531.Measures of Shenzhen Municipality on the Administration of Local Standards深圳市地方标准管理办法

深圳市地方标准管理办法

Measures of Shenzhen Municipality on the Administration of Local Standards

　　Chapter I General Provisions

　　Article 1 To strengthen the administration of local standards, improve the quality of local standards and promote high-quality economic and social development, these Measures are formulated in accordance with the Standardization Law of the People’s Republic of China and the Regulations of Guangdong Province on Standardization and in light of the actual needs of Shenzhen Municipality.

　　Article 2 These Measures shall apply to the formulation, implementation, supervision and administration of local standards in Shenzhen Municipality (“local standards”).

　　Where laws, regulations and decisions of the State Council provide otherwise, such laws, regulations and decisions shall prevail.

　　Article 3 Local standards may be formulated for special technical requirements for natural conditions, folk customs and geographical indication products in Shenzhen Municipality or for uniform technical requirements in social administration and public services.

　　Local standards shall not be formulated for technical requirements or inspection methods of general industrial products. For products that promote market competition and innovation and whose technical requirements and inspection methods can be formulated by market entities, generally local standards shall not be formulated.

　　It is prohibited to use local standards to exclude or restrict market competition, such as impeding the free circulation of goods or services.

　　Article 4 All issues related to local standards shall proceed according to the people-centered principle that focuses on first-class quality, innovative development, open-minded construction, breakthroughs in key areas and promotion on all fronts. It shall be led by the government and supported by other parties.

　　The formulation of local standards shall follow the principles of openness, transparency and standardization. Local standards shall facilitate the protection of people’s lives and property, consumers’ legitimate rights and interests and the environment, rational resource utilization, industrial development and fair market competition. International standards or advanced foreign standards shall be referred to when formulating local standards so as to ensure advanced local standards at home and abroad.

　　Article 5 Municipal and district people’s governments (including the authorities of new areas; the same below) shall incorporate the issues related to local standards into the national economic and social development plans at the same level, and incorporate the funds for the issues related to local standards into the financial budget to guarantee sufficient funds.

　　Article 6 Shenzhen Municipal People’s Government shall set up a leading group for the issues related to local standards in Shenzhen Municipality (“the leading group”) to organize and lead the issues related to local standards in Shenzhen Municipality and coordinate major issues related to local standards in Shenzhen Municipality.

　　The leading group shall have offices, which shall be set at the competent standardization authority under Shenzhen Municipal People’s Government (“the municipal competent standardization authority”), and shall be responsible for the daily operation of the leading group.

　　Article 7 The municipal competent standardization authority shall administer the issues related to local standards in Shenzhen Municipality in a centralized manner and perform the following duties according to the law:

　　1. Organizing the formulation and overall implementation of the work plan for local standards;

　　2. Organizing the formulation of local standards and being responsible for the approval, numbering, promulgation and filing of local standards;

　　3. Guiding and supervising the formulation of local standards and the implementation of local standards organized by relevant authorities;

　　4. The municipal competent standardization authority shall administer technical committees for standardization in Shenzhen Municipality;

　　5. Other duties prescribed by laws and regulations.

　　Article 8 Relevant competent administrative authorities under Shenzhen Municipal People’s Government (“relevant competent administrative authorities”) shall administer the issues related to local standards of their respective departments and industries and perform the following duties:

　　1. Formulating and implementing the work plan for local standards of their respective departments and industries;

　　2. Taking charge of the applications for project registration, drafting, consultation, technical review, guidance and supervision of the local standards of their respective departments and industries;

　　3. Interpreting, promoting and implementing local standards of their respective departments and industries, supervising and inspecting their implementation;

　　4. Assisting the municipal competent standardization authority in administering technical committees for standardization of their respective departments and industries;

　　5. Other duties prescribed by laws and regulations.

　　Article 9 The municipal competent standardization authority shall establish a unified local standard information inquiry platform in Shenzhen Municipality and disclose the text and the compilation description of local standards for free access of the public.

　　Article 10 Efforts shall be made to attract international and Chinese technical institutions for standardization to settle in Shenzhen Municipality and encourage and support enterprises, social groups and scientific research institutions in Shenzhen Municipality to establish international and Chinese standardization organizations, lead or join the formulation of international standards, national standards or industry standards and promote the transformation of local standards into industry standards, national standards or international standards.

