Guobiao - Definition and Overview

Guóbiāo (国标) (GB) in the People's Republic of China is the abbreviation of

• Guójiā Biāozhǔn (国家标准), meaning the "National Standards", or
• Guójiā Biāozhǔn Mǎ (国家标准码), meaning the "National Standard Encoding" as Chinese character encoding system.

Both are issued by the Standardization Administration of China (SAC), the Chinese National Committee of the ISO and IEC.

In addition, Guóbiāo in Mandarin Chinese also means:

• Guójì Biāozhǔn Wǔ (国际标准舞, International Standard Dance)
• Guóbiāo Májiàng (国标麻将, National Standard Mahjong)

National Standards

Like ANSI in the United States, GB standards fall in many areas. Mandatory standards are prefixed "GB". Recommended standards are prefixed "GB/T" where the letter T is from Chinese tuījiàn (推荐, recommended). A standard number follows "GB" or "GB/T". The following is a list of some National Standards of the People's Republic of China. Compared to many international standards of ISO, many standards are identical (IDT), equivalent (EQV), or non-equivalent (NEQ).

National Standard Encoding

Guobiao code is a national standard encoding method for Simplified Chinese characters, which are used in Mainland China and Singapore. Taiwan and Hong Kong, which use Traditional Chinese characters, have Big5 as their standard. See Guobiao code

External links

• Standardization Administration of China (simplified Chinese and English) (http://www.sac.gov.cn/)
  • Catalog of Chinese standards in English (http://www.sac.gov.cn/english/catalog/)