China: Ministry of Industry and Information Technology opened consultation on communication standards and english translations covering AI evaluation and network infrastructure

On 22 May 2025, the Department of Science and Technology of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology opened a public consultation on 22 draft industry standards and 6 English-language translations of existing standards in the communications sector, open until 20 June 2025. The 22 draft standards cover a range of technologies, including a 5 part framework for evaluating large-scale pretrained AI models across areas such as development, capability, application maturity, trustworthiness, and operational deployment. Additional standards address intelligent assistants, dialogue platforms, risk control systems, virtual digital humans, and facial recognition data protection. The 6 english-language translations provide international access to technical specifications for optical fibre cable types and security requirements for transport network equipment, including Optical Transport Network (OTN) and Packet Transport Network (PTN) systems.