To address the standardization demands of the railway industry under the new circumstances, the National Railway Administration revised current regulations, and issued the Measures for Management of Railway Technical Standards to implement relevant deployments and mechanism construction, based on the current situation of railway standards system and standards management.

Taking effect on December 9, the Measures is an important basis for railway standardization work, and provides fundamental rules for formulating plans on railway standardization development, establishing railway standards system, developing and revising national and sectoral standards for railway, organizing standards implementation, and supervising the effect of standards implementation. It can strengthen the management of technical standards for railway, boosting scientific and technological progress, and guaranteeing safe construction and operation of railway.

There are 7 chapters and 56 articles in the Measures, which delineates the general provisions, management responsibilities, standards planning, standards development, standards publication, standards implementation and supervision, as well as other necessary information including general requirements for association and enterprise standards.

Catering to the new circumstances, the Measures stipulates the scope and implementation requirements of standards in the three major fields of equipment technology, engineering construction and transportation services, and clarifies requirements for procedures of standards development and revision. It further defines the type of national and sectoral standards, and the scope of sectoral railway standards.

The requirements for standards copyright, patents, standards implementation in the transitional period, standards interpretation and other aspects are improved as well.