Involving the fields of certification, accreditation, inspection, and testing, 18 departments jointly issued this document (see attached infographic for understanding)

State Administration for Market Regulation Cyberspace Administration of China

National Development and Reform Commission Ministry of Science and Technology

Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Ministry of Public Security

Ministry of Civil Affairs Ministry of Natural Resources

Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development Ministry of Transport

Ministry of Water Resources and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Ministry of Commerce National Health Commission

Ministry of Emergency Management People's Bank of China

State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce

To solidly promote the in-depth implementation of the "National Standardization Development Outline" (hereinafter referred to as the Outline), target the development goals for 2025, clarify the key tasks for the next two years, orderly advance the deep development of comprehensive standardization, focus on improving the level of standardization development, steadily expand the openness of the standard system, continuously consolidate the foundation of standardization development, and enable standardization to play a greater role in accelerating the construction of a new development pattern and promoting high-quality economic and social development, this Action Plan is formulated.

I. Strengthen the interaction between standardization and scientific and technological innovation

(1) Strengthen tackling key technology standards. Concentrate efforts on key fields such as integrated circuits, semiconductor materials, biotechnology, germplasm resources, special rubber, as well as artificial intelligence, intelligent connected vehicles, and large-scale application of Beidou, accelerating the development of a batch of important technical standards. Strengthen the construction of standard systems for basic software, industrial software, and application software, and promptly issue urgently needed industry standards. Establish and improve standards for cross-border data transmission and security. Implement informatization standard construction actions, targeting new scenario upgrades such as the evolution route of next-generation internet technology, strengthen the construction of blockchain and distributed ledger technology standard systems, and carry out core standard research on 6G, IPv6, blockchain, distributed digital identity distribution, etc. [Led by the National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, National Health Commission, Cyberspace Administration of China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration), National Data Bureau, with relevant departments and local governments responsible according to their duties. The following also require local government departments to be responsible and are not listed again.]

(2) Improve the mechanism for transforming scientific and technological achievements into standards. Issue guiding opinions to promote the interactive development of standardization and scientific and technological innovation. Improve the linkage mechanism between major scientific and technological projects and standardization work, coordinate the setting of standard research tasks and assessment targets in scientific and technological plan projects, promote the simultaneous deployment, implementation, and completion of project initiation and standard development. Improve the evaluation index system and service mechanism for transforming scientific and technological achievements into standards, leading the transformation of scientific and technological achievements into productivity through standards. Promote the inclusion of standards in the scope of scientific and technological awards. Improve the coordination policy between standards and patents. Formulate and implement the management measures for national standardization guiding technical documents, accelerating the standardization process of frontier technological achievements. Strengthen the integration of standard development into the construction of national technology innovation centers and other common technology platforms, shortening the standard development cycle. Strengthen pre-research on standardization in emerging fields such as next-generation internet, metaverse, and synthetic biology, and accelerate the establishment of standardization project research groups. Establish a green channel for pre-review of national standard project initiation for common key technologies and application-oriented scientific and technological plan projects, promoting a ratio of standard research results exceeding 50%. [Led by the Ministry of Science and Technology and the State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration), with the Cyberspace Administration of China, National Intellectual Property Administration, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Engineering, and others responsible according to their duties.]

II. Improve the level of modern industrial standardization

(3) Improve the industrial basic standard system. Formulate and revise common technical standards for core basic components (elements) such as precision reducers, high-end bearings, and automotive-grade chips, promoting solutions to key issues such as high performance, high reliability, and long life of products. Strengthen the development of additive manufacturing process standards such as powder bed fusion, improve basic electronic processing process standards such as component packaging and curing, and new display film packaging. Promote the formulation of standards for high-end metal materials, new polymer materials, and electronic special materials. Accelerate the filling of gaps in industrial software standards for research and development design and production manufacturing. Formulate and revise a batch of industrial basic standards to promote the advanced development of industrial foundations. [Led by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration), with relevant departments and units responsible according to their duties.]

