelerate the development of standards in key and emerging fields such as artificial intelligence, brain–computer interfaces, quantum information, and high-end equipment, and provide technical support toward a more independent innovation capability and achieving the goals of new-quality productive forces.
Source: https://www.samr.gov.cn/bzcxs/sjdt/gzdt/art/2025/art_06b833b98fe048aa8c4bdabdb30eaca7.html
