23-04-2019
On 17 April, SAMR released the Notice on the Key Tasks and Assignments of Implementing the “Deepen Standardization Reform Scheme” (2019-2020), aiming to guide the implementation of China’s standardization reform in its third phase (2019-2020).
“Deepen Standardization Reform Scheme” was released in March 2015, and China government afterwards issued 3 supporting documents in the following years to ensure its implementation: the Action Plan for the years of 2015~2016, the Key Tasks and Assignments for 2017~2018, and this document for 2019-2020.
The key tasks put forward in the document include mandatory standard system construction, recommended standard system construction, association standard development, enterprise standard self-declaration, standardization internationalization, military and civil standards integration, standardization management capability, standard implementation and supervision, implementation of the Standardization Law, local standardization reform, talent cultivation and financial support. The document also assigns responsible and leading ministries/departments for each task.
Compared with the tasks and assignments in 2017-2018, this document emphasizes the construction of standard management system, including the upcoming release and implementation of the Administrative Measures for Mandatory National Standards, the revision of the Administrative Measures for National Standards, the Administrative Measures for Sectoral Standards, and the Administrative Measures for Local Standards, etc.
In the aspect of association standards, this document highlights its healthy development instead of encouraging its rapid growth.
In the aspect of enterprise standards, this document will strengthen the implementation of the enterprise standards self-declaration, disclosure, and supervision system, expand its coverage, speed up the implementation of “Enterprise Standards Top Runner” system.
Furthermore, this document underlines the implementation and supervision of standards, strengthen punishments on the breach of mandatory standards.
http://gkml.samr.gov.cn/nsjg/bzjss/201904/t20190419_293018.html