China: National Information Security Standardisation Technical Committee opened consultation on standard on security technical requirements for application of sensing terminals in Internet of Things

On 12 December 2025, the National Information Security Standardisation Technical Committee (TC260) opened a consultation on its standard on security technical requirements for application of sensing terminals in Internet of Things (IoT). The standard sets out security requirements for sensing terminals in IoT devices, to be used in all stages of the IoT development and production lifecycle. Specifically, the standard sets out basic requirements regarding physical security, device configuration security, and communication security.