China's MIIT seeks comment on one-code-per-robot ID rules
11/06/2026 — 11/06, 19:19·1 sources (all)·1 reports (all)
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- China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has opened public comment on draft rules requiring a unique identification code for…
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On November 5, 2026, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) issued a public consultation on the Interim Measures for Robot Product Identifier Code Management (Draft for Comment). The 30-day comment window ran from November 6 to December 5. The draft proposes a unified "one device, one code" system, treating each robot unit produced within mainland China as carrying a single identifier, at times described as a unified "ID card" for the product, with the stated aims of regulating robot manufacturing and supporting safety governance in the industry.
Article 2 defines the scope as robot complete units manufactured in the People's Republic of China, covering industrial robots, service robots, and special robots of various structures and forms; humanoid robots are not listed separately. The identifier code consists of four parts: a manufacturer code, a product description code, a product sequence number code, and other codes. Coding and code assignment must follow the GB/T 48541-2026 national standard on robot product identifier codes, released on October 30, 2026 and effective February 1, 2027.
Under the process set out in the draft, MIIT would guide identifier-code administration and may commission a third-party institution as technical support to build an identifier-code service platform handling registration, coding, code assignment, filing, and user queries. Manufacturer registration would require entity details such as company name, unified social credit code, and legal representative; product registration would capture intended use, mechanical structure, power supply method, communication method, assembly plant code, key components, and software. The measures remain at the consultation stage.
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China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has released a draft rule for public comment that would give every robot built in the country a unified product ID code, covering industrial, service and special-purpose robots. The code combines a manufacturer code, product description code and sequence number, following the GB/T 48541-2026 standard published on October 30 and due to take effect on February 1, 2027; comments run from November 6 to December 5.
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