　　Chapter II Project Registration

　　Article 11 The municipal competent standardization authority shall regularly solicit public opinions on the registration of local standard projects for the year. Relevant competent administrative authorities may also solicit public opinions on the registration of local standard projects for their respective departments and industries.

　　Any party or individual may propose registering a local standard project to the municipal competent standardization authority or relevant competent administrative authorities. The municipal competent standardization authority may report the proposals it has received to relevant competent administrative authorities or process them independently.

　　Article 12 If relevant competent administrative authorities, according to public opinions on the registration of local standard projects and the work plans for local standards of their respective departments and industries, deem that it is necessary to register a local standard project, they shall apply to the municipal competent standardization authority for the registration of the local standard project.

　　Article 13 To apply for the registration of a local standard project, the following documents shall be submitted:

　　1. An application form for the registration of a local standard project;

　　2. A summary table of local standard projects;

　　3. Where local standards involve intellectual property such as patents, copies of intellectual property certificates and authorization documents of intellectual property holders shall also be provided.

　　The application form for the registration of a local standard project shall contain a description of relevant domestic and international standards of the project, the demonstration of the necessity, feasibility and advancement of the local standards, the drafting party of the standards and the expected time of completion.

　　Article 14 The municipal competent standardization authority shall mount a review of the registration of local standard projects. The necessity, feasibility and advancement of the local standards, and whether they meet the formulation scope of local standards shall be evaluated.

　　Article 15 The municipal competent standardization authority shall formulate an annual plan for registering local standard projects, clarify the name of local standard projects to be registered, authorities, drafting parties and the expected time of completion of such projects, and publish them to the public.

　　Once the annual project registration plan for local standards is announced, no new local standard projects shall be added in principle for the current year.

　　Article 16 Where it is necessary to promulgate relevant local standards in a timely manner so as to protect major public interests or deal with emergencies, the relevant competent administrative authorities may apply for rapid project registration.

　　The following documents shall be submitted when applying for rapid project registration: 

　　1. Documents specified in Article 13 of these Measures;

　　2. A description of the source and urgency of the project;

　　3. A project schedule.

　　The municipal competent standardization authority shall approve the application for the rapid registration of local standard projects that meet the formulation scope of local standards and have all required application documents and publish them.

　　Article 17 During the implementation of the annual plan for registering local standard projects, relevant competent administrative authorities shall report to the municipal competent standardization authority for approval if they deem it necessary to change the name or drafting party of a local standard project.

　　Article 18 Local standards shall be compiled within two years from the date of the publication of the plan for registering the local standard project. If more time is indeed needed, the drafting party shall apply to the municipal competent standardization authority 60 days before the expiration of the time limit with the approval of relevant competent administrative authorities.

　　Article 19 Where local standards are not compiled as scheduled in accordance with Article 18 of these Measures, or it is not appropriate to continue formulating local standards because the situation has changed, the municipal competent standardization authority shall terminate such a local standard project.

　　Where changes occur to a local standard project and relevant competent administrative authorities deem it necessary to suspend or terminate the project, relevant competent administrative authorities may report to the municipal competent standardization authority for approval.

　　Chapter III Drafting

　　Article 20 Relevant competent administrative authorities shall, according to the annual plan for registering local standard projects, organize technical committees for standardization as the standard drafting party to draft local standards.

　　Where no standardization technical committee has been formed, an expert group composed of experts from relevant parties such as academic groups, scientific and technological research institutions, industry associations and enterprises shall be established as a drafting party to draft local standards.

　　Article 21 Technical committee for standardization as mentioned in these Measures refers to the unincorporated technical organization engaged in the issues related to standardization such as drafting standards for a specific field and conducting a technical review.

　　Members of technical committees for standardization and members of expert groups shall be broadly representative, independent and professional. The municipal competent standardization authority may separately formulate specific measures on the establishment, appointment and working system of technical committees for standardization and expert groups.

