Standardization Law of the People's Republic of China
Standardization Law of the People's Republic of China
Standardization Law of the People's Republic of China
Order of the President [1988] No. 11
December 29, 1988
The Standardization Law of the People's Republic of China, which was adopted at the Fifth Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Seventh National People's Congress on December 29, 1988, is released hereby and shall take effect as of April 1, 1989.
President of the People's Republic of China Yang Shangkun
Appendix: Standardization Law of the People's Republic of China
Contents
Chapter I General Provisions
Chapter II Formulation of Standards
Chapter III Implementation of Standards
Chapter IV Legal Liabilities
Chapter V Supplementary Provisions
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 This Law is formulated with a view to developing the socialist commodity economy, promoting technical progress, improving product quality, increasing social and economic benefits, safeguarding the interests of the State and the people and suiting standardization to the needs in socialist modernization and in the development of economic relations with foreign countries.
Article 2 Standards shall be formulated for the following technical requirements that need to be unified:
1. the varieties, specifications, quality and grades of industrial products as well as the safety and sanitary requirements for them;
2. the design, production, inspection, packing, storage, transportation and methods of operation of industrial products as well as the safety and sanitary requirements for them in the process of production, storage and transportation;
3. technical requirements and testing methods related to environmental protection;
4. the designs, construction procedure and safety requirements for construction projects; and
5. technical terms, symbols, code names and drawing methods related to industrial production, project construction and environmental protection.
Major agricultural products and other items that need to be standardized shall be designated by the State Council.
Article 3 The tasks of standardization shall include the formulation of standards and organization of and supervision over the implementation of the standards.
Standardization shall be incorporated in the plan for national economic and social development.
Article 4 The State shall encourage the active adoption of international standards.
Article 5 The department of standardization administration under the State Council shall be in charge of the unified administration of standardization throughout the country. Competent administrative authorities under the State Council shall, in line with their respective functions, be in charge of standardization in their respective departments and trades.
The departments of standardization administration of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall be in charge of the unified administration of standardization within their respective administrative areas.
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