The responsible commercial sections in all the provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities and separately listed cities, related public institution, industry unions and standardization technology committee:

In order to raise revision standard of Industrial Criteria for Domestic Trade and promote the development of commerce tasks, matters concerning Working out the Planning of Industrial Criteria for Domestic Trade in 2006 are listed as follows:

1. Principles
Service for the commerce tasks.
Reinforce the criteria construction in the key areas.
Promote the effective adoption of international and advanced foreign criteria.
Standardize mandatory criteria establishment.

2. Emphasis for Declaration
Basic and administrative criteria items, which improve market environment, raise market function, foster market brands and standardize market order, shall be declared.
Criteria concerning promoting modern circulation and establishing service brands.
Quality criteria and evaluation standard items related with the consumers shall be emphasized.
Criteria items for standardize the key links of market construction, material circulation and commodity circulations shall be arranged with priority.
Criteria items oriented to construction adjustment in circulation industry and in line with industry policies and development directions.
Criteria items that needs to be amended and integrated.
Effectively adopt international and advanced foreign criteria.

Submission Requirement
Explanation for Item establishment planning, including basic instances, main problems to settle, out-coming expectation and cost budget.
Collection of Planning of Industrial Criteria for Domestic Trade (Appendix
Proposal for Planning of Recommended Industrial Criteria for Domestic Trade (Appendix 2)
Proposal for Planning of Mandatory Industrial Criteria for Domestic Trade (Appendix 3)

General Office of Ministry of Commerce
February 20, 2006