　　Article 22 Local standards shall be drafted according to the following requirements:

　　1. Fully investigating, analyzing and collecting data, improving the consistency of key technical indexes with international standards to ensure advanced local standards at home and abroad; Analyzing, experimenting and demonstrating issues related to local standards; Authorizing a competent technical service provider to test and verify whether relevant technical requirements are met if necessary;

　　2. Fully considering the opinions of all relevant parties;

　　3. Not setting the administration authority of departments;

　　4. The technical requirements of local standards shall not be lower than relevant technical requirements of national standards and industry standards, and shall align with relevant standards;

　　5. Complying with laws and regulations;

　　6. Compiling standards according to relevant national requirements for compiling standards.

　　Article 23 When drafting local standards, a compilation description shall also be prepared, which shall include the following contents:

　　1. Project background, including the current relevant Chinese and international laws, regulations and standards, the necessity and significance of formulating local standards;

　　2. Overview of the compilation of local standards, including the source of the task and the main drafting process;

　　3. The basis of the main content of local standards and comparison between local standards with Chinese and international advanced standards;

　　4. The description of main provisions, main technical indicators, parameters and tests;

　　5. Whether intellectual property such as patents is involved;

　　6. The basis and result of handling major different opinions;

　　7. Suggested measures for implementing local standards.

　　The compilation description of revised local standards shall also include a summary of the major differences between revised local standards and original local standards.

　　Article 24 The drafting party shall, after thorough investigation, analysis and consultation, compile the following documents and submit them to relevant competent administrative authorities for review:

　　1. The local standard draft submitted for review;

　　2. The compilation description of local standards;

　　3. A summary table of opinions collected.

　　Where relevant technical requirements of local standards need to be tested and verified, a local standard test or verification report shall also be submitted.

　　Article 25 After receiving all documents about local standards submitted for review, relevant competent administrative authorities shall publish the local standard draft and the compilation description of local standards on their portal websites and that of the municipal competent standardization authority to solicit public opinions for no less than 30 days.

　　Article 26 Relevant competent administrative authorities shall solicit the opinions of district people’s governments and relevant competent administrative authorities on the local standard draft in writing; Where local standards are closely related to the production and business of market entities, the opinions of market entities, industry associations, chambers of commerce and stakeholders shall also be fully paid attention to. For professional and technical content, relevant competent administrative authorities may organize relevant experts and scholars for consultation and demonstration.

　　Where local standards involve major social public interests or vital interests of the people or have a significant impact on the economic and social development of Shenzhen Municipality, relevant competent administrative authorities shall organize a hearing. Relevant procedures of a local standard hearing shall be implemented according to the laws, regulations and relevant provisions of Shenzhen Municipality on administrative hearings.

　　Article 27 Relevant competent administrative authorities shall instruct the drafting party to sort out, analyze and deal with the opinions in a timely manner, form a summary table for the handling of solicited opinions, explain the reasons for opinions not adopted and revise the local standard draft according to the opinions solicited.

　　Relevant competent administrative authorities shall, together with the municipal competent standardization authority, give feedback on the adoption of public opinions on the websites they use to solicit opinions.

　　Chapter IV Technical Review

　　Article 28 Relevant competent administrative authorities shall organize the technical committee for standardization in the corresponding field to conduct a technical review of the revised local standard draft and form technical review opinions.

　　Where no technical committee for standardization has been formed, an expert group shall be established for technical review, which shall consist of no less than seven members.

　　Those who draft local standards shall not undertake the technical review of these standards.

　　Article 29 Where the technical review is conducted by the technical committee for standardization, members from the technical committee for standardization joining the technical review shall not be less than 3/4 of its total members. Technical review opinions shall be approved by more than 2/3 of the members joining the technical review and opposed by no more than 1/4 of the members.

　　Where the technical review is conducted by the expert group, a meeting for voting shall be held. Relevant competent administrative authorities shall preside over the technical review meeting of the expert group. Technical review opinions shall be approved by more than 2/3 of the members of the expert group and opposed by not more than 1/4 of the members.

　　Article 30 The technical review shall review:

　　1. Whether local standards fall into the compilation scope of local standards;

　　2. Whether the contents of local standards meet the provisions of laws and regulations, whether their technical requirements are not lower than relevant technical requirements of national standards and industry standards and whether they align with relevant national standards, industry standards and local standards;

　　3. Whether different opinions of relevant parties have been properly handled and whether the reasons for opinions not adopted are sufficient and reasonable;

　　4. Whether local standards are safe, applicable, scientific, reasonable, operable and progressive;, testing and verification documents shall also be reviewed and evaluated.

