To: Departments of Industry and Information Technology, Science and Technology Bureaus, Energy Regulatory Authorities, Market Supervision Bureaus of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, relevant industry associations, central enterprises, standardization technical organizations, specialized standardization institutions:

To implement the “National Standardization Development Outline,” continuously improve the construction of emerging industry-standard systems, strategically plan the future industry standards research, and fully leverage the guiding role of standards in the industry to lead high-quality development of new industries, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, National Energy Administration, and National Standardization Management Committee have jointly developed the “New Industry Standardization Leading Project Implementation Plan (2023-2035).” It is hereby issued for your reference and implementation according to your region and industry’s actual conditions.

New industries refer to emerging and future industries developed and expanded by applying new technologies. These industries are characterized by active innovation, technological intensity, and broad development prospects, and are critical to the overall development of the national economy, societal advancement, and industrial structure optimization and upgrading. Standardization plays a fundamental and leading role in promoting the development of new industries. Implementing the new industry standardization leading project is of great significance for promoting high-quality development of new industries and accelerating the construction of a modern industrial system. This implementation plan is formulated to deeply implement the deployment requirements of the “National Standardization Development Outline,” continuously improve the emerging industry standard system, strategically plan future industry standards research, fully utilize the guiding role of standards in the industry, systematically enhance the economic, social, and ecological benefits of standards, and lead the high-quality development of new industries.

I Guiding Ideology

Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, based on the new development stage, thoroughly and accurately apply the new development philosophy, serve the new development pattern, adhere to the path of new-type industrialization, aim to promote the innovative development of emerging industries and seize the development opportunities of future industries, and take the establishment of an efficient and coordinated new industry standardization work system as the main focus. Coordinate the promotion of research, development, implementation, and internationalization of new industry standards to fully leverage the leading role of new industry standards in promoting technological progress, serving enterprise development, strengthening industry guidance, and driving industry upgrades, and continuously improve the technical level and internationalization degree of new industry standards to provide solid technical support for accelerating the high-quality development of new industries and building a modern industrial system.

II Basic Principles

Adhering to Innovation Leadership. Optimize the coordinated mechanism linking industry technological innovation and standardization layout to jointly promote technological R&D, standards formulation, and industry development. Strengthen the research on standards in key technological fields to promote the transformation of advanced and applicable technological innovation achievements into standards, thereby facilitating the efficient transformation of technological innovation results.

Adhering to Application-Driven. Focusing on the development needs of new industries, uphold the principle of enterprise as the main body, market orientation, and application traction, strengthen the iteration of innovation achievements and the construction of application scenarios, and strive to build a new industry standardization work model led by large enterprises, with deep participation of SMEs, and close cooperation across the entire industry chain.

Adhering to Systematic Layout. Strengthen the coordination of new industry development strategies, plans, policies, and standards, and promote the research and development of international standards, national standards, industry standards, and group standards. Comprehensively strengthen the full life-cycle management of standards research, formulation, implementation, review, etc., and continuously improve the new industry standardization work system.

Adhering to Project-Based Advancement. Closely align with the standardization work needs for high-quality development of new industries, scientifically establish forward-looking, systematic, and phased medium and long-term goals, refine task division, clarify progress arrangements, strengthen engineering-based advancement, focus on phased results evaluation, and ensure effective outcomes.

Adhering to Open Cooperation. Deepen international standardization exchanges and cooperation and steadily expand the institutional openness of standards. Continue to enhance the consistency of China’s standards with key technical indicators of international standards. Summarize technical specifications and management requirements based on China’s new industry development experience, actively contribute Chinese solutions, and jointly develop international standards.

III Main Objectives

By 2025, the standard system supporting the development of emerging industries will be gradually improved, and standards leading the innovation of future industries will be accelerated. The proportion of standard achievements formed by common key technology and application technology projects will reach over 60%, and the linkage between standards and industry technological innovation will be more efficient. More than 2,000 national and industry standards will be newly formulated, and more than 300 advanced group standards will be cultivated. The role of standards in guiding high-quality industrial development will be more powerful. More than 10,000 enterprises will participate in standard promotion and implementation, and the effect of standards in serving enterprise transformation and upgrading will become more prominent. Participation in the formulation of more than 300 international standards, with the international standard conversion rate in key areas exceeding 90%, will support and lead the international development of new industries.

By 2030, the standard system meeting the high-quality development needs of new industries will continue to improve, and the standardization work system will be more sound. The technical level and internationalization degree of new industry standards will continue to enhance, and the effectiveness of standards in leading high-quality development of new industries will become more prominent.

By 2035, the standard supply meeting the high-quality development needs of new industries will be more sufficient. A new industry standardization work system driven by enterprises, guided by the government, and open and integrated will be fully formed. The foundation for new industry standardization development will be more consolidated, and the effectiveness of standards in leading high-quality development of new industries will be fully demonstrated, providing strong support for the basic realization of new-type industrialization.

IV Key Tasks

(I) Establish an Improved and Efficient Collaborative New Industry Standardization Work System

1 Coordinate the Promotion of New Industry Development Strategies, Plans, Policies, and Standards Implementation. Focus on development strategies such as new industrialization, building a strong manufacturing nation, and creating a digital powerhouse. Conduct analysis and research on the standardization needs of emerging industries, reinforcing the technical support provided by standards for implementing industrial development strategies. Expedite the development and implementation of key and urgently needed standards to effectively support the phased and step-by-step execution of national, sectoral, and priority field plans. Ensure that standards and industrial policies are jointly studied, deployed, and implemented, encouraging the incorporation of advanced and applicable standards into industrial policies to facilitate their precise and effective execution.

