On April 3, 2024, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the “Notice on the Implementation of Industrial and Information Quality Work in 2024”, proposing a series of measures to enhance the quality of manufacturing products.

The document proposes "enhancing product quality with reliability as the core." Specifically, this includes:

l  Increasing the application of intelligent inspection equipment to promote enterprises to enhance reliability and improve the reliability of basic products and complete sets of equipment.

l  Deepening the implementation of product quality grading evaluation in key industries such as machinery, steel, building materials, and non-ferrous metals, and promoting the establishment of a user trust mechanism.

l  Formulating and revising a batch of product quality standards in areas such as raw materials, machinery, electronics, automobiles, and software, promoting the transformation of advanced association standards into sector or national standards. Compiling and publishing guidelines for the construction of a manufacturing reliability standard system to strengthen the top-level design of the reliability standard system.

The "quality grading evaluation" system proposed in the document has been implemented in other industries before, which categorizes products into “high-quality” and “general products” through standards. Although this evaluation system is recommended, those rated as high-quality products will undoubtedly gain more market opportunities.

The document also proposes the conversion of advanced association standards into national and sector standards, which will further elevate the importance of association standards. Thus, sufficient attention should be paid to the standardization work of some important and influential industrial associations.

Additionally, the document proposes the compilation and publication of guidelines for the construction of a manufacturing reliability standard system, the reliability standards of which may have an impact on many manufacturing products in the future.