On March 12, 2024, the MIIT solicited opinions on the mandatory national standard "Non-traditional machines—Safety technical requirements (draft for comments)", with the deadline set for May 10, 2024.

This standard will specify the general safety requirements for special processing machine tools, as well as the safety requirements for electrical discharge machining machine tools, electrochemical machining machine tools, additive manufacturing machine tools, and laser machining machine tools. The products covered include electrical discharge machining machine tools, electrochemical machining machine tools, additive manufacturing machine tools, and laser machining machine tools.

Currently, China's mandatory standards for machine tools include “GB 13567—1998 Electro-discharge machines--Technical requirements for safeguarding”, “GB 19998—2005 Electrolytic machine tools -- Technical requirements for safeguarding”, “GB 20775—2006 Fused Deposition Modeling machines - Technical requirements for safeguarding”, “GB 25493—2010 Rapid prototyping machines by laser as processing energy - Technical requirements for safeguarding”, and “GB26503—2011 Rapid prototyping machines - Technical requirements for safeguarding”.

This project aims to revise and replace these five mandatory standards, proposing technical requirements for special processing machine tools in mechanical safety, electrical safety, fire and explosion prevention, oil mist and smoke, harmful gases, working fluids, and optical radiation.

Apart from harmonizing the safety requirements for electrical discharge machining machine tools with international standards, further research is needed to address the differences in technical requirements for other machine tools compared to standards in other countries.