2 Coordinate the Development of Various Types of Standards for New Industries. Stay abreast of new industry development trends and enhance the systematic and coordinated approach to international standards, mandatory national standards, recommended national standards, industry standards, and group standards. Encourage domestic enterprises and institutions to collaborate with upstream and downstream entities in the global industrial chain to jointly develop international standards. Focus on key areas such as protecting personal health and safety, safeguarding ecological and environmental security, and meeting the fundamental needs of economic and social management, to develop mandatory national standards. Develop recommended national standards to meet basic universal requirements, complement mandatory national standards, and play a leading role across relevant industries. Strengthen the formulation of industry standards for critical technologies, advanced processes, testing methods, significant products, and typical applications. Promote the rapid response to technological innovation and market demand by social organizations, independently formulating and publishing group standards, and demonstrating the application of advanced group standards.

3 Coordinate the Whole Lifecycle Management of New Industry Standards. Improve the traceability, supervision, and error-correction mechanisms that cover the entire process of new industry standards research, formulation, dissemination, implementation, review, revision, and abolition, achieving closed-loop management of standard formulation and implementation feedback. Encourage industry associations, standardization technical organizations, and specialized standardization institutions to carry out the dissemination and training of new industry standards, guiding enterprises to benchmark and meet standards in research, production, and management processes to promote the application of new industry standards. Dynamically monitor and evaluate the implementation effectiveness of new industry standards and conduct timely reviews to ensure they meet the evolving needs of new industries.

4 Coordinate the Standardization of Technical Foundations for New Industries. Strengthen the experimental verification of key technical indicators in new industry standards to enhance their advancement and applicability. Develop a series of metrological technical specifications for key areas in new industries to improve the precision and scientific accuracy of measurements. Accelerate the formulation of standards for reliability and quality enhancement in key areas, thereby improving product quality levels and brand influence. Enhance the construction of public service systems for technical foundations in key areas of new industries, improving the integrated service capabilities in areas such as standards, metrology, certification, inspection and testing, experimental verification, industrial information, intellectual property, and results transformation.

5 Coordinate the Development and Management of New Industry Standardization Technical Organizations. Align with the development needs of new industries to optimize and improve the existing standardization technical organization system, and establish new standardization technical organizations in emerging fields as appropriate. Establish and improve the collaborative mechanisms among standardization technical organizations at all stages of the industrial chain and within the industrial ecosystem to jointly promote the formulation and implementation of key standards. Regularly organize assessments and evaluations of standardization technical organizations to continuously enhance their operational capacity and effectiveness.

6 Coordinate the Integrated Development of Standardization Among Enterprises of All Sizes. Rely on industry associations, standardization technical organizations, and specialized institutions to provide enterprises with specialized training and diagnostic services in standards, guiding them to enhance their standardization capabilities. Encourage enterprises to develop their own standards with technical indicators superior to national or industry standards. Strengthen the concept of “leading enterprises setting standards,” leveraging the advantages of leading enterprises in constructing the industrial ecosystem and dominating the supply chain. Enhance technical collaboration with key supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), jointly developing standards to form a collaborative advancement and coordinated support pattern across the entire industry chain. Encourage high-quality SMEs to actively participate in the development of national and industry standards, and support eligible SMEs and specialized industrial clusters in developing group standards and participating in the demonstration of advanced group standard applications.

(II) Strengthening the Capacity of Standards to Support the Construction of an Industrial Science and Technology Innovation System

1 Enhancing the Synergy Between Standards and Industrial Technological Innovation. Establish a collaborative mechanism between standard formulation and industrial technological innovation, promoting the integration of standardization fundamentals, capabilities, and levels as the basis for setting key generic technologies and applied science and technology program projects. Increase support for standardization efforts by proactively conducting key standard research and validation in critical technology areas. Promote the inclusion of standardization achievements as major output indicators for significant projects within the performance evaluation framework of science and technology programs, thereby enhancing the industrialization of project outcomes. In accordance with the actual development of new industries, establish a technical maturity assessment standard system at the appropriate time and encourage professional standardization bodies to conduct assessments of the technological maturity of new industries based on these standards.

2 Improving the Conversion of Advanced and Applicable Technological Innovation Results into Standards. Closely monitor and study the global technological development trends of emerging and future industries, precisely defining core technical indicators and implementation methods within standards. This effectively supports the breakthroughs and application of cutting-edge foundational technologies, pioneering general technologies, and leading original technologies. Develop a comprehensive evaluation mechanism and service system for converting scientific and technological achievements into standards, enhancing the assessment of the advancement, applicability, and diffusion of key field science and technology program outcomes, and creating a repository of technological innovations that can be converted into standards. Support the collaboration between science and technology program management professional institutions and standardization professional bodies to expedite the conversion of urgently needed, advanced, and applicable key generic technologies, advanced production processes, and general testing methods into standards.

3 Improving the Quality of Standard Formulation. Strengthen the experimental verification of key technical indicators, advanced manufacturing processes, and general testing methods in new industry standards to ensure their scientific validity and applicability. Enhance the construction of the new industry standards system, guiding relevant stakeholders across the entire industry chain to collaboratively advance standard formulation and ensure effective alignment of upstream and downstream standards. Strengthen the tracking and evaluation of the implementation effects of new industry standards and establish a benefit evaluation mechanism for standardization in key fields, encouraging standardization professional institutions to carry out pilot projects for evaluating standardization benefits. Intensify the review of new industry standards, expedite the revision of outdated standards, and continuously improve the overall quality level of standards.

4 Improving the Efficiency of Standard Formulation. Promote the efficient conversion of new industry technological innovation results into standards, reducing the development cycle for standards related to new technologies, processes, materials, and methods. Strengthen the pre-research work for new industry standards to enhance the feasibility of their development. Increase the coordination and integration efforts of new industry standards, reinforce collaboration among cross-industry and cross-field standardization technical organizations, and speed up the standard formulation process. Guide industry associations, standardization professional bodies, and others to enhance the construction of foundational theories, work methods, and supporting capabilities for standardization, thereby improving the review efficiency of key standard elements and major content. Develop machine-readable standards to promote the digital transformation of standards.

