Last year is the star ting year of the third stage of deepening standardization reform, which is critical to the establishment of a complete standards system. In 2019, major advances and new breakthroughs have been made in China's standardization field.

 

The 83rd IEC General Meeting has been successfully held in Shanghai with a congratulatory letter sent by Chinese President Xi Jinping. "China Standards 2035" project has made major achievements. A total of 2,021 national standards have been released last year. Forty-one standardization technical organizations have been set up, covering blockchain and other areas. In 2019, 4,880 sectoral standards and 7,238 local standards have been developed and registered, 6,227 association standards developed, and 55,962 companies have disclosed more than 370,000 enterprise standards. Chinese experts have contributed 238 international standard proposals, and assumed 8 more secretariats, chairs or secretaries at international standardization organizations.

 

1.We have achieved new results in deepening standardization reform.

 

"China Standards 2035" project has made major achievements.

Chinese Academy of Engineering, the major participant of the project, has devoted great efforts to the research. A dozen of academicians and more than 300 experts have investigated more than 100 companies in 22 provinces and cities across the nation, held over 100 workshops, and made communication and exchanges with more than 10 foreign national standardization bodies and international standards organizations, completing a research report with more than 1 million Chinese words.

The report puts forward innovative, forward-looking ideas and conclusions in the aspects of standardization strategy positioning and goals, standards system, standardization mechanism, standards implementation and standards internationalization, laying a solid foundation for developing China’s standardization strategy.

 

National standards have been further streamlined and optimized.

A total of 106 mandatory national standards have been released such as General requirements for safety technologies of dangerous chemicals operation enterprises , and General specifications for service safety of elderly care organizations , with 96 proposals approved. Mandatory sectoral standards in such areas as electricity and medical apparatus and instruments have been upgraded into mandatory national standards.

National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Transport (MOT), and Ministry of Ecological Environment (MEE) have jointly promoted the integration and revision of mandatory national standards for the inspection of motor vehicles' safety technique, overall performance, and exhaust contaminant. We have made the approval requirements of voluntary national standard project stricter, with the elimination rate as high as 52 percent. Last year, 2,145 projects of voluntary standards have been approved, 37 percent of which are standards revision projects. More than 95 percent of national standards for consumer products such as household appliance, furniture and shoe making, and more than 90 percent of national standards in forestry machinery and earthmoving machine comply with relevant international standards.

 

The management of sectoral standards has been improved.

The governmental departments in charge of sectoral standards have made and improved the policies and administrative measures for sectoral standards, and updated the registration management procedures and information system of sectoral standards. They have also examined and cleaned up sectoral standards by using stricter requirements for registration. The sectoral standards structure has been further optimized, with 2,665 sectoral standards abolished and 65,998 ones registered. Three new sectoral standards codes are added respectively for fire fighting and rescue, emergency management, and national material reserves, meeting the demands of these fields.

 

The reform and innovation of local standardization management have been accelerated.

The registration management procedures and information system of local standards have been further upgraded. Thirty-one provinces, autonomous regions and cities have conducted self-inspection of local standards, stringently restricting the standards scope. As a result, 5,411 local standards have been abolished, and 42,881 ones registered.

Shanxi, Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces have carried out the standardization comprehensive reform pilot programme, contributing 11 pieces of practicable and applicable phased experiences. Regional standardization development has been more balanced. For instance, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region has released 8 regional harmonized standards; the Yangtze Economic Belt has completed the standardization cooperation work mechanism; we promoted the construction of the standardization research center for Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area; New Belt & Road Standardization Strategic Alliance has developed 4 featured standards.

Standardization innovation in provinces and cities such as Hainan, Zhengzhou and Yiwu has made notable progress. The special action of standards comparison and compliance in 10,000 companies of 1,000 sectors in 100 cities has made major progress. A total of 4,659 companies in more than 800 sectors and over 140 cities have participated in the standards

comparison and compliance activity, releasing 13,734 results of enterprise standards comparison.

 

The vigor of market-oriented standards has been further unleashed.

China Association for Science and Technology vigorously supports its members to participate in association standards work. More than 3,000 social organizations have released 12,000 association standards, ranging from smart transport, sharing economy and elderly care services, notably increasing the supply of market-oriented standards. The number of enterprise standards disclosed through self-declaration on the national platform has soared. So far, some 240,000 companies have disclosed more than 1.26 million enterprise standards through self-declaration, covering more than

2.17 million kinds of products. The Enterprise Standards Forerunner System has been implemented across the nation, with more than 360 ranking lists of products and services released. As a result, 315 standards of 245 enterprises have become the "forerunners" of enterprise standards.

 

2. We have made new progress in the construction of the standards system promoting high-quality development.

 

A preliminary agricultural and rural standards system has been established.

In 2019, 105 national standards have been released and implemented in agricultural and rural areas, covering the quality and safety of agricultural products, prevention and control of animal and plant epidemic disease, agricultural social services, etc. We have promoted the development of 150 national standards for infrastructure in rural areas, living environment, rural governance, featured town development, etc. Tibet and Qinghai have developed national standards for industry poverty alleviation, supporting the fighting against poverty.

