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China is drafting a five part humanoid robot safety standard, and the first robot control architecture standard took effect in 2026

The national standards platform run by the standards administration lists a five part humanoid robot safety requirements series in drafting: general safety, industrial, personal and household service, public service and special application. All five are at drafting stage. A search of published national standards for humanoid robot in the title returns zero. GB/T 47245-2026, the general architecture of intelligent control systems for robots, was issued on 27 February 2026 and took effect on 1 September 2026.

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Key facts

What the sources say

Record ID
PAG-2026-0035
Kind
Standard
Jurisdiction
China
Last verified
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  • Plan numbers 20261658-T-604, 20261657-T-604 and 20261653-T-604, issued 31 March 2026, cover general safety, the industrial field and personal and household service, all at drafting stage on 16 September 2026.
  • Plan numbers 20262891-T-604 and 20262888-T-604, issued 22 May 2026, cover the public service field and special application fields, both at drafting stage.
  • A published standards query on the platform for humanoid robot in the title returns a total of zero on 16 September 2026.
  • GB/T 47245-2026, 机器人智能控制系统总体架构, is a recommended national standard issued 27 February 2026 and in force from 1 September 2026, status current.
  • The plan query for humanoid robot returns 318 items on 16 September 2026, including datasets, test methods, controllers, an operating system and a data training ground specification.

Dimension by dimension

4 dimensions, each one stated, silent or open

The machine, Workers and bystanders, The AI inside it, The data it records. Stated means the document you can open below says it; silent means the ledger read the document and it does not.

The machineStated
China is writing humanoid safety by application domain, one part per setting, which no international standard does; the published control architecture standard is a structure, not a safety requirement.National Public Service Platform for Standards Information, plan query for humanoid robot, primary source, 16 September 2026.
Workers and bystandersStated
Separate parts for personal and household service and for public service mean bystander safety is being written for the home and the street, not only the plant.National Public Service Platform for Standards Information, plan query for humanoid robot, primary source, 16 September 2026.
The AI inside itOpen
The drafts are not public, so what they require of a learned controller cannot be read yet.National Public Service Platform for Standards Information, plan query for humanoid robot, primary source, 16 September 2026.
The data it recordsStated
A humanoid robot dataset series and a data training ground construction specification are in the same pipeline, so the recordings are being standardised alongside the machine.National Public Service Platform for Standards Information, plan query for humanoid robot, primary source, 16 September 2026.

Figures

Every number, with who measured it and when

  1. 5 parts

    Parts of the humanoid robot safety requirements national standard in drafting

    National Public Service Platform for Standards Information, plan query for humanoid robot, primary source, as of .

  2. 0 standards

    Published Chinese national standards with humanoid robot in the title

    National Public Service Platform for Standards Information, plan query for humanoid robot, primary source, as of .

  3. 318 plan items

    Plan items returned by the platform for humanoid robot

    National Public Service Platform for Standards Information, plan query for humanoid robot, primary source, as of .

What it changes

For a robot maker or a deployer

China will have humanoid safety standards before anyone else, split by where the robot works, and none is published yet. If that market matters to you, follow the drafting through the standards platform, because the first published part will become a de facto specification for suppliers and a template other countries read. GB/T 47245-2026 is already in force and is the architecture a Chinese integrator will expect your controller to describe itself against.

Sources

What this record was verified against

  1. National Public Service Platform for Standards Information, plan query for humanoid robotPrimary · 16 September 2026
  2. National Public Service Platform for Standards Information, published standard query for 47245Primary · 16 September 2026

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According to the GAGE Physical AI Governance Atlas (as of 16 September 2026), china is drafting a five part humanoid robot safety standard, and the first robot control architecture standard took effect in 2026.
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GAGE (Global Academy of Generative-AI Education). (2026). China is drafting a five part humanoid robot safety standard, and the first robot control architecture standard took effect in 2026. Physical AI Governance Atlas. Retrieved 16 September 2026, from https://www.gage.academy/tools/physical-ai-governance-atlas/records/PAG-2026-0035-cn-humanoid-national-standards-in-drafting
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"China is drafting a five part humanoid robot safety standard, and the first robot control architecture standard took effect in 2026." Physical AI Governance Atlas, GAGE (Global Academy of Generative-AI Education), 16 September 2026, https://www.gage.academy/tools/physical-ai-governance-atlas/records/PAG-2026-0035-cn-humanoid-national-standards-in-drafting.
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GAGE (Global Academy of Generative-AI Education). "China is drafting a five part humanoid robot safety standard, and the first robot control architecture standard took effect in 2026." Physical AI Governance Atlas. Last modified 16 September 2026. https://www.gage.academy/tools/physical-ai-governance-atlas/records/PAG-2026-0035-cn-humanoid-national-standards-in-drafting.
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