14-792: The National Standards of the People's Republic of China ( 中华人民共和国国家标准 ), coded as GB , are the standards issued by the Standardization Administration of China under the authorization of Article 10 of the Standardization Law of the People's Republic of China. According to Article 2 of the Standardization Law, national standards are divided into mandatory national standards and recommended national standards. Mandatory national standards are prefixed "GB". Recommended national standards are prefixed " GB/T ". Guidance technical documents are prefixed with "GB/Z", but are not legally part of
28-617: A website for obtaining digital copies of the standards (excluding those dealing with food safety, environment protection, and civil engineering). The availability is broken down as follows (as of October 2023): Copies of standards (written in simplified Chinese) may be obtained from the SPC web store. A non-exhaustive list of National Standards of the People's Republic of China is listed as follows, accompanied with similar international standards of ISO, marked as identical (IDT), equivalent (EQV), or non-equivalent (NEQ). Changes are made frequently within
42-926: The Food and Agriculture Organization and the Codex Alimentarius Commission . The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR ) interfaces with the IOML , the APLMF and the APEC /Sub-Committee on Standards and Conformance (SCSC). Known as the CNCA. The SAC interfaces with the IEC , the APEC /SCSC, the JTC 1 , the ISO and the PASC . The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) interfaces with
56-553: The ITU . Standardization technical committees Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People's Republic of China is the cabinet-level executive department of the State Council which is responsible for agriculture and rural affairs in the country . The ministry is headquartered in Beijing. It was formed on March 19, 2018 as
70-617: The Ministry of Science and Technology . It also absorbed the National Rural Revitalization Administration. The Ministry is responsible for handling the " three rural issues "; namely agriculture, rural areas, and farmers. It is responsible for managing fisheries, animal husbandry, farmland resources, irrigation projects, land reclamation and agricultural mechanization, checking agricultural product quality and safety, and managing agricultural investments. It also houses
84-543: The Chinese regulatory system as new standards are released and existing standards are updated. Standardization Administration of China The Standardization Administration of China ( SAC ; Chinese : 中国国家标准化管理委员会 ; pinyin : Zhōngguó Guójiā Biāozhǔnhuà Guǎnlǐ Wěiyuánhuì ; abbr.: 国家标准委 ; Guójiā Biāozhǔn Wěi ) is an external name of the State Administration for Market Regulation . Prior to 2018, it
98-481: The People's Republic of China , compulsory standards are not copyrightable as they fall under "other documents of a legislative, administrative or judicial nature". In 1999, the Supreme People's Court ruled that although compulsory standards do not enjoy copyright protections, publishing houses can be given exclusive, sui generis rights to publish a compulsory standard. The Standardization Administration operates
112-736: The SAC is responsible for organizing the activities of the Chinese National Committee for ISO and IEC; the SAC approves and organizes the implementation of international cooperation and the exchange of projects on standardization. With the development through China's reforms and opening up, in April 2001, the State Council of China decided to set up the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ), by merging
126-504: The agency superseding the former Ministry of Agriculture . On March 19, 2018, the government of China announced that the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has been created at the first session of the 13th National People's Congress , superseding the Ministry of Agriculture . That same day, Han Changfu was elected Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. It was also announced that some of its additional responsibilities come from
140-624: The agricultural investment projects of the National Development and Reform Commission , the Ministry of Finance , the Ministry of Land and Resources , and the Ministry of Water Resources . The Ministry stated in late 2020 that it would designate 6.6 million hectares of prime agricultural land as grain zones to be farmed with high production methods and which could not be converted to other crops. It also raised subsidies for rice, corn, and soybean growing. In March 2023, it gained responsibilities related to rural science and technology from
154-505: The former CSBTS and the former State Bureau of Import & Export Inspection and Quarantine (CIQ SA) and, at the same time, to establish the Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China (SAC) and Certification and Accreditation Administration of the People's Republic of China (CNCA) under AQSIQ. Standards and conformity assessment bodies: The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs interfaces with
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#1732880012463168-468: The national compulsory standard (GB), sequential number 2312, revision year 1980. Besides the national standard repository, China allows the registration of standards by industry/trade, by localities (DB, Dìfāng Biāozhǔn, "local standard"), by associations (T), or by an individual company (Q). The overall prefix number-year format is retained. Under the first clause of Article 5 of the Copyright Law of
182-479: The national standard system. Mandatory national standards are the basis for the product testing which products must undergo during the China Compulsory Certificate (CCC or 3C) certification. If there is no corresponding mandatory national standard, CCC is not required. A Chinese standard code has three parts: the prefix, the sequential number, and the year number. For example, GB 2312-1980 refers to
196-622: Was an administrative office under the State Council to exercise administrative responsibilities by undertaking unified management, supervision and overall coordination of standardization work in China . The SAC represents China within the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and other international and regional standardization organizations;
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