Responsibilities of each department of SAC

General Office
To undertake the routine administrative operation, such as document and secretarial work, archives, administrative management, security, confidential work and complaints management etc; to be responsible for human resources and the training of public servants; to be responsible for the management of administrative funds for standardization; to be responsible for the routine administrative finance operation; to participate in the draft and revision of laws and regulations on standardization and to be responsible for the coordination of relevant laws and regulations; to undertake research on standardization policies; to be responsible for the dissemination of standardization; to undertake the management and security aspects of staff logistics.

General Affairs Management Department
To undertake the planning for the development of standardization; to be responsible for the compilation and implementation of national standards development/revision programs and the unified numbering, registration, and promulgation of national standards; to undertake the comprehensive coordination and the selection and contract of experts for national professional technical standardization committees and subcommittees; to be responsible for directing industrial and local standardization work and the registration and record keeping of industrial and local standards; to be responsible for the management and direction of standardization science and technology and training programs; to be responsible for the management of specific standardization project funds and scientific research funds; to undertake the planning, coordinating, approval and management of standard samples; to be responsible for standards information and statistics and the development and daily maintenance of the information database; to be responsible for the notification and consultation work with regard to relevant standards for the implementation of the WTO/TBT Agreement.

Department of International Cooperation
To undertake the organizing, contacting, coordinating and management work concerning Chinese participation in all the activities organized by ISO, EC, PASC and other international
standardization organizations; to be responsible for the routine operation of Chinese NationaI Committees of ISO & IEC; to be responsible for the research work on the policies of Chinese participation in international standardization activities and submit relevant suggestions; to be responsible for the coordination and management of Chinese standardization technical committees or relevant responsible units for their participation in international standardization work and the routine voting of ISO/EC technical committees; to be responsible for the management of the TC/SC secretariats of ISO & IEC held by China; to be responsible for the collection, research and organizing work of international standards and standards of developed countries; to be responsible for the approval and related procedures of foreign travel and to receive guests from abroad.

Department of Agriculture and Food Standards
To undertake the planning of national standards for the industries/departments of agriculture (including farming and aquaculture etc.), waterpower, supply and marketing, foodstuff, tobacco, forestry, inspection and quarantine of plants and animals, agricultural input products, machining of farm by-products, food safety, food and related products etc. and the supervision of the examination and implementation status of these national standards; to be responsible for coordinating and directing the standardization technical committees of the above-mentioned industries/departments; to be responsible for the guiding of standardization work of relevant departments and industries, and the work of registration and record keeping of relevant industrial standards; to be responsible for the guiding of local standardization work in relevant fields; to promote the construction and implementation of comprehensive agricultural standardization system.

Industrial Standards Department I:
To undertake the planning of national standards for the manufacturing and safety production of traffic facilities used in the fields of railway, traffic, and civil aviation, and planning of national standards in the industries/departments of machinery, automobile, aviation, spaceflight, weaponry, shipping, pressured vessels, special equipment, packaging, energy saving, environmental protection, ocean, petrochemistry, metallurgy, nonferrous metal, building materials, construction, coal, dangerous chemical products etc., and the supervision of the examination and implementation status of these national standards; to be responsible for coordinating and directing the standardization technical committees of the above-mentioned industries (departments); to be responsible for the guiding of standardization work of relevant departments and industries, and the work of registration and record keeping of relevant industrial standards; to be responsible for the guiding of local standardization work in relevant fields.

Industrial Standards Department H:
Undertake the planning and inspection of national standards and supervision of the adoption of standards in the fields or sectors of communication equipment manufacturing, electronic information technology, electrical engineering, electricity, apparatus and meter, radio and television equipment manufacturing, postal equipment manufacturing, light industry, textile and spinning yarn, etc; to be responsible for giving guidance for standardization and coordinating standardization technical committee in related departments and sectors; responsible for giving guidance to the sector standardization and conducting documentation of standards in relative sectors; responsible for giving guidance to the local standardization work of relative fields.

Service Industry Standards Department:
Undertake planning and inspection of national standards and supervision of the adoption of standards in the fields or sectors of transportation, railway and airline transport service, postal service, telecommunication service, commerce, tourist industry, civil administration, physical education, weather, culture, education, press and publication, bank, securities, insurance, public security, customs, earthquake, mapping, statistics, archives, sanitation, and sanitation quarantine, etc; to be responsible for giving guidance for standardization and coordinating standardization technical committee of related departments and sectors; responsible for giving guidance to the sector standardization and conducting documentation of standards in relative sectors; responsible for giving guidance to the local standardization work of relative fields.

About SAC
Organization of standardization in China
Main Responsibilities of SAC
Subordinate Standardization Bodies of SAC in China
Standardization Law
Regulations for Implementation of Standardization Law