Implementation Regulations of the Standardization Law of the People's Republic of China (Revised in 2024)
Implementation Regulations of the Standardization Law of the People's Republic of China (Revised in 2024)
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Pursuant to the Decision of the State Council on Amending and Repealing Certain Administrative Regulations (Order of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China No. 829), this document has been amended.
Implementation Regulations of the Standardization Law of the People's Republic of China (Revised in 2024)
Order of the State Council of the People's Republic of China No. 777
March 10, 2024
(Promulgated by Order of the State Council of the People's Republic of China No. 53 on April 6, 1990; and revised in accordance with the Decision of the State Council on Amending and Repealing Some Administrative Regulations on March 10, 2024)
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 These Regulations are formulated in accordance with the provisions of the Standardization Law of the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the standardization Law).
Article 2 Standards should be formulated for the following technical requirements that need to be unified:
(1) the varieties, specifications, quality, grades or safety and health requirements of industrial products;
(2) the methods for the design, production, testing, inspection, packaging, storage, transportation, and use of industrial products, or the safety and health requirements in the production, storage, and transportation processes;
(3) various technical requirements and testing methods related to environmental protection;
(4) the technical requirements and methods for the survey, design, construction, and acceptance of construction projects;
(5) the technical terms, symbols, codes, drawing methods, and interchangeability requirements related to industrial production, construction projects and environmental protection;
(6) the varieties, specifications, quality, grades, inspection, packaging, storage, transportation, as well as the production technology and management technology requirements for agricultural products (including seeds, seedlings, breeding livestock, and breeding poultry);
(7) the technical requirements for information, energy, resources, and transportation.
Article 3 The State shall advance standardization in a planned way. Standardization should be included in national economic and social development plans at various levels.
Article 4 The State encourages the adoption of international standards and advanced foregin standards and takes an active part in the formulation of international standards.
Chapter II Administration of Standardization
Article 5 The tasks of standardization include formulating standards, organizing the implementation of standards and exercising supervision over the implementation of standards.
Article 6 The competent department in charge of standardization under the State Council shall conduct centralized management of the standardization work nationwide, and perform the following duties:
(1) organizing the implementation of the State's laws, regulations, policies and measures concerning standardization ;
(2) organizing the formulation of national standardization programs and plans;
(3) organizing the formulation of national standards;
(4) providing guidance to the relevant competent departments under the State Council and administrative departments in charge of standardization in the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and the municipalities directly under the Central Government in their standardization work, and coordinating work in this field and dealing with issues arising therein;
(5) organizing the implementation of standards;
(6) overseeing and inspecting the implementation of standards;
(7) conductin centralized management of product quality certification nationwide; and
(8) being in charge of centralized contacts with relevant international standardization organizations.
Article 7 The relevant competent departments under the State Council shall manage the standardization work within their respective sectors or industries and perform the following duties:
(1) implementing the State's laws, regulations, policies and measures concerning standardization work and formulating specific procedures for their implementation within their respective sectors or industries;
(2) formulating programs and plans concerning standardization work for their respective sectors or industries;
(3) undertaking tasks assigned by the State of drafting national standards and organizing the formulation of industry standards;
(4) providing guidance to the relevant competent departments in provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government in their standardization work;
(5) organizing the implementation of standards within their respective sectors or industries;
(6) overseeing and inspecting the implementation of standards; and
(7) managing product quality certification work within their respective industries as authorized by the competent department in charge of standardization under the State Council.
Article 8 The administrative departments in charge of standardization in the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall conduct centralized management of standardization work in their respective administrative regions, and perform the following duties:
(1) implementing the State's laws, regulations, policies and measures concerning standardization work and formulating specific procedures for their implementation in their respective administrative regions;
(2) formulating local standardization programs and plans;
(3) organizing the formulation of local standards;
(4) providing guidance to the relevant administrative authorities in their own administrative regions in their standardization work, and coordinating work in this field and dealing with issues arising therein;
(5) organizing the implementation of standards in their respective administrative regions; and
(6) overseeing and inspecting the implementation of the standards.
