On 26 April 2022, the Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM) released the 14th Five-Year Plan for the Standardization of Emergency Management. This document points out the direction of standardization work in the three areas under MEM's jurisdiction, namely production safety, firefighting, and disaster reduction with comprehensive emergency management.

At a macro level, the document proposes that within the next five years China will establish and improve an emergency management standard system featuring “complete structure, clear hierarchy, and mandatory standards playing a lead role with supplementation by voluntary standards.” It also states that in order to optimize their standards system, MEM will facilitate the conversion of mature local and association standards with high applicability to national and sector standards.

At implementation level, the document determines the key technical areas in production safety, firefighting, disaster reduction and comprehensive emergency management. It also highlights how projects that would affect the sector strategically and those related to the digital and intelligent transformation of the sector will be prioritized.