(4) Strengthen the formulation of industry integration standards. Focusing on the deep integration of digital technology and the real economy, accelerate the development of standards related to the integration of emerging technologies such as the Internet of Things, big data, and cloud computing with traditional industries, improve the standard system, promote the upgrading of traditional manufacturing standards, and improve enterprise technological transformation standards. Implement the high-end equipment manufacturing standardization strengthening project, continuously improve the informatization and industrialization integration standard system, and focus on key areas such as industrial chain and supply chain stability, integration of large, medium, and small enterprises, and green carbon reduction, accelerating the formulation and revision of urgently needed standards for digital transformation including technology application, model innovation, hierarchical classification, testing and evaluation, and interoperability, orderly promoting enterprises to implement digital transformation standards. Deepen pilot applications of standards such as intelligent manufacturing, promoting intelligent transformation and upgrading of traditional industries such as mining, metallurgy, petrochemical, machinery, and textiles. Focusing on the integration of advanced manufacturing and modern service industries, improve the service-oriented manufacturing standard system, strengthen the formulation of standards for personalized customized shared manufacturing, whole lifecycle management, and general integration and contracting. Focusing on the integration of finance and the real economy, focus on developing standards for inclusive finance, cross-border financial services, digital finance, and risk prevention and control, preventing and resolving financial risks, and effectively serving the development of the real economy. [The Cyberspace Administration of China, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, People's Bank of China, State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration), Financial Regulatory Commission, China Securities Regulatory Commission, National Data Bureau, National Mine Safety Administration, and others are responsible according to their duties.]

(5) Promote the upgrading of product and service consumption standards. Implement actions to strengthen the standardization of consumer goods, accelerate the upgrading and iteration of standards for bulk consumer goods, establish and improve the quality grading standard system for consumer goods, and promote the development of standards for product and service consumption experience. Guided by standards for technology, energy consumption, emissions, etc., promote large-scale equipment renewal and trade-in of consumer goods. Develop coordinated and unified smart home standards, improve the standard system for smart home appliances, electric furniture, and home furnishings. Improve the standard system for consumer electronics products, promoting interoperability among various types and brands of smart electronic products, mobile communication terminals, wearable devices, and other products. Continuously strengthen the revision and formulation of mandatory national standards and supporting recommended standards for textiles, clothing, footwear, bags, and home decoration products. Focus on improving safety and quality standards for "elderly-friendly and child-friendly" products, and increase the supply of standards for emerging consumer products such as smart products and functional products. Improve standards for charging piles, electric vehicles, power batteries, etc., accelerate the implementation and application of high-power DC charging series standards, and research and develop mandatory national safety standards for charging piles. Increase the revision and formulation of standards in the modern service industry, accelerate the development of standards in modern logistics, cross-border e-commerce, sharing economy, and intermodal transport. Develop trade, transportation, and logistics-related standards such as bulk material and bulk commodity coding based on the platform economy to promote the transformation and upgrading of traditional service industries. Promote the revision and formulation of service standards in the cultural and tourism sectors to boost service consumption. Improve sports standards, and develop and improve standards for mass fitness, ice and snow sports, sports events, sports venues, and sports goods. [Led by the State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration) and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, with responsibilities divided among the National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, General Administration of Sport, National Energy Administration, etc.]

(6) Accelerate the leadership of industrial innovation standards. Implement the new industrial standardization leading project, focusing on industries such as new generation information technology, new energy, new materials, high-end equipment, new energy vehicles, green environmental protection, civil aviation, urban rail transit, ship and marine engineering equipment, and safety emergency equipment. Closely monitor industry development trends and moderately advance the development of related standards to lead industrial innovation through standards. Focus on fields such as brain-computer interfaces, quantum information, generative artificial intelligence, and the metaverse, and proactively layout future industrial standard research. Continue to carry out national high-tech industry standardization pilot demonstrations and strengthen the demonstration and leadership of standardization in industrial innovation development. [Led by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, and State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration), with responsibilities divided among the Cyberspace Administration of China, Ministry of Transport, National Health Commission, National Energy Administration, National Data Administration, Civil Aviation Administration of China, etc.]

(7) Improve the supporting standard chain for the industrial chain. Implement the standardization project to stabilize key industrial chains, improve the standard system for important industrial chains such as industrial mother machines and new displays, establish joint standardization working groups for key industrial chains such as industrial mother machines, and simultaneously promote technological breakthroughs and standard development. Leverage the role of leading enterprises, unite upstream and downstream industry chain stakeholders in production, academia, research, and application, as well as specialized and innovative small and medium-sized enterprises, focus on urgent needs in the industrial and supply chains, and accelerate the development of supporting standards. Strengthen liaison and coordination among standardization technical organizations upstream and downstream in the industrial chain, promote effective connection of standard systems across all links and fields, and enhance the resilience and security level of industrial and supply chains. Establish 50 national high-end equipment manufacturing standardization pilot projects to lead the optimization and upgrading of key manufacturing industry chains. [Led by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration), with responsibilities divided among relevant departments and units.]

(8) Strengthen the construction of standards for new infrastructure. Implement a special action for the standardization of new infrastructure, continuously promote the development of basic and application standards in key information infrastructure fields such as mobile communication networks, fixed broadband networks, spatial information, and new data centers, accelerate the improvement of the standard system, and provide technical support for the construction, operation, and security of new infrastructure. Fully leverage the rapid iteration advantages of new generation information technology, focus on key integrated infrastructure fields such as industrial internet, vehicle networking, and land spatial planning implementation monitoring networks, accelerate standard development, and unleash the effectiveness of new infrastructure. [Led by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Cyberspace Administration of China, National Development and Reform Commission, and State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration), with responsibilities divided among the Ministry of Natural Resources, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Ministry of Transport, National Energy Administration, National Data Administration, etc.]

