GB/T 46391-2025, Sustainable cities and communities—General requirements for livable cities, officially came into effect on October 5, which is the first national standard setting up the evaluation framework of livable cities.

The standard is applicable to livability enhancement in urban planning, construction, management, and evaluation at all levels, and provides a reference for the engagement of communities, enterprises, and social organizations.

The livable city indicator system in the standard constitutes of six dimensions, environment, society, economy, culture, governance, and fundamental infrastructure. GB/T 46391-2025 is a key measure to implement national deployments, and aims to address specific issues in current urban development, such as the overemphasis on hardware over software, disunity of standards, and insufficient social participation, which will provide technical support for improving modern urban governance and lives of residents.