Circular of the General Office of the Ministry of Commerce and the General Office of the Standardization Administration of China on Issuing the Guidelines for the Standardization of Online Retails
Circular of the General Office of the Ministry of Commerce and the General Office of the Standardization Administration of China on Issuing the Guidelines for the Standardization of Online Retails
Circular of the General Office of the Ministry of Commerce and the General Office of the Standardization Administration of China on Issuing the Guidelines for the Standardization of Online Retails
Shang Dian Zi [2017] No. 12
November 21, 2017
The competent departments of commerce, and quality and technical supervision bureaus (market regulatory departments) of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, cities under separate state planning and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps; the relevant industry associations, relevant standardization technical committees, and relevant entities:
To implement the Opinions of the State Council on Striving to Develop E-commerce to Speed up the Cultivation of New Economic Driving Force, the 13th Five-year Development Plan for E-commerce, the 13th Five-year Plan for the Standardization of Domestic Trade and Circulation, and the 13th Five-year Guidelines for the Standardization of Informatization, to optimize the system of standardization for online retails, to accelerate the standardized construction in key sectors, and to promote the continuous innovation and standardized development of online retails, the Ministry of Commerce and the Standardization Administration of China have jointly formulated these Guidelines for the Standardization of Online Retails (the "Guidelines"). The Guidelines are hereby issued to you. Please conduct the standardization work of online retails according to the Guidelines. The relevant circumstances shall be reported to the Ministry of Commerce (Department of Electronic Commerce and Informatization) and the Standardization Administration of China (Department II of Industrial Standards).
Guidelines for the Standardization of Online Retails
Standardization is the technological base for the innovative development of online retails and the inevitable requirement for the coordinated development, and is of great significance in maintaining the market order of online retails, regulating the business operations of market players, and promoting the integrated development of online retails and physical commerce. Recent years have witnessed remarkable results of the standardization of online retails, in particular, key standards in major sectors have been issued gradually; the organisational system and technological system of the standardization of online retails have been established initially; and various market players and consumers have greatly improve their awareness of standardization. However, given the factors that online retails involve many sectors and a wide scope, as well as the quick iteration and updates of new technologies, new modes and new business forms, the existing standards cannot satisfy the needs of rapid development of online retails. The standard publicity and implementation work need to further be intensified.
To implement the Opinions of the State Council on Striving to Develop E-commerce to Speed up the Cultivation of New Economic Driving Force, the 13th Five-year Development Plan for E-commerce, the 13th Five-year Plan for the Standardization of Domestic Trade and Circulation, and the 13th Five-year guidelines for the Standardization of Informatization, to optimize the system of standardization for online retails, to accelerate the standardized construction in key sectors, and to promote the continuous innovation and standardized development of online retails, the Guidelines are hereby formulated.
I. General Requirements
1. Guiding ideology
In comprehensively implementing the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China ("CPC"), carrying out in-depth the Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, firmly establishing the concepts of innovative, coordinated, green, open and shared development, keeping with the relevant decisions and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, implementing the general requirements for the reform of deepening the standardization work of the state and the development plan for the standardization system construction of the state, bringing into full play the leading and supporting role of standards on online retails in aspects of quality improvement and efficiency increase, taking the promotion of the healthy and orderly development of online retails as a starting point, based on industrial needs and problems, a scientific and reasonable standard system for online retails with distinct layers and overall planning and coordination shall be established.
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