　　5. Whether local standards are compiled in a standardized manner;

　　6. Whether the compilation description of local standards is complete.

　　Where relevant technical requirements of local standards need to be tested and verified, testing and verification documents shall also be reviewed and evaluated.

　　Article 31 After the technical review, technical review opinions shall be formed with a conclusion about whether the local standard draft has passed the technical review and shall be signed by members of the technical committee for standardization or members of the expert group. Technical review opinions shall be attached with the opinions of each committee member or group member and the handling result.

　　Where the local standard draft has passed the technical review, relevant competent administrative authorities shall instruct the drafting party to polish it according to technical review opinions and prepare documents for final approval, such as final local standard draft, compilation description and technical review opinions.

　　Where the local standard draft has not passed the technical review, relevant competent administrative authorities shall urge the drafting party to modify and adjust it according to technical review opinions and re-organize a technical review according to these Measures. However, if technical review opinions are to terminate the local standard project, relevant competent administrative authorities shall apply to the municipal competent standardization authority to terminate the project.

　　Chapter V Approval and Promulgation

　　Article 32 After reviewing the local standard draft submitted by the drafting party, relevant competent administrative authorities shall submit it to the municipal competent standardization authority for approval and promulgation, and submit the following documents:

　　1. An official letter applying to the municipal competent standardization authority for promulgation;

　　2. The final local standard draft;

　　3. The compilation description of local standards;

　　4. A summary table for the handling of solicited opinions;

　　5. A summary table of technical review opinions and the comments on technical review opinions;

　　6. Interpretations of local standards.

　　Article 33 The municipal competent standardization authority shall, within 30 days from the date of receiving local standard documents submitted for final approval, review the integrity of such documents, the standardization of local standards and the legality of their formulation procedures.

　　If any of the following circumstances is found after review, the municipal competent standardization authority shall return the application documents to the relevant competent administrative authorities, requiring them to be revised and re-submitted within a limited period of time, and specify the reasons:

　　1. Not all necessary local standard documents have been submitted for final approval;

　　2. The local standards are not compiled in a standardized manner;

　　3. Public opinions have not been solicited, a technical review has not been organized or there are other circumstances violating the provisions of the formulation procedure.

　　Article 34 If, after review, local standards applied for final approval conform to the provisions of laws, regulations and these Measures, the municipal competent standardization authority shall number them and approve their promulgation according to the numbering rules formulated by the standardization authority under the State Council.

　　The municipal competent standardization authority shall publish local standards via an announcement on its portal website, attached with interpretation documents; Relevant competent administrative authorities shall publish local standards and interpretation documents on their portal websites.

　　The municipal competent standardization authority shall, within 20 days from the date of the promulgation of local standards, make the catalog and text of local standards public free of charge on the inquiry platform for local standards.

　　Where local standards involve copyrights such as international standards and foreign advanced standards, only information not involving copyrights such as the name and number of local standards shall be disclosed; Where patents are involved, they shall be disclosed according to laws and regulations such as the Patent Law of the People’s Republic of China, and relevant national provisions.

　　Article 35 The municipal competent standardization authority shall, within 40 days from the date of the promulgation of local standards, submit their registration documents to the standardization authority under the People’s Government of Guangdong Province, which shall then report them to the standardization authority under the State Council for registration.

　　Registration documents include the announcement on the promulgation of local standards, the text of local standards and the compilation description of local standards.

　　Chapter VI Implementation and Reexamination

　　Article 36 The municipal competent standardization authority shall organize the promotion and implementation of local standards throughout Shenzhen Municipality.

　　Relevant competent municipal authorities shall organize the publicity and implementation of local standards of their respective departments and industries.

　　Enterprises, scientific research institutions and colleges shall be encouraged to actively join the publicity, consultation and training of local standards to promote the implementation of local standards.

　　Article 37 Municipal and district people’s governments and their departments shall actively refer to local standards when formulating policies and measures and actively apply local standards in social governance and public services.