3. Improve the standardization guarantee for green development.

(9) Continuously improve the carbon peak and carbon neutrality standard system. Accelerate the improvement of carbon emission accounting and reporting standards for key industries and enterprises, speed up the development of basic general national standards for product carbon footprint accounting, revise and formulate standards for carbon emission verification procedures, personnel, and institutions, and promote the development of basic common standards for carbon emission intensity and carbon footprint of key products such as steel, aluminum, plastics, and power batteries. Encourage enterprises to actively participate in the formulation of international standards related to carbon footprint accounting. Steadily improve energy consumption and energy efficiency standard indicators for key industries and energy-using products, accelerate the revision and formulation of energy-saving standards in emerging fields, and focus on improving supporting standards such as energy consumption calculation, energy efficiency testing, and energy-saving evaluation. Strengthen the use of clean energy, accelerate the supply of standards for the entire hydrogen energy industry chain, and improve the standard system for new energy storage. Proactively layout research and formulation of standards for carbon capture, utilization, and storage, promoting the coordinated advancement of key technology standards with scientific research, demonstration, and promotion. Develop standards for carbon sink monitoring and accounting in terrestrial and marine ecosystems, provincial greenhouse gas inventory standards, improve the standard system for agricultural and rural emission reduction and carbon sequestration, and develop standards for soil and water conservation carbon sinks. [Responsibilities divided among the National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Natural Resources, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration), National Energy Administration, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, etc.]

(10) Strengthen the development of standards for ecological environment protection and restoration. Accelerate the formulation and revision of standards and norms in key areas of building a Beautiful China. Further improve pollution prevention and control standards for air, water, soil, noise, oceans, chemicals, new pollutants, etc., develop drinking water source environmental quality standards, improve the technical standard system for supervision and management of river and sea discharge outlets, and develop 20 noise-related standards for household appliances, vehicles, ships, general machinery, and other products. Improve the standard system for biodiversity investigation, assessment, and monitoring, accelerate the development of standards for invasive species prevention and control and management, and develop standards for agricultural ecological environment monitoring, protection, and restoration. Further improve the standard system for groundwater protection, utilization, and management. Develop technical specifications for national ecological status investigation and assessment. Promote the standardization of quality monitoring and evaluation for multiple ecosystems including mountains, rivers, forests, farmlands, lakes, grasslands, deserts, and ice, develop related guidelines for integrated protection, restoration, and effectiveness evaluation, and accelerate the formulation and revision of standards related to ecological restoration of mangroves, coastal wetlands, etc. Establish and improve the technical standard system for ecological environment zoning control, and improve the environmental impact assessment standard system. Strengthen the formulation and application of ecological protection red line ecological environment supervision standards, and promote the revision of national standards for the natural protected area system centered on national parks. Research and develop standards for ecological environment planning and management. Improve the standard system for ecological environment damage identification and assessment. Strengthen research, formulation, and application of standards related to climate change monitoring, forecasting, climate risk assessment, and climate change adaptation. Strengthen the revision of national standards for electromagnetic environment protection requirements in key areas such as radio astronomy observatories, meteorological radar stations, satellite measurement and control (navigation stations), and airports. [Responsibilities divided among the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Natural Resources, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration), China Meteorological Administration, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, etc.]

(11) Promote the construction of standards for the conservation and intensive use of natural resources. Accelerate the promotion of the formulation of basic general standards for territorial spatial planning, study and formulate evaluation standards related to territorial spatial planning, and gradually build relevant standards covering the entire process of planning compilation and management. Improve and perfect the natural resource grading, classification, pricing, and evaluation standard system, carry out the formulation of standards for quality investigation, evaluation, monitoring, and quality spot checks of cultivated land (soil) resources. Improve basic geological survey and strategic mineral resource survey standards. Carry out the formulation and revision of marine geological survey evaluation and marine fishery resource survey standards, improve marine resource asset monitoring standards such as sea area use and island development and utilization, and focus on promoting the formulation of standards for seawater desalination and comprehensive utilization, marine renewable energy utilization, and marine biological resources. Improve standards for the development and utilization of unconventional water sources such as rainwater collection, mine pit (well) water, and brackish water. [National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Natural Resources, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration), National Energy Administration, etc. are responsible according to their duties]