(III) Comprehensive Advancement of Emerging Industry Standard Systems

1 New Generation Information Technology

 Focus on optimizing and improving 5G standards for key scenarios and industry applications. Develop standards for electronic information, including integrated circuits, basic components, energy electronics, ultra-high-definition video, and virtual reality. Formulate software standards for foundational, industrial, and application software. Create standards for emerging digital fields such as big data, the Internet of Things (IoT), computing power, cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, the industrial internet, and satellite internet.

Column 1: New Generation Information Technology

1 Fifth-Generation Mobile Communications (5G):

Revise and develop standards for 5G core networks, base stations, and terminal equipment targeting enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB), ultra-Reliable Low Latency Communications (uRLLC), and high-density IoT connections. Formulate 5G evolution (5G-A) technology standards for non-terrestrial networks, new passive IoT, and integrated communication and sensing for vertical industries. Develop 5G application and security standards for key sectors such as industrial, medical, power, and mining industries.

2 Electronic Information Manufacturing:

Develop standards for integrated circuit materials, special equipment, and components, revise standards for design tools, interface specifications, packaging, and testing, and create high-end chip standards for new memory and processors. Conduct research on application standards for AI chips, automotive chips, and consumer electronics chips. Formulate basic component standards for intelligent sensors, power semiconductor devices, and new display devices, and revise standards in areas such as electrical connectors, fiber optics, microwave devices, and printed circuits. Develop standards for key technologies, testing methods, advanced products, and system applications in photovoltaic and power electronic devices. Formulate standards for testing and evaluating the safety performance of smart photovoltaics and energy storage products, intelligent system scheduling, and smart operations and maintenance. Develop general standards for ultra-high-definition formats and parameter specifications, key technology standards for high dynamic range, 3D sound, and high-speed digital interfaces, as well as key product standards for ultra-high-definition display devices and application standards in automotive, educational, and entertainment sectors. Formulate standards for virtual reality covering health and comfort, information security, content production, encoding and transmission, terminal equipment, and application scenarios such as model architecture and solutions.

3 Software:

Focus on foundational software, developing standards for operating systems for industrial, desktop, server, smart terminal, and embedded environments, middleware standards, and database standards for centralized transaction, distributed transaction, analytical, hybrid transactional/analytical processing, and graph databases, as well as standards for office software such as streaming, format-based, and browser software. In industrial software, develop foundational standards such as classifications, terminology, and naming conventions, and revise standards for industrial software data models, industry applications, and quality evaluation. In application software, formulate standards for data models and interfaces, system interoperability, software architecture openness, application programming interfaces, typical scenarios, and value and quality assessment. Develop standards for open-source terminology, licensing, interoperability, project maturity, community operations governance, and open-source software supply chain management.

4 Emerging Digital Fields:

Formulate general foundational standards for data quality, data management, data sharing, and data security, and standards for the circulation of data elements, such as data registration, evaluation, and transactions, and application standards like industrial big data. In IoT, revise common foundational standards for classification description and security credibility, and develop key technology standards for high-precision indoor positioning, perception-communication integration, new short-range wireless communication, edge computing, and digital twins, along with construction and operation standards for planning, deployment, operation, and maintenance, and application standards for smart homes and smart health. In computing power, formulate technical standards for facility, network, IT, and computing power application layers, standards for platform construction in computing power scheduling, network monitoring, and computing-network collaboration, and standards for high-energy efficiency and high-security computing power development. Develop cloud computing standards for cloud operating systems, intelligent cloud services, computing power services, cloud-native applications, cloud migration, distributed clouds, edge clouds, industry clouds, cloud applications, and cloud security. In AI, formulate foundational hardware standards for accelerators and servers, key software standards for compilers, operator libraries, and development frameworks, key technology standards for natural language processing, computer vision, foundational models, application evaluation standards for intelligent levels, service capabilities, key industry application scenarios, and safety and trust standards for risk management, ethical governance, and privacy protection. In blockchain, develop foundational standards for coding and identification, technical and platform standards for consensus algorithms, smart contracts, and cross-chain technologies, and application and service standards for service capability evaluation, testing and certification, and traceability, as well as standards for development operations and security assurance. Formulate standards for whole industrial chain collaboration, digital supply chain systems, new models and business formats, and digital transformation diagnostic evaluation. In the industrial internet field, develop foundational common standards for terminology definitions, testing and evaluation, and management, network standards for new industrial networks, identification analysis, interoperability and interoperation, platform standards for data dictionaries, cloud management, industrial mechanism models, low-code development, and industrial intelligence technologies, security standards for network and data protection, and industry application standards.

2 New Energy

Develop standards for new energy power generation, such as photovoltaic power generation, solar thermal power generation, and wind power generation. Optimize and improve new energy grid-connection standards, and formulate key equipment standards for photovoltaic storage power generation systems, solar thermal power generation systems, and wind power equipment.

Column 2: New Energy

1 New Energy Power Generation

Develop standards for photovoltaic building integration (BIPV), photovoltaic storage systems, photovoltaic agriculture, and photovoltaic transportation, focusing on the innovative integration and development trends in photovoltaic applications. Create standards for solar thermal technologies, such as parabolic trough, tower, and Fresnel power generation technologies, as well as large-capacity thermal storage technologies and high-parameter power generation technologies. Formulate standards for deep-sea floating wind power, desert wind power, distributed wind power, grid-forming wind power development, and operation, as well as standards for wind power hydrogen production and wind-solar integration. Conduct pre-research on standards for power generation utilizing biomass energy, geothermal energy, and other renewable sources.

