According to the SAMR official website on February 11, 2025, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) approved and released 571 national standards in foreign languages in 2024, marking a 43% year-on-year increase and setting a record high. These foreign-language versions of national standards cover six languages—English, Russian, German, Portuguese, Khmer, and Vietnamese—and span key […]
On February 12, 2025, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) released the Administrative Measures for Compliance Audits on Personal Information Protection (hereinafter referred to as the Measures). These regulations will take effect on May 1, 2025. China’s Personal Information Protection Law and the Regulations on Network Data Security Management require personal information processors to regularly conduct compliance audits on personal information protection. […]
On January 24, 2025, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) issued the Provisions on Radar Radio Management (Trial) (hereinafter referred to as the “Provisions”). The document defines the frequency usage range and radio technical specifications for 19 types of radar across seven major categories operating in frequency bands below 100 GHz. It aims to regulate […]
From January 26 to February 25, 2025, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) solicited opinions on amendments to two mandatory national tire standards. Amendment No. 1 to GB 9743-2024 Passenger Car Tyres Purpose: In Chapter 4.1 of GB 9743-2024, the following is stated: “Main tire parameters such as tire specifications, load index or class, […]
On January 10, 2025, the CNCA released the General Requirements for Railway Product Certification Rules and the first batch of 11 specialized requirements for specific products. These requirements are effective from the date of release. The General Requirements for Railway Product Certification Rules outlines the general rules for the certification modules, basic processes, certification body requirements, implementation requirements, certificates, […]
From February 13 to March 12, 2025, SAMR (State Administration for Market Regulation) opened a public consultation on the Guidelines for Building a Standards System for Standard Digitalization (Draft for Comments). China has already outlined the requirements for the digital transformation of standards in top-level policy documents such as the National Standardization Development Outline and the Quality Power Construction […]
In January 2025, ISO approved the initiation of seven international standard projects in the field of new energy vehicles (NEVs) led by China. These projects cover four areas: electric vehicles (EVs), power batteries, fuel cells, and battery swapping. Two working groups were formed for fuel cell vehicles and battery swapping vehicles, with Chinese experts taking […]
At the end of December 2024, the IEC released IEC 63206:2024 Industrial-process control systems – Recorders – Testing and performance evaluation, an international standard led by China (specifically, ITEI). This standard specifies the characterization, classification (e.g., analog chart recorder, digital recorder, X-Y recorder, paperless recorder, event recorder, data logger, and data acquisition device, etc.), and performance […]
From December 18, 2024, to February 16, 2025, the National Standardization Principles and Methods Technical Committee (SAC/TC286) sought public feedback on the national standard Rules of Standardization Activities—Part 3: Guidelines for referencing standards in regulations. The primary purpose of this standard is to ensure usability, specifically providing rules and pathways for referencing standards in laws […]
On January 9, 2025, the Instrumentation Technology and Economy Institute (ITEI) and the ECLASS Association held an online seminar on the “Product Digital Passport.” At the seminar, representatives from ECLASS presented the latest progress in the EU’s efforts to advance legislation and standards for product digital passports, as well as the ECLASS solutions for implementing […]