(12) Promote the green and low-carbon transformation of production methods. Establish and improve agricultural green development standards, strengthen the formulation and revision of standards for green inputs and agricultural water-saving, and continuously strengthen the formulation of standards for the recycling of agricultural wastes such as straw, livestock and poultry manure, and pesticide packaging waste. Formulate and revise water quota standards for high water-consuming industrial use. Strengthen the formulation of standards for industrial enterprises in pollution reduction and carbon reduction, energy saving, water saving, and material saving, comprehensive resource utilization, green factories, green industrial parks, green supply chains, and green product design. Explore and study standards for digital empowerment of industrial green and low-carbon transformation, and formulate standards for comprehensive utilization of industrial wastes such as tailings, coal gangue, smelting slag, and phosphogypsum. Implement general rules for the compilation of clean production evaluation indicator systems, improve the clean production standard system, and carry out 60 pilot demonstrations of circular economy standardization. Formulate and revise standards such as construction waste resource utilization. Accelerate the improvement of green procurement, green circulation, green evaluation, and other green supply chain evaluation standards. Improve green finance standards to lead industrial green transformation and upgrading. [National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Ministry of Commerce, People's Bank of China, State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration), Financial Regulatory Commission, China Securities Regulatory Commission, etc. are responsible according to their duties]

(13) Strengthen the green and low-carbon guidance of lifestyles. Continuously expand the coverage of green product evaluation standards and revise the general rules for green product evaluation. Improve standards limiting excessive packaging of goods such as food, cosmetics, and express logistics. Deeply implement national standards to stop food waste in catering. Formulate and revise standards related to household waste classification and treatment. Study and formulate water quota standards for high water-consuming service industries. Establish evaluation standards for schools, green venues, etc., promote the application of green hospital building evaluation standards, and promote the green transformation of public institutions. [National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of Commerce, National Health Commission, State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration), National Government Offices Administration, etc. are responsible according to their duties]

IV. Promote the standardized development of urban and rural construction and social construction

(14) Implement the standardization action for rural revitalization. Consolidate the foundation of standards guaranteeing food security, establish and improve standards for seed industry revitalization, high-standard farmland construction, cultivated land quality construction and protection, crop pest and disease monitoring and control, farmland water conservancy management, agricultural input quality, and infrastructure. Optimize agricultural product quality and safety standards, strengthen the formulation and revision of standards for smart agriculture, facility agriculture, whole-process quality control of agricultural products, and agricultural product quality grading and classification. Improve the modern agriculture full-industry chain standard system, formulate standards for agricultural product brand evaluation, major grain and oil crop agricultural socialized services, agricultural product loss reduction and efficiency improvement, and rural tourism. Formulate and revise 700 agricultural standards, basically establishing a high-quality agricultural development standard system. Strengthen standards formulation for digital villages, rural housing and infrastructure construction, rural water supply project construction and management, village-level comprehensive service facilities, and barrier-free facilities. Accelerate the construction of rural human settlement environment improvement standards such as rural toilet renovation, domestic sewage, garbage treatment, village greening, cleaning, and lighting. Create 100 national agricultural standardization demonstration zones and 300 national modern agriculture full-industry chain standardization demonstration bases. [Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration), Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development lead, Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission, Ministry of Natural Resources, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, National Health Commission, National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration, National Forestry and Grassland Administration, etc. are responsible according to their duties]

(15) Promote the standardized development of new-type urbanization. Carry out urban standardization actions, study and formulate urban health check evaluation standards, improve standards related to urban renewal, and promote standardization construction in areas such as urban design, urban ecological restoration, urban historical and cultural protection and inheritance, urban style shaping, and old community renovation. Promote the establishment of a standard system for urban operation management service platforms, strengthen the formulation and implementation of standards in urban infrastructure operation and monitoring, urban comprehensive management and supervision, and urban public service system construction and evaluation. Strengthen the construction of urban transportation standard systems and improve the coordination level of planning, construction, and operation. Improve standards in urban living environment fields such as sponge cities, livable cities, and park cities. Continuously deepen the creation of internationally innovative cities in standardization and carry out 30 comprehensive pilot projects for urban standardization innovation. [Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration) lead, Ministry of Natural Resources, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Ministry of Transport, National Data Administration, etc. are responsible according to their duties]

(16) Improve the effectiveness of administrative management standardization. Improve the framework of administrative management and government service standard systems, improve standards in areas such as administrative licensing, government service centers, national integrated government service platforms, government service item handling, and convenience hotline operation, and strengthen the implementation and application of standards in administrative approval, online and offline integration of government services, and agency affairs management. Study and formulate evaluation standards for government mobile internet applications. [Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission, State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration), National Government Offices Administration, etc. are responsible according to their duties] Accelerate the promotion of standardization construction in public resource transactions, fair competition, law enforcement supervision, intellectual property, etc., promote the construction of a credit supervision standard system for business entities, improve nationwide unified credit supervision rules and standards, and maintain a fair competitive market order. Continuously promote the standardization and normalization construction of grassroots market supervision offices. [National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Justice, State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration), National Intellectual Property Administration, etc. are responsible according to their duties]