2 New Energy Grid Integration

Accelerate the research on standards for the safe and stable operation and control of new energy grid integration under dual high and dual peak conditions. Revise and develop grid integration standards for large wind farm clusters, photovoltaic power plants, distributed photovoltaics, residential photovoltaics, and other new energy sources. Formulate power grid standards for ultra-high-voltage AC/DC and smart control of distribution networks. Develop standards for demand-side resource development and applications, power demand-side management, electric energy substitution, and distributed microgrids. Develop and promote standards related to the construction of electric vehicle charging and swapping facilities and service networks.

3 Key Equipment for New Energy

Formulate standards for new high-efficiency batteries and components such as TOPCon, heterojunction, perovskite, and photovoltaic storage components. Develop intelligent photovoltaic standards and improve standards for photovoltaic module recycling, photovoltaic storage system testing, safety management, and status evaluation. Create standards for integrated design and simulation of offshore wind power projects, testing of large-capacity offshore wind turbine units, and technologies and testing methods for large-capacity and high-voltage energy storage converters. Develop standards for key equipment in solar thermal power generation systems, such as absorbers, large-capacity thermal storage, and parabolic trough collectors. Create standards for wind turbine units and key components, including status monitoring, maintenance, intelligent operation, fault warning, and life extension.

3 New Materials

Develop standards for advanced petrochemical materials, advanced steel materials, advanced non-ferrous metals and rare earth materials, advanced inorganic non-metallic materials, high-performance fibers and products, and high-performance fiber composite materials. Conduct pre-research on frontier new material standards based on the needs of industrial integration and application scenarios.

Column 3: New Materials

1 Advanced Petrochemical and Chemical Materials

Develop standards for advanced polymer materials such as high-end polyolefins, engineering plastics, fluorosilicone materials, polyurethane materials, high-performance synthetic rubber, synthetic resins, thermoplastic elastomers, and specialty fibers. Research standards for performance characterization and testing methods. Develop standards for specialty film materials, including high-end separation membranes, optical films, new energy films, and conductive films. Formulate standards for chemicals used in industries such as integrated circuits and chips, high-end reagents, and biological reagents, focusing on high-purity and ultra-pure chemicals. Create standards for specialty functional chemicals such as specialty coatings, specialty oils, photoresists, chemicals for new energy applications, bio-based materials, medical materials, and high-efficiency catalytic materials.

2 Advanced Steel Materials

Develop standards for engineering structural materials, including high-strength and tough building structural steel, high-performance concrete structural steel, high-strength bridge and cable steel, high-performance offshore steel, and steel for structural applications. Create standards for mechanical structural materials, including high-strength and tough automotive steel, high-quality component steel, long-life wear-resistant steel, high-quality tool and die steel, ultra-high-strength steel, new-generation high-temperature alloys, and ferrous metal powders for additive manufacturing. Develop standards for functional materials, including high-transmission pipeline steel, high-performance electrical steel, special stainless steel, ultra-supercritical heat-resistant steel, hydrogen storage and transport steel, corrosion-resistant alloys, and amorphous and nanocrystalline alloys.

3 Advanced Non-Ferrous Metals and Rare Earth Materials

Develop standards for high-performance non-ferrous metal structural materials and testing methods, including aluminum, magnesium, copper, titanium, and nickel, to meet the needs of lightweight, high-performance, and precision applications. Formulate standards for functional materials, such as special welding materials, high-end coatings/platings, high-purity/ultra-high-purity metals and targets/evaporation materials, high-temperature shape memory alloys, high-strength and high-elasticity corrosion-resistant copper alloys, superconducting materials, and precious metal pastes/catalysts. Develop standards for advanced rare earth materials, such as rare earth permanent magnets, hydrogen storage, optical, polishing, catalytic, and high-purity materials, and conduct pre-research on standards for special rare earth functional materials.

4 Advanced Inorganic Non-Metallic Materials

Revise standards for high-performance inorganic non-metallic structural materials and testing methods, including special glass, structural ceramics, and synthetic crystals. Revise standards for functional materials, including technical glass, functional ceramics, advanced mineral functional materials, and energy-saving and long-life refractory materials. Develop standards for new building materials guided by high strength, durability, recyclability, and environmental sustainability, such as low-carbon cement, new wall materials, high-performance waterproof materials, and high-performance lightweight insulation and soundproofing materials.

5 High-Performance Fibers and Fiber Composites

Revise standards for high-performance fibers and products, including high-performance carbon fibers, para-aramid fibers, polyimide fibers, specialty glass fibers, ceramic fibers, and continuous basalt fibers. Develop standards for high-performance fiber composites to meet the needs of lightweight, integrated, and long-life applications.

6 Frontier New Materials

Conduct research on technology roadmaps for frontier new materials to support the first-batch applications and promotion of these materials, in alignment with the needs of new material technologies and their integration with information technology, nanotechnology, and intelligent technology. Conduct pre-research on key technology standards and testing methods for frontier new materials, such as superconducting materials, intelligent bionics, liquid metal materials, and materials for additive manufacturing.

4 High-End Equipment

Develop fundamental, common, and key technology standards for industrial robots and their application in various industries. Create standards for key generic technologies, entire machines, digital control, and core components for high-end CNC machine tools. Formulate basic, universal, key technological, and high-end standards for agricultural machinery equipment, focusing on intelligence and sustainability. Develop basic, key materials, core components, electrification, and high-end standards for construction machinery, emphasizing intelligence and environmental sustainability. Create standards for key materials, core components, operational services, and integrated applications for medical equipment. Develop foundational, key technology, and interoperability standards for intelligent testing equipment. Formulate standards for core processes, components, key technologies, and testing and evaluation for additive manufacturing equipment. Develop foundational, generic, key technological, and typical industry application standards for equipment digitalization and intelligent manufacturing.

