Recently, the Ministry of Commerce issued the "Guiding Opinions on Strengthening the Standardization Construction in the Commercial Field during the 14th Five-Year Plan Period" (hereinafter referred to as the "Guiding Opinions"), which pointed out the overall direction and clarified the key points for the standardization construction of iron and steel circulation enterprises during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period. In the field, a new standard system framework for the high-quality development of the steel circulation industry has been constructed, which will help to better play the basic, strategic and leading role of standards in the modern circulation system.

Facilitate online and offline integration

The "Guiding Opinions" put forward: "Strengthen the construction of standardization in terms of technology application and management innovation, and build a standard system for the circulation of production materials that integrates online and offline." The integration of online and offline, the development of green circulation, digital circulation, and smart circulation are the general direction of the standardization of the steel circulation industry during the 14th Five-Year Plan.

During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, under the new development pattern of the national digital China and the network power strategy, the digital economy has become an important engine for China's economic development. Digitization will become an important way for the steel industry to achieve a new dual-cycle development pattern, the circulation industry to promote the conversion of new and old kinetic energy, and circulation enterprises to achieve high-quality development. The "Guiding Opinions" put the emphasis on the standardization of the production materials circulation industry during the 14th Five-Year Plan period under the two major driving forces of "technology application" and "management innovation", and the infrastructure supported by digitalization and intelligence; based on blockchain and e-commerce New transaction methods such as big data and intelligence-driven operation management; intensive and intelligently enhanced logistics and distribution, as well as scenarios that reflect the unique experience of the digital economy, etc., all of which are the transformation and upgrading of steel circulation enterprises to the supply chain integration model Key areas for standard setting.

Five key areas of standardization in the steel circulation industry

Focusing on this overall direction, the "Guiding Opinions" further defined the five key areas of standardization in the iron and steel circulation industry during the 14th Five-Year Plan.

Supply chain logistics standardization.

Standardization of circulation facilities.

Standardization of service models.

Technical application standardization.

International trade standardization.

Build a standard closed-loop management system.

The "Guiding Opinions" put forward solutions to the current standardization problems. "Building a standard closed-loop management system" is the core path to solve the weak standard system, low standard level, and poor standard implementation. In terms of standard supply, it is necessary to give full play to and fully mobilize the enthusiasm of various social organizations and enterprises to take the lead in formulating standards, to better stimulate the vitality of market entities to participate in standardization work, and to promote the establishment of a standard supply method in which the government and the market play a role together. In standard preparation, focus on the role of leading enterprises and benchmarking enterprises, especially the role of "specialized, special and new" circulation enterprises, to improve the quality of standard formulation, formulate scientific and technological content, advanced and applicable standards, and effectively improve the quality and level of standards. In terms of standard publicity and implementation, encourage comprehensive use of text disclosure, standard interpretation, standard interpretation, information feedback, evaluation and evaluation, etc., to expand the awareness and application of standards, and give full play to the important carrier role of standardization pilot demonstrations in standard implementation.

General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized when presiding over the eighth meeting of the Central Finance and Economics Committee that it is necessary to improve the modern commerce circulation system and strengthen standardization. The national "14th Five-Year Plan" pointed out that it is necessary to strengthen the standardization of commerce and trade circulation. The issuance and implementation of the "National Standardization Development Program" signifies that standardization has become a national strategy. The steel circulation industry should grasp the situation and tasks of the new development stage, clarify the direction, find the correct positioning, actively participate in the standardization and application work, and comprehensively promote the high-quality development of the industry and enterprises at a higher level.