(17) Strengthen the efforts of social governance standardization. Implement social governance standardization actions, formulate and implement relevant standards in social security prevention and control, rural governance, cyberspace governance, and other fields. Build more than 100 comprehensive standardization pilot projects for social management and public services, and promote the implementation and application of social governance standards. Strengthen forward-looking research and overall coordination of institutional governance standardization, promote the simultaneous formulation and transformation of domestic and international standards in organizational governance and compliance management. Develop standards for cybersecurity emergency capability assessment, data security risk assessment, data transaction service security, critical information infrastructure security assessment, personal information security compliance audit, artificial intelligence security governance, network identity authentication infrastructure, etc., promote the construction of national standard verification points in the field of critical information infrastructure, and improve the effectiveness of network and data security governance. [Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission, National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Public Security, State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration), National Data Administration, etc. are responsible according to their duties]

(18) Implement the foundational project for public safety standardization. Accelerate the formulation and revision of mandatory standards in safety fields such as urban gas, hazardous chemicals, fireworks and firecrackers, petroleum and natural gas extraction, dust explosion prevention, hazardous operations, special equipment, personal protective equipment, and accident investigation statistics. Establish a rapid transformation and release mechanism for public safety standards under emergency conditions. [Led by the State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration) and the Ministry of Emergency Management, with relevant departments and units responsible according to their duties.] Strengthen the development of standards in emergency plan management, risk monitoring and early warning, disaster emergency response, emergency shelter, firefighting and emergency rescue training and equipment, forest and grassland firefighting equipment, disaster relief and emergency material support. [The Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Water Resources, Ministry of Emergency Management, State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration), China Meteorological Administration, National Mine Safety Administration, National Fire and Rescue Administration, China Earthquake Administration, etc., are responsible according to their duties.] Improve standards for large-scale event safety, explosive materials management, and enhance the forensic science, road traffic management, and law enforcement case management center standard systems. Promote the establishment of national standard verification points in the forensic science field. [The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Justice, State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration), etc., are responsible according to their duties.] Accelerate the development of standards for security video surveillance system requirements, video encoding and decoding technology, video image analysis, boundary security interaction, etc., to provide technical support for public safety video surveillance construction. Promote the establishment of a biosafety standard system. [The Cyberspace Administration of China, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Public Security, National Health Commission, etc., are responsible according to their duties.]

(Nineteen) Implement the basic public service standard system construction project. Improve standards in fields such as basic education, employment and entrepreneurship, basic pension services, public culture and sports, and services for persons with disabilities. Promote the sharing of pilot experiences in basic public service standardization, and establish a number of demonstration benchmarks in key regions such as Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Yangtze River Delta, and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao. [Led by the National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Finance, State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration), with the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Civil Affairs, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, General Administration of Sport, China Disabled Persons' Federation, and other departments responsible according to their duties.] Strengthen the development of basic standards for medical device risk management and quality management, improve the high-end medical device standard system, promote the development of medical device standards in emerging fields such as medical robots, new biomedical materials, molecular diagnostics, and improve the standard system for diagnostic and protective medical devices for high-risk infectious diseases. Promote the upgrading and transformation of the public health standard system, accelerate the formulation and implementation of standards for public place hygiene and public environmental health investigation and monitoring. Further improve the traditional Chinese medicine standard system, and promote the formulation and revision of standards for diagnosis of TCM diseases and syndromes and clinical efficacy evaluation. Promote the establishment of a medical insurance standard system. [The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, National Health Commission, State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration), National Healthcare Security Administration, National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Medical Products Administration, etc., are responsible according to their duties.]

(Twenty) Promote the special action for standardization of elderly care and domestic services. Upgrade the standard system for elderly care and domestic services, carry out the formulation and revision of standards for home-based elderly care services, elderly meal assistance, cognitive impairment care, infant and toddler care, and domestic e-commerce. Build 80 pilot demonstration projects for standardization in the elderly care and domestic service fields, and strengthen the implementation and application of elderly care and domestic service standards. [Led by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Ministry of Commerce, State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration), with relevant departments and units responsible according to their duties.] Formulate and revise 50 national standards for aging-friendly renovations, promote aging-friendly upgrades of standards for home environment, transportation, community services, rehabilitation aids, etc., to create a more comfortable and convenient environment for the elderly. [Led by the Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Civil Affairs, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration), with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, National Health Commission, China Disabled Persons' Federation, etc., responsible according to their duties.]

