On June 16, 2023, the Science Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) announced a batch of national mandatory standard drafts to call for public comments. The call-for-comment period will end on August 16, 2023.

One of the drafts is Safety technical specification for agricultural machinery (hereinafter referred to as “the Safety Standard”). It specifies the basic requirements for agricultural machinery safety, risk assessment, technical specifications, etc, and applies to the technical inspection of products to ensure the safety of agricultural machinery operators and other operators.

Most importantly for foreign stakeholders：

- Once this new standard is approved and coming into force, following mandatory standards will be replaced:

GB 10395.1-2009, GB 10395.2-2010, GB 10395.5-2013, GB 10395.6-2006, GB 10395.7-2006, GB 10395.8-2006, GB 10395.9-2014, GB 10395.10-2006,

GB 10395.12-2005, GB 10395.14-2006, GB 10395.15-2006, GB 10395.16-2010,

GB 10395.17-2010, GB 10395.18-2010, GB 10395.19-2010, GB 10395.20-2010,

GB 10395.21-2010, GB 10395.23-2010, GB 10395.24-2010, GB 7681-2008.

- The implementation suggestion given by the standard formulators is: it shall come into force six months after being published.

For download the complete Safety Standard draft in Chinese, please visit:

https://www.bestao-consulting.com/detail?id=1436&status=bestao_library

And the full formulation statement of this Safety Standard (in Chinese) can be downloaded at:

https://www.bestao-consulting.com/detail?id=1437&status=bestao_library

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