Column 4: High-End Equipment

1 Industrial Robots

Develop basic and common standards for industrial robots, including terminology, classification, and structure, as well as key technology standards for quality testing, performance evaluation, safety communication, intelligent grading, and cloud service platforms. Formulate standards for robotic applications in key industries, such as process flow, specialized algorithm models, integrated device interfaces, data security, human-machine interaction safety, general technical specifications for new robotic products, modular design and manufacturing, application safety and reliability, and basic safety, product, and methodology standards for emerging technologies in robotics, including ethical standards.

2 High-End CNC Machine Tools

Develop standards for key generic technologies, such as high performance, high reliability, and high precision retention testing and evaluation, as well as product maturity evaluation for CNC machine tools. Formulate standards for entire high-end CNC machine tools. Develop digital standards for advanced CNC systems, including functional and performance evaluation, multi-sensor interfaces, intelligent process data interfaces, and digital twin technology and interfaces for machine tools. Create standards for core components such as high-precision rolling functional components, high-speed precision large-power electric spindles, large-capacity high-performance tool magazines, high-precision turntables, high-performance swivels, and servo tool rests.

3 Agricultural Machinery Equipment

Develop standards for specialized materials, sensors, and key core components for agricultural machinery, as well as basic universal standards for communication protocols and performance testing. Formulate standards for key technologies, such as efficient and precise tillage, multifunctional field management, and low-loss harvesting of grain, feed, and economic crops. Develop standards for high-end agricultural machinery, such as high-horsepower tractors, high-standard farmland construction equipment, seed breeding and precision selection processing equipment, intensive livestock farming equipment, large-scale primary processing equipment for agricultural products, and modern facility agricultural equipment. Create standards for intelligent agricultural machinery with functions such as information perception, intelligent decision-making, and precise control. Develop standards for green agricultural machinery focused on energy-saving, water-saving, seed-saving, fertilizer-saving, pesticide-saving, green products, and green factories.

4 Construction Machinery

Develop basic universal standards for construction machinery, including safety requirements and performance testing methods, as well as standards for key materials such as carbon fiber, graphene, and special alloys, core components such as high-speed bearings, high-pressure hydraulic parts, high-reliability fasteners, and high-performance seals, and lightweight design standards. Focus on the electrification of construction machinery by developing standards for pure electric drives, hybrid power, etc. Create standards for large, ultra-large, and multifunctional construction machinery. Develop standards for intelligent construction machinery with capabilities such as information perception, intelligent decision-making, precise control, and autonomous driving.

5 Medical Equipment

In line with the coordinated development needs of the entire industrial chain of medical equipment, develop standards for key materials such as medical tubing, key components like medical sensors and medical regulating valves, and operational service standards like those for manufacturing engineering evaluation and operations and maintenance. Formulate integrated application standards for medical equipment digitalization, informatization, and interoperability. Strengthen the application of standards in typical medical equipment such as ventilators, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machines, diagnostic equipment, surgical room equipment, large medical imaging equipment, and radiotherapy equipment to support the construction of a coordinated manufacturing and service system for medical equipment.

6 Intelligent Testing Equipment

Develop foundational standards for testing technologies and methods to meet the needs of key industries. Formulate key technology standards for the functionality, performance, safety, reliability, and components of intelligent testing equipment. Develop interoperability standards for intelligent testing equipment, manufacturing equipment, and software systems.

7 Additive Manufacturing Equipment

Formulate basic process and equipment standards for additive manufacturing technologies such as binder jetting, directed energy deposition, and powder bed fusion, as well as standards for new processes and equipment such as multi-material, multi-color flow, array, and composite additive manufacturing. Develop data and interface standards, including those for process databases, data conversion, encoding requirements, and file formats. Create standards for equipment acceptance, personnel evaluation, and key component testing.

5 New Energy Vehicles (NEVs)

Focus on the NEV sector to develop standards for vehicle performance testing, safety specifications, and economic evaluation. Formulate system standards for key components, including drive motor systems, power battery systems, and fuel cell systems, as well as standards for core components such as automotive chips and sensors. Develop standards for intelligent networked technologies, such as autonomous driving systems, functional safety, information security, and related infrastructure for conductive charging, wireless charging, and hydrogen refueling.

Column 5: New Energy Vehicles

1 NEV Vehicles

To meet the requirements for NEV performance, safety, and economic evaluation, revise and develop power performance testing and evaluation standards for pure electric vehicles, hybrid vehicles, and fuel cell vehicles. Formulate safety and remote monitoring standards for electric vehicles, and safety standards for fuel cell vehicles after a collision, including hydrogen safety standards. Revise standards for energy consumption limits and energy consumption conversion methods for electric vehicles.

2 Key Component Systems

Formulate standards for drive motor systems, such as motor controllers and reducer assemblies. Focus on enhancing power battery performance requirements by revising standards for power battery safety, electrical performance, cycle performance, and thermal management systems. Develop standards for the cascade utilization, recycling, and carbon accounting of power batteries to support their full lifecycle management. Formulate standards for fuel cell systems, including air compressors, hydrogen circulation pumps, and durability.

3 Core Components

Develop standards around main application scenarios such as power systems, chassis systems, body systems, cabin systems, and intelligent driving. Create standards for automotive chips, including environmental and reliability, electromagnetic compatibility, functional safety, and information security. Develop standards for testing and application of control, computing, and sensing chips, as well as system and vehicle integration standards. Develop standards for high-precision sensors, LiDAR, and high-precision cameras.