5. Implement the standard internationalization leapfrog project.

(Twenty-one) Expand international standardization partnership relations. Actively practice the international standardization concepts of openness, inclusiveness, and mutual cooperation, and develop mutually beneficial standardization partnerships. Continuously improve multilateral and bilateral cooperation mechanisms, strengthen standard cooperation under the framework of the World Trade Organization, deepen regional standardization cooperation in Northeast Asia, Asia-Pacific, Europe, ASEAN, and further expand standardization cooperation with regions and countries such as Africa, Pan-America, Gulf Arab countries, and Oceania. Strengthen standardization exchanges and cooperation under frameworks such as BRICS, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. [Led by the State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration), with the Cyberspace Administration of China, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Civil Affairs, Ministry of Commerce, National Intellectual Property Administration, China International Development Cooperation Agency, All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, etc., responsible according to their duties.]

(Twenty-two) Deepen the connectivity of standards in jointly building the "Belt and Road". Promote the construction of demonstration projects for the application of standards in jointly building the "Belt and Road", carry out personnel exchange and training with partner countries, and promote industrial and trade cooperation through standardization cooperation. Strengthen strategic alignment of standardization and mutual recognition of key field standards with countries involved in the "Belt and Road" initiative, further improve the standard information platform for countries involved in the "Belt and Road", conduct standardization information exchanges, and provide standard information services for partner countries. Encourage domestic enterprises and institutions to strengthen technical-level standard cooperation with partner countries during international trade, overseas engineering construction, and technical exchange and cooperation. [Led by the State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration), with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Commerce, State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, China International Development Cooperation Agency, etc., responsible according to their duties.]

(Twenty-three) Deeply participate in the governance of international standard organizations. Fully leverage China's role as a permanent member of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), and a council member of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Actively fulfill responsibilities and obligations as a council member and member of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH). Actively participate in the formulation of important policies and rules of international standard organizations, implement and apply localization, participate in the research and preparation of international standardization technical roadmaps, white papers, and standardization benefit assessment reports in various technical fields, summarize practical experience, and propose Chinese suggestions. Select and dispatch personnel according to the needs of international standard organizations, support international standard organizations in holding various meetings and activities in China, and support international professional standard organizations to establish offices in China. [Led by the State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration), Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, with relevant departments and units responsible according to their duties.]

(Twenty-four) Actively promote the development of international standards. Actively participate in activities of international standard organizations such as ISO, IEC, ITU, industry international organizations such as the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP29), and international professional standard organizations such as the International Article Numbering Association (GS1). Encourage domestic enterprises and institutions to actively participate in activities of international standard organizations, industry international organizations, and various international professional standard organizations, contributing Chinese wisdom. Deeply participate in international standardization work in key areas such as carbon peak and carbon neutrality, digital technology, and tropical characteristic agriculture. Promote the formulation of a batch of international standards in areas such as greenhouse gas emission reduction, clean, low-carbon and efficient energy utilization, new power systems, green sustainable finance, mine safety, digitalization of shipping trade, information and communication, article numbering and automatic identification. Build a number of international standardization innovation teams in key fields. [Led by the State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration), Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, with relevant departments and units responsible according to their duties.]

(Twenty-five) Improve and steadily expand the institutional opening-up mechanism for standards. Formulate and implement guiding opinions on steadily expanding the institutional opening-up of standards, accelerating the pace of China's standardization opening to the outside world. Further improve the openness and transparency of China's standardization work, ensure that foreign-invested enterprises participate in China's standardization work equally and legally, support various business entities such as small, medium, and micro enterprises and private enterprises to participate in the formulation and revision of standards, and support private enterprises to lead the establishment of international industrial and standards organizations. Promote the coordinated development of domestic standard organizations and the domestic counterparts of international standard organizations, and push for the consistency rate between national professional standardization technical committees (hereinafter referred to as technical committees) and international standard organization technical bodies to reach over 90%. Continuously carry out international standard tracking research, accelerate the transformation of advanced and applicable international standards, and achieve an international standard transformation rate of over 85%. Vigorously promote the translation of national standards into foreign languages, encourage industries and localities to formulate foreign language versions of standards as needed. Support free trade pilot zones and free trade ports to propose standard demands based on operational practices. [Led by the State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration), with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Commerce, General Administration of Customs, National International Development Cooperation Agency, All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, etc., responsible according to their duties]

