On 7 August 2020 the Standardisation Administration and four other government departments issued the Guide to the Building of a National Standard Framework for New Generation Artificial Intelligence.

According to the guide, the framework of standards for AI includes eight aspects – namely:

  • basic generality;
  • supporting technology and products;
  • basic software and hardware platforms;
  • key general technologies;
  • technologies in key fields, products and services;
  • industry application; and
  • safety or ethics.

The guide requires that the top-level design of AI standardisation should be clarified by 2021 when more than 20 key standards in key general technologies, technologies in key fields and ethics have been preliminarily researched. By 2023, an AI standard system should have been initially established:

  • focusing on the development of key and urgently needed standards such as:
    • data;
    • algorithms; and
    • system services; and
  • taking the lead in:
    • manufacturing;
    • transport;
    • finance;
    • security;
    • home furnishing;
    • elderly care;
    • environmental protection;
    • education;
    • healthcare;
    • justice; and
    • other key industries and fields.