4 Intelligent Networked Technology

Develop foundational standards for intelligent networked vehicles, including terms and definitions, and operating conditions for autonomous driving system design. Formulate general specifications for functional safety and expected functional safety processes, audit and evaluation, vehicle network security, data security, software updates, digital certificates, and cryptography applications, as well as testing target objects. Create product and technology application standards for emergency assistance, combined driving assistance, autonomous driving, in-vehicle operating systems, data interaction, and LTE-V2X networking functions.

5 Charging and Refueling Infrastructure

To meet the needs of conductive charging, wireless charging, hydrogen refueling, and vehicle-to-grid interaction for NEVs, revise and develop standards for conductive charging connectors, interoperability, conductive charging performance, wireless charging communication consistency requirements, hydrogen refueling nozzles, hydrogen refueling communication protocols, and bidirectional charging and discharging interactions. Develop standards for battery swapping needs, including interchangeability of onboard battery swapping systems, universal platforms for battery swapping, and battery swapping safety for pure electric commercial vehicles.

6 Green and Environmental Protection

Focus on achieving the goals of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality by developing general foundational standards for greenhouse gases, including accounting, verification, technologies and equipment, monitoring, management, and evaluation. Optimize and enhance standards for green products, green factories, green industrial parks, and green supply chains. Formulate standards for industrial energy conservation, water conservation, environmental protection, and comprehensive resource utilization.

Column 6: Green and Environmental Protection

1 Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality

Develop foundational standards for terminology, data quality, identification, reporting, and information disclosure. Create standards for accounting and verification of organizational greenhouse gas emissions, project-based greenhouse gas emission reductions, and product carbon footprints. Formulate standards for source control, process control, end-of-pipe treatment, and coordinated carbon reduction technologies and equipment. Develop standards for greenhouse gas emission monitoring technologies, analysis methods, equipment, and systems. Create management and evaluation standards for green low-carbon assessment, carbon emissions management, and carbon asset management.

2 Green Manufacturing

Revise general foundational standards for green manufacturing, including terminology and attributes. Develop green factory evaluation standards for various sub-industries and sub-sectors, as well as general standards for green industrial park evaluation. Create standards for green supply chains in industries with long supply chains and high driving force, and develop standards related to the green design of key products to continuously improve the green manufacturing standards system.

3 Industrial Energy Conservation

Develop energy conservation standards for new types of infrastructure. Formulate standards for advanced energy-saving technologies and processes in key industries and for energy-saving retrofits of key energy-consuming equipment systems. Create standards for energy conservation methods and technologies, including distributed energy, industrial green microgrids, renewable energy, and waste heat and energy recovery. Revise supporting management service standards, including energy measurement, energy efficiency testing, energy efficiency evaluation, energy system optimization, cascade utilization, energy management systems, energy performance evaluation, energy audits, energy conservation supervision, and energy conservation services.

4 Industrial Water Conservation

Develop standards for water intake quotas, water-saving enterprises, and water-saving parks in key water-using industries such as petrochemicals, steel, non-ferrous metals, gold, building materials, light industry, textiles, and electronics. Formulate standards for water-saving processes and technology applications, such as wastewater recycling and unconventional water use. Revise management service standards, including water balance testing, water footprint, and water-saving diagnostics.

5 Industrial Environmental Protection

Revise standards for controlling restricted substances in automotive production processes, and in sectors such as shipbuilding and electronics, to continuously align with international requirements. Revise key pollution reduction technology standards for industries such as petrochemicals, steel, non-ferrous metals, gold, building materials, light industry, and textiles. Develop standards for low-noise technology products, and environmental protection equipment for wastewater, flue gas, and solid waste treatment characterized by low energy consumption, decentralization, modularization, and intelligence.

6 Comprehensive Utilization of Industrial Resources

Formulate standards for the comprehensive utilization of industrial solid waste, such as tailings, smelting slag, industrial by-product gypsum, red mud, chemical waste slag, coal gangue, and fly ash. Revise standards for the comprehensive utilization of waste steel, waste non-ferrous metals, recycled gold, waste paper, waste plastics, waste power batteries from new energy vehicles, waste tires, waste glass, waste textiles, waste electrical and electronic products, waste photovoltaic products, waste wind power devices, and waste offshore engineering equipment. Develop remanufacturing standards for high value-added products such as construction machinery, machine tools, and mining machinery.

7  Civil Aviation

Develop standards for various types of aircraft, including commercial airplanes, amphibious aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and new power and new configuration aircraft. Formulate standards for entire engines, key components, airworthiness compliance, and customer service. Develop standards for airborne systems, including avionics systems, flight control systems, and electromechanical systems. Create foundational standards for basic products, full lifecycle data, production, and manufacturing, as well as operational support standards.

Column 7: Civil Aviation

1 Aircraft

Develop design standards for commercial airplanes, including integrated propulsion systems, noise reduction, drag reduction, and whole aircraft fire protection. Formulate standards for modular development, digital mockups, ergonomic simulation validation, system layout, and weight control. Develop standards for amphibious aircraft, including general, aerodynamic, hydrodynamic, water structure, water load, water trials, and flight testing, and waterborne support standards. Create standards for rotorcraft, such as ball-flexible rotor systems, high-performance heavy-duty transmission systems, bearingless tail rotors, and rotor anti/de-icing devices. Formulate standards for UAV systems, platforms, data links, ground control stations, and standards for clustered UAVs, networked UAVs, and intelligent UAVs. Develop new power standards for electric, hybrid, and hydrogen-powered aircraft, as well as new configuration standards for variable geometry and multi-rotor aircraft.

2 Engines

Develop airworthiness compliance standards for entire turboprop engines, high-bypass ratio turbofan engines, key components, and systems. Formulate customer service standards for civil aviation engines, including delivery data, accompanying documentation, maintenance, and overhaul.