VI. Deepen Reform and Innovation in Standardization

(26) Improve the Quality of Standard Supply. Improve a unified and coordinated mandatory national standard system, strengthen the formulation of mandatory national standards in key areas related to the safety of people's lives and property, such as industrial products, production safety, special equipment, and social security, and further enhance the coverage and authority of mandatory national standards. Systematically optimize the system of recommended national standards, industry standards, and local standards. Strengthen the coordination and complementarity between recommended standards and mandatory national standards. Carry out the adoption of group standards by recommended national standards. Accelerate the development of national standard samples. [Led by the State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration), with relevant departments and units responsible according to their duties] Deeply implement the group standards excellence cultivation plan, cultivate a number of excellent group standard organizations, promote the demonstration of group standard applications, facilitate the standardized and high-quality development of group standards, and formulate a batch of high-level group standards that fill gaps and lead development. Implement the enterprise standard "leader" system, enhance the effectiveness and influence of enterprise standard "leaders," and form a pattern where enterprise standard "leaders" drive the improvement of product and service quality. [Led by the State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration) and the Ministry of Civil Affairs, with the China Association for Science and Technology, All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, etc., responsible according to their duties]

(27) Improve Standard Management Level. Continuously optimize the government-issued standard formulation process, platforms, and tools, strengthen the full lifecycle management of standard formulation and revision, and enhance standard maintenance, updating, and iteration. Further improve the efficiency of national standard formulation and revision, shortening the average formulation cycle of newly approved national standards to within 18 months. Strengthen standard statistical analysis. Strengthen the filing management of industry standards and local standards. Establish a nationally coordinated regional standardization work mechanism. Strengthen the guidance and supervision of group standards and enterprise standards. Formulate group standard management measures, improve the good behavior evaluation mechanism for group standards, and regulate the development of group standards. Promote the implementation of enterprise standardization promotion measures, implement the standard innovative enterprise system, and cultivate a number of benchmark enterprises for standard innovation. Improve the standard copyright system and strengthen the protection of standard copyrights. [Led by the State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration), with relevant departments and units responsible according to their duties]

(28) Strengthen Standard Promotion and Application. Actively carry out standard publicity and training, enrich forms, channels, and carriers of publicity, and widely disseminate the concepts, knowledge, and methods of standardization. Strengthen the overall coordination of standardization pilot demonstration construction, improve the management of pilot demonstration projects, enhance the quality and effectiveness of pilot demonstrations, refine replicable and promotable practical experiences and typical models, and play a radiating and driving role. [Led by the State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration), with relevant departments and units responsible according to their duties] Encourage standardization service organizations to settle in national comprehensive pilot demonstration areas for expanding service industry opening-up, national independent innovation demonstration zones, national high-tech industrial development zones, economic and technological development zones, national advanced manufacturing clusters, etc. Encourage cluster promotion organizations to participate in standardization research and standard formulation and revision, encourage standardization organizations to settle in cluster promotion organizations, encourage cluster promotion organizations to participate in international standardization work, cultivate world-class advanced manufacturing clusters, and form an agglomeration development effect. Continuously promote pilot statistical analysis reports on the standardization service industry and carry out statistical evaluation of the standardization service industry. Improve the benchmarking and compliance work mechanism, guiding enterprises to aim at advanced standards to improve their level. [The National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Commerce, State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration), National Bureau of Statistics, All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, etc., responsible according to their duties]

(29) Strengthen Standard Implementation Supervision. Formulate and implement guiding opinions on strengthening standard implementation and supervision work, actively apply advanced standards in macro-control, industrial promotion, industry management, market access, financial credit, government procurement, and bidding. Strictly follow standards in quality supervision activities such as certification and accreditation, inspection and testing. Establish and improve the mechanism for citing standards in laws and policy documents, encourage relevant units to provide information services linking standards and laws. Improve the standard implementation information feedback mechanism and the standard implementation data survey and statistics system, accelerate the construction of a number of standard implementation monitoring sites and statistical analysis points for mandatory standard implementation, and regularly carry out statistical analysis of the implementation of key mandatory standards. Establish and improve the standard implementation effect evaluation mechanism, promote the evaluation of the implementation effects of national standards, industry standards, local standards, and group standards, and carry out the collection and promotion of standard implementation effect evaluation examples. Establish a complaint and supervision mechanism for standard formulation, build a national standard formulation complaint platform, and accept supervision from all sectors of society on various standard formulation activities, technical committee work, and standard review work. Conduct supervision and random inspection of industry standards and local standards, strengthen supervision of standard numbering, review, and filing. Continuously promote the implementation of enterprise standard self-declaration disclosure and supervision systems, strengthen the collection and analysis of enterprise standard self-declaration disclosure data, and promote the inclusion of enterprise product and service compliance with standards into the social credit system construction. [Led by the State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration), with relevant departments and units responsible according to their duties]