Article 9 The relevant competent administrative departments in provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall manage the standardization work within their respective sectors or industries in the respective administrative regions, and perform the following duties:
(1) implementing the laws, regulations, policies and measures concerning standardization work formulated by the State and their respective sectors or industries and administrative regions and formulating specific procedures for their implementation;
(2) formulating standardization programs and plans for their respective sectors or industries in the respective administrative regions;
(3) undertaking the tasks of drafting local standards assigned by the people's governments of the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government;
(4) organizing the implementation of standards within their respective sectors or industries in the receptive administrative regions; and
(5) overseeing and inspection the implementation of standards.
Article 10 The division of duties between the administrative departments in charge of standardization and the relevant competent administrative departments at the municipal and county levels shall be stipulated by the people's governments of the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government.
Chapter III Formulation of Standards
Article 11 National standards (including the production of standard samples) shall be formulated for the following technical requirements that need to be unified nationwide:
(1) requirements for interchangeability and common technical language;
(2) technical requirements for ensuring human health and personal and property safety;
(3) technical requirements for basic raw materials, fuels, and materials;
(4) technical requirements for general basic components;
(5) general testing and inspection methods;
(6) general management technology requirements;
(7) important technical requirements for construction projects;
(8) technical requirements for other important products that need to be controlled by the State.
Article 12 The administrative department in charge of standardization under the State Council shall formulate plans, organize the drafting, and conduct centralized review, numbering, and issuance of national standards.
The national standards for construction projects, pharmaceuticals, food hygiene, veterinary drugs, and environmental protection shall be drafted and approved respectively by the administrative departments under the State Council in charge of construction, health, agriculture, and environmental protection; the numbering and issuance procedures for such standards shall be formulated by the administrative department in charge of standardization under the State Council, in conjunction with the relevant administrative departments under the State Council.
If laws have other provisions on the formulation of national standards, such provisions shall prevail.
Article 13 For technical requirements that need to be unified within a certain industry nationwide but for which there are no national standards, industry standards (including the production of standard samples) may be formulated.
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Pursuant to the Decision of the State Council on Amending and Repealing Certain Administrative Regulations (Order of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China No. 829), this document has been amended.
Implementation Regulations of the Standardization Law of the People's Republic of China (Revised in 2024)
Order of the State Council of the People's Republic of China No. 777
March 10, 2024
(Promulgated by Order of the State Council of the People's Republic of China No. 53 on April 6, 1990; and revised in accordance with the Decision of the State Council on Amending and Repealing Some Administrative Regulations on March 10, 2024)
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 These Regulations are formulated in accordance with the provisions of the Standardization Law of the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the standardization Law).
Article 2 Standards should be formulated for the following technical requirements that need to be unified:
(1) the varieties, specifications, quality, grades or safety and health requirements of industrial products;
(2) the methods for the design, production, testing, inspection, packaging, storage, transportation, and use of industrial products, or the safety and health requirements in the production, storage, and transportation processes;
(3) various technical requirements and testing methods related to environmental protection;
(4) the technical requirements and methods for the survey, design, construction, and acceptance of construction projects;
(5) the technical terms, symbols, codes, drawing methods, and interchangeability requirements related to industrial production, construction projects and environmental protection;
(6) the varieties, specifications, quality, grades, inspection, packaging, storage, transportation, as well as the production technology and management technology requirements for agricultural products (including seeds, seedlings, breeding livestock, and breeding poultry);
(7) the technical requirements for information, energy, resources, and transportation.
Article 3 The State shall advance standardization in a planned way. Standardization should be included in national economic and social development plans at various levels.
Article 4 The State encourages the adoption of international standards and advanced foregin standards and takes an active part in the formulation of international standards.
Chapter II Administration of Standardization
Article 5 The tasks of standardization include formulating standards, organizing the implementation of standards and exercising supervision over the implementation of standards.