　　Article 38 The municipal competent standardization authority shall set up an information feedback and evaluation mechanism for the implementation of local standards and organize the feedback and evaluation of relevant competent administrative authorities about the implementation of local standards.

　　Any party or individual may report issues in the implementation of local standards to the municipal competent standardization authority or relevant competent administrative authorities. The municipal competent standardization authority and relevant competent administrative authorities shall promptly handle the feedback they have collected.

　　Relevant competent administrative authorities shall, at the end of each year, evaluate the implementation and application of local standards for the year in their respective departments and industries and the impact of local standards on economic and social development, continuously improve the work plan for local standards, form a report on the implementation of local standards and submit it to the municipal competent standardization authority.

　　Article 39 The municipal competent standardization authority shall organize relevant competent administrative authorities to regularly reexamine local standards every five years according to the feedback and evaluation of the implementation of local standards.

　　Six months before the next reexamination, relevant competent administrative authorities shall put forward to the municipal competent standardization authority a reexamination opinion that local standards shall continue to be valid, be revised or abolished, and the municipal competent standardization authority shall confirm the reexamination opinion and announce the reexamination conclusion to the public.

　　If the reexamination conclusion is that local standards shall be revised, relevant competent administrative authorities shall start the revision procedure within 30 days after the announcement of the reexamination conclusion. The revision procedure of local standards shall be subject to the provisions of Chapters II to V of these Measures on the formulation procedure for local standards.

　　If the reexamination conclusion is that local standards shall be abolished, the municipal competent standardization authority shall announce their abolition to the public.

　　Article 40 Where it is necessary to evaluate and reexamine local standards in a timely manner after the approval and promulgation of local standards in accordance with relevant laws and regulations, relevant competent administrative authorities shall timely evaluate the local standards and report the evaluation result to the municipal competent standardization authority for reexamination.

　　Chapter VII Supervision and Administration

　　Article 41 The municipal competent standardization authority and relevant competent administrative authorities shall, in accordance with their statutory duties, supervise and inspect the formulation, implementation, evaluation and reexamination of local standards.

　　Article 42 The formulation, implementation, evaluation and reexamination of local standards shall be included in the scope of performance assessment in accordance with relevant provisions.

　　Article 43 Relevant competent administrative authorities shall urge technical committees for standardization or expert groups to timely perform their duties, such as drafting local standards and conducting technical review, in accordance with relevant provisions.

　　Article 44 All parties engaged in the issues related to the administration of local standards shall keep confidential the trade secrets learned in the course of their work.

　　Article 45 Any party or individual shall have the right to report or complain to the municipal competent standardization authority and relevant competent administrative authorities about violations of standardization laws, regulations or these Measures, and to put forward opinions and suggestions on local standard administration.

　　The municipal competent standardization authority and relevant competent administrative authorities shall publish the telephone number, mailbox or email address for receiving reports, complaints, opinions and suggestions. They shall also receive reports, complaints, opinions and suggestions according to the law and deal with them in a timely manner.

　　Article 46 If the municipal competent standardization authority, relevant authorities or their workers abuse their power, neglect their duties, practice favoritism or commit malpractices in the work related to local standards, they shall be punished according to the law; Those suspected of committing a crime shall be transferred to judicial authorities according to the law.

　　Article 47 Where a member of the technical committee for standardization or the expert group falls into any of the following circumstances in the issues related to local standards, the municipal competent standardization authority shall give a warning; If the circumstances are serious, his membership in the technical committee for standardization or the expert group shall be revoked, together with a notice circulated for criticism:

　　1. Practicing favoritism or fraud;

　　2. Accepting property or other benefits from other people;

　　3. Divulging relevant secrets learned during the issues related to local standards;

　　4. Other circumstances in which duties are not performed objectively or impartially.

　　Article 48 Where disputes arise during the formulation or implementation of local standards by relevant competent administrative authorities, the municipal competent standardization authority shall organize negotiation; If negotiation fails, the municipal competent standardization authority shall report to the leading group for coordination and settlement.

　　Chapter VIII Supplementary Provisions

　　Article 49 Local standards for construction projects in Shenzhen Municipality shall be subject to these Measures.

　　Article 50 These Measures shall enter into force on December 1, 2022.