VII. Consolidate the Foundation for Standardization Development

(30) Deepen Basic Theoretical Research on Standardization. Continuously support universities, research institutes, and standardization research institutions to strengthen the exploration of common theories and practical application research in standardization. Continuously promote institutional opening-up of standards, deeply carry out research on the needs of China's standardization work under high-standard economic and trade rules such as the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA), and strengthen research on the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement (WTO/TBT) and the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (WTO/SPS) standards work. Conduct standardization research in key areas such as compliance management, environmental, social, and governance (ESG), and post-border rules. Actively promote standard digitalization research, build a standard system framework, and carry out standard digitalization pilots. Fully leverage the think tank role of the China Standardization Expert Committee, strengthen expert demonstration and decision-making consultation on important international and domestic standardization matters. [Led by the State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration), Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Commerce, Chinese Academy of Engineering, with relevant departments and units responsible according to their duties]

(31) Strengthen Standard Testing and Verification. Formulate management measures for the construction and management of national standard verification points, integrate the management of the construction and operation of standard verification points and the implementation of standard verification projects. Establish no fewer than 50 national standard verification points. Promote independent innovation and coordinated support of testing methods, testing equipment, and standard samples. Participate in international standard verification around emerging and advantageous fields to provide strong support for the compatibility and mutual recognition of Chinese and foreign standard systems. Promote the integrated development of standards with metrology, certification and accreditation, inspection and testing, and other quality infrastructure elements. [Led by the State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration), with relevant departments and units responsible according to their duties]

(Thirty-two) Strengthen support from standardized technical institutions. Promote the establishment of a number of world-class comprehensive and specialized standardization research institutions. Further improve the professional standardization technical organization system, focus on cutting-edge technologies and emerging fields for forward-looking layout, and accelerate the cultivation of new types of standardization technical organizations. Plan to establish a batch of new standardization technical organizations to meet the standardization needs of strategic emerging industries and the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries. Utilize the overall standardization group to study and establish a coordinated mechanism for new material standardization, and promote cross-industry and cross-field standardization collaborative development. Implement the technical organization liaison mechanism to smooth the microcirculation of the technical organization system. Deepen the promotion of assessment and evaluation, and pilot the evaluation of committee members' performance capabilities. Promote classified and dynamic management of technical committees to achieve "entry and exit based on capability." [Led by the State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration), with relevant departments and units responsible according to their duties]

(Thirty-three) Strengthen the construction of a multi-level standardization talent team. Strengthen general higher education in standardization, promote vocational education in standardization technology, and advance the integration of vocational and continuing education in the standardization field. Conduct national classification statistics of standardization talents, build a national database for classified cultivation of standardization talents, and establish a number of national-level education and training bases for standardization talents. Promote the integrated development model of "research teams + standard development teams" to cultivate and select a group of leading talents in standardization. Cultivate a group of enterprise standardization directors. Encourage technical committees to participate in the construction of university standardization curriculum systems and technical committee training bases, and jointly promote the development of standardization majors and faculty training. Further enrich the resources of standard cloud courses and committee online lecture halls, and widely carry out standardization education and training. Relying on industries, localities, research institutions, and universities, build a number of international standardization talent training bases, and continuously carry out selection and training activities for young international standardization talents. [The Ministry of Education, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration), etc. are responsible according to their duties]

VIII. Organization and Implementation

(Thirty-four) Strengthen organizational leadership. Adhere to the Party's comprehensive leadership over standardization work, fully leverage the role of the State Council's relevant standardization coordination mechanisms, study and formulate major standardization policies, and coordinate major standardization matters. Continuously improve the leadership mechanisms for coordinated promotion of standardization work across regions and relevant departments, better utilize government performance evaluation and political achievement assessment as a "command baton," and comprehensively enhance the effectiveness of standardization work. Conduct comprehensive evaluations of the implementation effects of the outline, using the evaluation results as an important basis for formulating the "15th Five-Year" standardization development plan. All regions and relevant departments should effectively connect and synchronously advance standardization work with their regional and departmental development plans. [The National Development and Reform Commission, State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration), etc. are responsible according to their duties]

(Thirty-five) Strengthen policy support. All regions and relevant departments should refine responsibility divisions according to the outline and the current action plan requirements, promptly deploy work, strengthen coordination and cooperation, and ensure tasks are implemented thoroughly. According to national regulations, give commendations and awards, carry out the selection of the China Standard Innovation Contribution Award, and support local and industry departments in conducting standardization commendations and awards as prescribed. Promote the construction of the standardization discipline system and open up promotion channels for standardization scientific and technological workers. Improve the standardization statistical work system, establish and improve standardization statistical work procedures, strengthen the application of statistical results, conduct overall analysis of standardization development status, and publish annual reports on standardization development. [Led by the State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration), with relevant departments and units responsible according to their duties]