Article 6 The competent department in charge of standardization under the State Council shall conduct centralized management of the standardization work nationwide, and perform the following duties:
(1) organizing the implementation of the State's laws, regulations, policies and measures concerning standardization ;
(2) organizing the formulation of national standardization programs and plans;
(3) organizing the formulation of national standards;
(4) providing guidance to the relevant competent departments under the State Council and administrative departments in charge of standardization in the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and the municipalities directly under the Central Government in their standardization work, and coordinating work in this field and dealing with issues arising therein;
(5) organizing the implementation of standards;
(6) overseeing and inspecting the implementation of standards;
(7) conductin centralized management of product quality certification nationwide; and
(8) being in charge of centralized contacts with relevant international standardization organizations.
Article 7 The relevant competent departments under the State Council shall manage the standardization work within their respective sectors or industries and perform the following duties:
(1) implementing the State's laws, regulations, policies and measures concerning standardization work and formulating specific procedures for their implementation within their respective sectors or industries;
(2) formulating programs and plans concerning standardization work for their respective sectors or industries;
(3) undertaking tasks assigned by the State of drafting national standards and organizing the formulation of industry standards;
(4) providing guidance to the relevant competent departments in provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government in their standardization work;
(5) organizing the implementation of standards within their respective sectors or industries;
(6) overseeing and inspecting the implementation of standards; and
(7) managing product quality certification work within their respective industries as authorized by the competent department in charge of standardization under the State Council.
Article 8 The administrative departments in charge of standardization in the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall conduct centralized management of standardization work in their respective administrative regions, and perform the following duties:
(1) implementing the State's laws, regulations, policies and measures concerning standardization work and formulating specific procedures for their implementation in their respective administrative regions;
(2) formulating local standardization programs and plans;
(3) organizing the formulation of local standards;
(4) providing guidance to the relevant administrative authorities in their own administrative regions in their standardization work, and coordinating work in this field and dealing with issues arising therein;
(5) organizing the implementation of standards in their respective administrative regions; and
(6) overseeing and inspecting the implementation of the standards.
Article 9 The relevant competent administrative departments in provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall manage the standardization work within their respective sectors or industries in the respective administrative regions, and perform the following duties:
(1) implementing the laws, regulations, policies and measures concerning standardization work formulated by the State and their respective sectors or industries and administrative regions and formulating specific procedures for their implementation;
(2) formulating standardization programs and plans for their respective sectors or industries in the respective administrative regions;
(3) undertaking the tasks of drafting local standards assigned by the people's governments of the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government;
(4) organizing the implementation of standards within their respective sectors or industries in the receptive administrative regions; and
(5) overseeing and inspection the implementation of standards.
Article 10 The division of duties between the administrative departments in charge of standardization and the relevant competent administrative departments at the municipal and county levels shall be stipulated by the people's governments of the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government.
Chapter III Formulation of Standards
Article 11 National standards (including the production of standard samples) shall be formulated for the following technical requirements that need to be unified nationwide:
(1) requirements for interchangeability and common technical language;
(2) technical requirements for ensuring human health and personal and property safety;
(3) technical requirements for basic raw materials, fuels, and materials;
(4) technical requirements for general basic components;
(5) general testing and inspection methods;
(6) general management technology requirements;
(7) important technical requirements for construction projects;
(8) technical requirements for other important products that need to be controlled by the State.
Article 12 The administrative department in charge of standardization under the State Council shall formulate plans, organize the drafting, and conduct centralized review, numbering, and issuance of national standards.
The national standards for construction projects, pharmaceuticals, food hygiene, veterinary drugs, and environmental protection shall be drafted and approved respectively by the administrative departments under the State Council in charge of construction, health, agriculture, and environmental protection; the numbering and issuance procedures for such standards shall be formulated by the administrative department in charge of standardization under the State Council, in conjunction with the relevant administrative departments under the State Council.
If laws have other provisions on the formulation of national standards, such provisions shall prevail.
Article 13 For technical requirements that need to be unified within a certain industry nationwide but for which there are no national standards, industry standards (including the production of standard samples) may be formulated.
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