GB/T 10114-2003Rules for the code representation of administrative divisions under counties (English PDF)

3 Definitions

4 Coding rules

5 Format of the code table

6 Implementation of the standard

Foreword

This document was issued on 25 July 2003 by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China, and has been in force since 1 December 2003.

It replaces GB/T 10114-1988.

Classification: ICS 35.040, CCS A24.

About this edition

GB/T 10114-2003 is the current edition. It was issued on 25 July 2003 and has been in force since 1 December 2003, replacing GB/T 10114-1988.

GB/T 10114-1988 has been superseded: a specification that still cites it is citing a withdrawn edition.

The interval between issue and effect is the transition period. It exists so that producers, laboratories and buyers can requalify products, revise procedures and use up documentation before the new text becomes the one that applies. The date on this page is the official one from the record of the Standardization Administration.

Classification and status

GB/T 10114-2003 is classified under ICS 35.040, in the field of information technology. ICS is the International Classification for Standards, the same scheme used by ISO and by the national bodies of most countries, which is what allows a Chinese standard to be placed beside its foreign counterparts on subject rather than on number.

Its Chinese Standard Classification code is CCS A24. CCS is the domestic scheme, a letter for the sector and two digits for the subject within it, and it is the code by which the standard is filed and searched in China.

The GB/T prefix marks a recommended national standard. It is not, in itself, law: it becomes binding when a contract names it, when a regulation or a mandatory standard refers to it, or when a producer declares conformity with it. In practice that covers most of the cases in which it will be read — a purchase specification, an inspection agreement or a certification scheme.