Ministries including Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA), and Ministry of Forestry and Prairie have jointly completed the construction of 268 national agricultural standardization demonstration zones. Governmental departments such as Bureau of Food and Material Reserves have released the documents on facilitating standardization reform. MARA has also built the standardized gardens of fruit, vegetables and tea, and standardization healthy farms of livestock, poultry, and aquatic products.The national standard, Specifications for building and managing rural public toilets, has been developed to support "toilet revolution".

 

The standards system of food and consumer products quality and safety has been steadilyimproved.

We have cleaned up national standards for food quality. Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), Ministry of Commerce, National Health Commission, National Intellectual Property Administration and other departments have proposed 1,394 national food standards and made the plan of developing and revising 390 national food standards, establishing the national food quality standards system in a faster way. MIIT has also developed and revised mandatory national standards for household appliances, children shoes, lighting appliances, etc. in a faster way.

To meet the needs of customized service, smart and green development, we have also developed the standards for design, production and quality control of customized consumer product, robot for housekeeping services, green product evaluation of kitchen and toilet hardware, etc. In addition, standards for popular consumer products such as electronic toilet, smart household appliance, jewelry of precious metal, etc. have been released.

 

High-end standards system of manufacturing industry has been enhanced.

NDRC, MIIT and National Energy Administration (NEA) have successively issued standardization policies and measures, to facilitate the deep integration of advanced manufacturing industry and modern services industry, improve the design capability of manufacturing industry, promote the standardization in areas such as smart manufacturing, industrial internet, energy internet, etc., and upgrade standards in manufacturing industry.

Ministry of Science and Technology, and Chinese Academy of Engineering have carried out the navigation action of new material and additive manufacturing standards, establishing the new sectoral standards system. Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development has completed the development and revision of standards such as Symbols for the classification of household waste, Evaluation standards for green buildings, etc. MEE has organized the research and development of

quality standards for recycled copper and aluminium. NEA, National Nuclear Safety Administration and State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence have jointly promoted nuclear standardization work.

 

The standards system of modern services industry has been gradually completed.

Seven ministries and commissions including State Administration for Market Regulation, NDRC and State Post Bureau have jointly released and implemented the three-year action plan for productive service industry. Ministry of Civil Affairs has vigorously promoted standardization of elderly care services, applying standards in the implementation of the Senior Citizens' Rights Guarantee Act, and Administrative Measures for Nursing Home. National standards for place names, the Chinese translation of foreign place names, etc., have been completed.

People' s Bank of China, China Banking Regulatory Commission, and China Insurance Regulatory Commission have finished the mid-term evaluation of the financial standards innovative construction pilot programmes. NDRC, Ministry of Commerce, and All-China Women’s Federation have jointly promoted the standardization of housekeeping services. MOT has developed national standards for urban railway transit facilities and operation. General Administration of Sport has facilitated the implementation and promotion of winter sports, supporting the Olympic Winter Games to be held in China in 2022.

 

The standards system of fundamental public services has been established in a faster way.

To implement the Guiding opinions on establishing and improving the standards system of fundamental public services issued by the General Office of the Central Committee of CCP and the Information Office of the State Council, more than 100 national standards for public culture, labor management and protection, and urban passenger transport are under development, and more than 40 national standards for the disabled care services, safe use of public sports facilities,account management of urban and rural residents’ basic endowment insurance, etc. have been released. SAMR, NDRC and Ministry of Finance have launched the national fundamental public services standardization pilot programmes in 54 cities and counties. In addition, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security has actively promoted the pilot programme. Fujian province has taken the lead in implementing the standards system of fundamental public services.

 

The construction of standards system on social governance has been remarkably enhanced.

The national work arrangements on streamlining administrative approval, optimizing government services and boosting the disclosure of government affairs have been well implemented. The national standards, such as GB/T 38227-2019, Specification for agency services of investment projects construction approval, have been published, and the national standardization and normalization pilots on the disclosure of government affairs at the grassroots level have been carried out. With the joint efforts of 17 ministries and commissions, 26 relevant guidelines in key fields have been compiled.

The Cyberspace Administration of China has revised the national standard on specification for personal information security. NDRC and Ministry of Finance have promoted the application of a series of national standards on the rules of compiling unified social credit code in the social credit system. Ministry of Public Security has driven the development of the national standards on explosive substance and equipment. Ministry of Justice has facilitated the establishment of the standardization technical bodies including those on lawyer services. Ministry of Emergency Management has published 40 national standards in the fields such as safe production, fire fighting and hazardous chemicals. Moreover, National Government Offices Administration has announced the second batch of 20 standardization pilot projects on government affairs together with the establishment of related standardization working groups.

 

The standards system on ecological civilization has been rapidly established.

In 2019, 24 mandatory national standards on energy efficiency and water efficiency of air conditioner, indoor lighting LED light, dish washing, etc., have been published. A total of 37 national standardization pilots on circular economy have been evaluated. Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development has revised GB/T 19095-2019, Signs for classification of municipal solid waste. Ministry of Natural Resources has driven the development of the national standards in such fields as real estate, marine industry and green mining. Ministry of Ecological Environment has promoted the development of the national standards on emission limits of air pollutants and limit of toxic and harmful substances in fertilizers in such fields as pharmaceuticals, coating, ink and adhesive substance. In addition, the standards system has been vigorously built in the national ecological civilization experimental areas in Jiangxi, Guizhou and Hainan provinces.

 

 

（Excerpted from the Report of SAMR Vice-Minister and SAC Administrator Tian Shihong at the National Standardization Work Conference）