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GB/T 31526-2025Evaluation of service quality for electronic commerce platform (English PDF)

电子商务平台服务质量评价

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Issued by

SAMR; SAC

Level / Type

National · Recommended

Issue date

August 29, 2025

Implementation date

December 1, 2025

Scope

GB/T 31526-2025 is the English-translated version of 电子商务平台服务质量评价.

GB/T 31526-2025 is the Chinese national standard covering rating the service an e-commerce platform actually gives — the listing and search accuracy, the transaction and payment reliability, the delivery and after-sales handling, the complaint and dispute resolution, and the indicators with weights that turn all of it into one score. Issued on 29 August 2025, it has been in force since 1 December 2025, replacing GB/T 31526-2015.

Document preview — GB/T 31526-2025

National Standard of the People's Republic of China

ICS
35.240.60
Classification
A 10
Replacing
GB/T 31526-2015

Issued by: State Administration for Market Regulation; Standardization Administration of the PRC

Contents

  • PrefaceIII
  • 1 Scope1
  • 2 Normative References1
  • 3 Terms and Definitions1
  • 4 E-commerce platform service system2
  • 5 E-commerce platform service quality evaluation index system and value selection rules3
  • 6 Assignment Basis4
  • 6.1 Technical Specifications4
  • 6.2 Management Mechanism5
  • 6.3 Compliance Services5
  • 6.4 Personal Information Protection6
  • 6.5 Marketing and Promotion Services6
  • 6.6 Product Information Disclosure7
  • 6.7 E-commerce platform operator identity verification7
  • 6.8 Order Processing Service8
  • 6.9 Payment and Settlement Services8
  • 6.10 Logistics and Delivery Services8
  • 6.11 After-sales service guarantee9
  • 6.12 Customer Inquiry Service9
  • 6.13 Complaint Handling and Dispute Mediation9
  • 6.14 Credit Rating10
  • 6.15 Customer satisfaction rate10
  • 6.16 Personalized Service10
  • 6.17 Terminal Services11
  • 6.18 Platform Reputation11
  • 7 Evaluation Principles and Methods12
  • 7.1 Evaluation Principles12
  • 7.2 Evaluation Method12
  • 7.3 Evaluation Methods12
  • 8 Rules for Forming Evaluation Results13
  • 9 Extension Principle13
  • Reference14

Foreword

This document complies with the provisions of GB/T 1.1-2020 "Standardization Work Guidelines Part 1: Structure and Drafting Rules of Standardization Documents". Drafting.

This document supersedes GB/T 31526-2015 "Evaluation and Grading of Service Quality for E-commerce Platforms" and is consistent with GB/T 31526-2015.

In comparison, aside from structural adjustments and editorial changes, the main technical changes are as follows.

— The scope of the standard has been changed (see Chapter 1, Chapter 1 of the 2015 edition);

— The term "e-commerce" has been changed (see 3.1, 2015 edition);

— The terms "e-commerce product," "e-commerce operator," and "e-commerce platform operator" have been added (see 3.5-3.7);

— The architecture of the e-commerce service has been changed (see Figure 1, Figure 1 in the 2015 version);

— Basic guarantees, transaction process services, and service results have been removed (see sections 4.2 to 4.4 of the 2015 version);

— Some service quality evaluation indicators for e-commerce platforms have been revised (see Table 1, 2015 version of Table 1);

— Added compliance services (see 6.3), marketing and promotion services (see 6.5), personalized services (see 6.16), and end-user services (6.17), and Platform reputation (see 6.18);

— The service quality rating system for e-commerce platforms has been removed (see Chapter 8 of the 2015 edition).

Please note that some content in this document may involve patents. The issuing organization of this document assumes no responsibility for identifying patents.

This document was proposed and is under the jurisdiction of the National Electronic Business Standardization Technical Committee (SAC/TC83).

This document was drafted by: China National Institute of Standardization, Zhejiang University of Commerce and Industry, China Quality Certification Center Co., Ltd., Ningbo University of Finance and Economics.

Yunnan Western Applied Technology University, Aerospace Planning and Design Group Co., Ltd., Yiwu Industrial and Commercial Vocational and Technical College, China United Network Communications Co., Ltd.

China Cybersecurity Review, Certification and Market Supervision Big Data Center, China Academy of Space Technology.

The main drafters of this document are: Sun Zhaoyang, Wu Gongxing, Mao Yuxin, Jiang Hao, Zong Qi, Wang Li, Li Yuanyuan, Li Jun, Meng Weiyi, and Hu Xujie.

Xu Lexi, Sui Yuan, Ye Weiming, Suo Xinyu, Li Ling, Li Shuyan, Chen Xuhua, Wang Aili.

The release history of this document and the document it replaces is as follows.

— First published in 2015 as GB/T 31526-2015;

— This is the first revision.

1 Scope

This document establishes a service quality evaluation index system for e-commerce platforms, specifies the rules for determining the values of the evaluation indicators and the basis for assigning them, and describes...

The evaluation principles and methods, the rules for forming evaluation results, and the principles for extension were explained.

This document is applicable to third-party organizations evaluating the service quality of e-commerce platforms, and also to e-commerce platforms' self-evaluation.

This document does not apply to financial products and services, or to the provision of news, audio and video programs, publications, and cultural information via information networks.

Services related to products and other content.

2 Normative references

This document has no normative references.

3 Terms and Definitions

The following terms and definitions apply to this document.

3.1 e-commerce

Business activities involving the procurement, sales, and provision of services through the internet and other information networks.

[Source. GB/T 38652-2020, 2.1, with modifications]

3.2

Information systems and infrastructure that support e-commerce activities.

3.3 customer

Organizations or individuals that purchase products and services through e-commerce platforms.

3.4 service quality

The extent to which the inherent characteristics of the services provided by an e-commerce platform can meet customer requirements.

3.5

Purchasing, selling goods, and providing services through e-commerce.

3.6 e-commerce operator

Natural persons, legal persons and unincorporated organizations that engage in e-commerce activities through the Internet and other information networks.

[Source. GB/T 38652-2020, 2.3, with modifications]

3.7

Provides online business venues, transaction matching, and information dissemination services for e-commerce activities, allowing two or more parties to independently open online trading platforms.

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Referenced standards

Editions of GB/T 31526

EditionTitleRevisionStatus
GB/T 31526-2025Evaluation of service quality for electronic commerce platformcurrent editionCurrent
GB/T 31526-2015Evaluation and classification of service quality for electronic commerce platformprevious editionIn force

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