The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Ministry of Transport, and the Ministry of Commerce jointly held a press conference on April 14 to expound on the free public release of national standards in foreign language versions.

As of the end of March 2026, China had issued a total of 2,613 national standards in foreign language version, covering more than 20 key areas, including equipment manufacturing, overseas contracted projects, commodities, information technology, and new energy. The standards involve 11 languages, English, Russian, French, German, Japanese, Lao, Cambodian, Mongolian, Burmese, Portuguese, and Vietnamese.

The full-text free access function module has been officially launched on the national public service platform for standards information (https://openstd.samr.gov.cn/bzgk/std/). Users can also visit the official English website of the National Standardization Administration of China (SAC) and click “GB standards foreign languages version” on the right side to reach the module. Users can search for standards by standard number, Chinese or English title, or browse by industry according to the International Classification for Standards (ICS).

The platform also links the Chinese and foreign language versions. When browsing the Chinese version of standards, visitors can easily find the corresponding foreign language version, and vice versa. The full text of the foreign language version can be read online or downloaded free of charge, without any need for registration or login.

It is a practical step for SAMR to implement the concept of a service-oriented government and deepen the institutional opening up of standards. It is expected to help both domestic and foreign enterprises and the public to find, understand, and use Chinese standards, and truly appreciate the supporting role of standardization in economic and social development.