National Standard on 'Good Practices for Group Standardization' Released

The State Administration for Market Regulation has approved and released the national standard 'Good Practices for Group Standardization.' This standard outlines general requirements, functional management, and institutional regulations for organizations conducting group standardization activities, as well as procedures for formulating group standards, drafting, implementation, application, and internationalization. It also establishes an indicator system and evaluation rules for assessing good practices in group standardization. As a key component of China's standard system, group standards represent the primary form of market-driven standard formulation. The release and implementation of this standard will help guide social groups to conduct group standardization activities in a standardized manner and improve the quality of group standard supply.