The National Bureau of Statistics ("NBS") has recently issued the No.1 List of Revisions to the National Standard (GB/T 4754—2017): Industrial Classification of National Economic Activities (the "List").
According to the List, revisions made to industrial classification and codes of national economic activities go to the items and their names and scope under specific general categories and several sub-categories and sub-sections. Among the revised sub-sections are: "2740 production of Chinese patent drugs", "2780 manufacturing of pharmaceutical excipients and packaging materials", "3445 manufacturing of hydrodynamic machines and components" and "3513 manufacturing of deep-water oil drilling equipment" under the general category of Manufacturing; "4419 other electricity generation" under the general category of Production and Supply of Power, Heat, Gas and Water Sector; "6631 finance lease services" and "6635 small-amount lending companies' services" under the general category of Finance Sector; "7212 investment and asset management", "7289 other conferences, exhibitions and related services" and "7298 ticket-related agent services" of the sub-category "728 conferences, exhibitions and related services", which is also revised this time, under the category of Leasing and Commercial Services.