3 Airborne Systems

Create standards for avionics systems, including software, hardware, data, collision avoidance warning devices, and automatic testing of airborne products. Develop standards for flight control systems, including flight control electronics, actuators, hydraulic controls, and flight operations. Formulate standards for electromechanical systems, including power, hydraulics, fuel, environmental control, oxygen, and landing gear.

4 General Fundamentals and Operational Support

Develop basic product standards for civil aircraft materials, standard parts, and specialized components. Formulate product data standards for each stage of civil aircraft design, manufacturing, installation, delivery, and service. Create manufacturing standards for advanced forming technologies, composite materials and components, and flexible assembly. Develop operational support standards, including flight operations engineering, aircraft operational safety, operational engineering, maintenance engineering, training engineering, and technical publications.

8 Shipbuilding and Ocean Engineering Equipment

Focus on high-tech shipbuilding, developing overall design, general assembly, and construction standards for key ship types, and standards for key components and systems, as well as green management standards. In the field of marine engineering equipment, develop standards for overall design, general assembly, construction, and key systems, and formulate standards for submersibles.

Column 8: Shipbuilding and Ocean Engineering Equipment

1 High-Tech Ships

Develop overall design and general assembly standards for key ship types, such as large cruise ships, green intelligent ships, polar ships, LNG carriers, CO2 transport ships, and electric ships. Create standards for marine diesel engines and key components, low-carbon/zero-carbon fuel engines, fuel supply systems, podded propulsion units, new deck machinery, medium- and high-voltage electrical equipment, and more. Develop standards for ship energy efficiency management, marine product energy consumption limits, carbon intensity calculation, and carbon emissions accounting.

2 Marine Engineering Equipment

Develop overall design and general assembly standards for new types of marine engineering equipment, such as deep-sea oil and gas development equipment, offshore wind power equipment, deep-sea mining equipment, natural gas hydrate drilling and extraction ships, deep-sea aquaculture equipment, large artificial floating islands, and offshore hydrogen equipment. Formulate standards for key systems of new marine engineering equipment, including dynamic positioning systems, single-point mooring devices, platform lifting devices, and underwater systems. Develop standards for the design, construction, testing, validation, and operational support of submersibles.

(IV) Forward-Looking Planning for Future Industry Standards Research

1 Metaverse

Conduct research on a standardization roadmap for the Metaverse. Accelerate the development of foundational standards for the Metaverse, such as terminology, classification, and identification. Develop key technology standards for identity systems, digital content generation, cross-domain interoperability, and technology integration. Create service standards for virtual digital humans, digital asset circulation, digital content rights confirmation, and data asset protection. Conduct research on application standards for industrial, urban, commercial, and entertainment Metaverses, as well as pre-research on standards for privacy protection, content regulation, and data security.

2 Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI)

Conduct research on a standardization roadmap for brain-computer interfaces. Accelerate the development of basic common standards, such as terminology and reference architecture for BCIs. Develop input-output interface standards for brain information reading and writing, data format, transmission, storage, representation, and pre-processing standards, as well as research on brain information encoding and decoding algorithm standards. Conduct pre-research on application standards for manufacturing, healthcare, education, entertainment, and safety and ethics.

3 Quantum Information

Conduct research on a standardization roadmap for quantum information technology. Accelerate the development of foundational standards, including terminology definitions, functional models, reference architecture, and benchmark evaluations. Focus on quantum computing to develop standards for quantum processors, quantum compilers, quantum computer operating systems, quantum cloud platforms, quantum artificial intelligence, quantum optimization, and quantum simulation. In the field of quantum communication, create standards for quantum communication devices, systems, networks, protocols, operations and maintenance, services, and testing. In the field of quantum measurement, develop standards for ultra-high precision quantum positioning, quantum navigation and timing, and high-sensitivity quantum detection and target recognition.

4 Humanoid Robots

Develop foundational standards for humanoid robots, including terminology, general ontology, whole machine structure, and social ethics. Conduct pre-research on standards for specialized structural components, drive components, electromechanical system components, controllers, high-performance computing chips and modules, and energy supply components for humanoid robots. Formulate standards for intelligent perception, decision-making, and control, covering perception systems, positioning and navigation, human-robot interaction, autonomous decision-making, and cluster control. Conduct pre-research on system evaluation standards for motion, operation, interaction, and intelligent capability grading and performance assessment. Conduct pre-research on safety standards for electromechanical systems, human-robot interaction, and data privacy. Focus on pre-research for application standards in industrial, home service, public service, and specialized operation scenarios.

5 Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Develop foundational standards for datasets and corpora related to multimodal and cross-modal data, such as requirements for annotation, quality evaluation, management capability, open-source sharing, and data circulation. In key areas of large model technology, formulate general technical requirements, capability evaluation metrics, reference architectures, and technical standards for training, inference, deployment, and interfaces. For applications and services based on generative AI (AIGC), develop application standards focusing on key areas such as application platforms, data access, service quality, and application trust, including AIGC model capability, service platform technical requirements, application ecosystem framework, service capability maturity evaluation, and generated content evaluation. Conduct pre-research on standards for risk management and ethical compliance for AIGC products and services in key industries such as industry, healthcare, finance, and transportation.

6 Biomanufacturing

Develop standards for key components such as sensors and production equipment like bioreactors, and process standards for production technology specifications. Optimize and refine standards for products, testing, and evaluation methods in application fields such as biomanufactured food, pharmaceuticals, and fine chemicals.

7 Future Displays

Conduct pre-research on advanced technology standards for quantum dot displays, holographic displays, and retinal displays. Develop key technology standards for Micro-LED displays, laser displays, and printed displays, as well as standards for key products, including next-generation display materials, specialized equipment, and process devices. Formulate application standards for scenarios such as smart cities, smart homes, and smart terminals.

8 Future Networks

Conduct pre-research on standards for 6G foundational theories, vision requirements, typical applications, and key capabilities. Develop the “IPv6+” technology standards system for next-generation Internet evolution, including core technology standards such as Segment Routing over IPv6 (SRv6), Application-aware Networking (APN6), and In-situ Flow Information Telemetry (iFit). Accelerate the development of key network technology standards, including deterministic networking, digital twin networks, computing-network integration/power networks, autonomous networks, and network-embedded security, to meet the urgent demands of digital industrial transformation. For new scenarios such as integrated space-air-ground-sea networks, high-throughput holographic communication, and massive human-machine-thing communication, conduct pre-research on new network architecture, routing protocols, and intelligent management and control standards. Conduct pre-research on Web3.0-related standards, including foundational standards like terminology and reference architecture, technical standards for cross-chain technology requirements and distributed digital identity issuance, and application standards for data asset trading, digital identity authentication, and digital collectibles management.

9 New Energy Storage

Focus on the lithium-ion battery field to develop general foundational standards, such as carbon footprint and traceability management, as well as standards for key raw materials and components like cathode and anode materials and protective devices, and recycling standards. For new energy storage technologies such as sodium-ion batteries, hydrogen storage/hydrogen fuel cells, and solid-state batteries, accelerate research on basic general standards such as terminology definitions and transport safety, and standards for portable, small power, and energy storage battery products.

(V) Expanding New Opportunities for High-Level International Standardization Development

1 Expanding Institutional Openness in Standards

Foster an open, fair, and impartial environment for both domestic and foreign enterprises to participate in standardization work, ensuring that foreign-invested enterprises can engage in standards formulation in accordance with the law. Focus on trade facilitation and actively promote the effective alignment of quality standards, inspection and testing, and certification through major international cooperation projects, aiming for the same production lines, standards, and quality in key areas. Continue developing foreign language versions of national and industry standards to meet the needs of policy, rule, and standard connectivity, supporting the global expansion of Chinese technologies, products, engineering, and services.

2 Accelerating the Conversion of International Standards

Coordinate with relevant industry associations, standardization technical organizations, and specialized standardization bodies to systematically conduct comparative studies and analyses of domestic and international standards in key areas of emerging industries. Based on the actual development needs of China’s industries, compile a prioritized list of international standards for conversion. Prioritize these international standard conversion projects in national and industry standardization plans to continuously enhance the conversion rate of international standards, promoting compatibility between Chinese and international standards systems.

3 Deepening Participation in International Standardization Activities

Encourage domestic enterprises and institutions to actively participate in international standardization organizations and various international professional standards bodies. Strengthen a work mechanism driven by enterprises, with collaboration among industry, academia, and research, and leverage the technical support of standardization research institutions and technical organizations. Contribute Chinese technical solutions and collaborate with global upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain to jointly develop international standards. Build an international standardization information resource database for key areas to enhance information sharing and service levels between domestic and international standards.

4 Promoting a Favorable International Standardization Cooperation Environment

Advocate for an open, inclusive, cooperative, and mutually beneficial international standardization philosophy, and maintain the operational framework of international standards organizations. Continuously improve bilateral and multilateral cooperation mechanisms in the field of standardization, actively engage in standardization exchanges with BRICS countries, APEC, and others, and deepen regional cooperation in standardization with Northeast Asia, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific. Promote the establishment of mutually beneficial partnerships between domestic and foreign associations and standardization organizations. Leverage the “soft advocacy” role of international forums to communicate China’s standardization policies and positions, share China’s narratives, and actively expand the international standardization network.

V Safeguard Measures

1 Strengthening Organizational Leadership

Enhance the coordination mechanisms for standardization work in emerging industries, improve the standardization technical organization system, and strengthen both horizontal collaboration and vertical linkage to promptly address issues arising during implementation. Accelerate the establishment of comprehensive standardization research institutions and develop high-end standardization think tanks. Relevant industry associations and local authorities in industrial and information technology, science and technology, market regulation, and energy sectors should enhance collaboration, formulate practical implementation measures, and coordinate the advancement of various tasks.

2 Increasing Resource Investment

Promote greater support for standards research through national science and technology programs and major industrialization initiatives. Increase funding for standardization efforts in emerging industries and strengthen policy support. Leverage the advantages of national advanced manufacturing clusters to support local efforts in standardization work in key areas of new industries. Encourage key enterprises to increase their financial investment in standardization-related activities and actively guide social capital towards the field of new industry standards to form a diversified funding support mechanism.

3 Dynamic Assessment and Evaluation

Strengthen dynamic monitoring and feedback on the implementation of plans, and effectively summarize and promote new progress and achievements in standardization work for emerging industries. Conduct regular assessments of the progress and effectiveness of plan implementation and ensure dynamic adjustments to the plans as needed.

4 Improving Talent Development

Enhance targeted training for standardization professionals and improve the standardization training system. Encourage standardization research institutions to cultivate and attract high-end talent in the field and strengthen the development of international standardization research institutions. Support enterprises in including standardization professionals in career competency evaluation and incentive programs, expand the pool of standardization experts, and build a robust talent pipeline.

5 Emphasizing Promotion and Incentives

Organize a New Industry Standardization Leadership Summit to actively exchange standardization achievements and exemplary practices in emerging industries. Support units and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to standardization work in emerging industries in participating in national-level awards and recognitions. Encourage local governments and social organizations to recognize and reward units, individuals, and advanced standardization projects that have excelled in new industry standardization work, in accordance with relevant national regulations.

Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China (MIIT)
Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China (MOST)
National Energy Administration of the People’s Republic of China (NEA)
Standardization Administration of the People’s Republic of China (SAC)

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