GB/T 33481-2016Application specification for electronic seal of Party and government organs (English PDF)

GB/T 33481-2016 is the English-translated version of 党政机关电子印章应用规范.

GB/T 33481-2016 fixes the general requirements for applying electronic seals to the electronic documents of Party and government organs, together with the requirements for producing a seal, for affixing it, for its verification and for the related safety measures, and it also sets out the application interface for the signature component and the conventions that go with it.

Clause 1 applies the standard to the construction of non-classified electronic seal systems and to the production, management, use and verification of electronic seals, and allows electronic seal systems built for other settings to follow it provided the relevant requirements of their industry are met.

Its contents list names a preface and an introduction, then the scope, normative references, terms and definitions, general requirements, a clause gathering management, functional, maintenance and safety requirements, a clause on affixing that runs from an overview through management requirements and the process itself to safety requirements, a clause on verification covering its overview, process and results, and a final clause on the signature component, split between its application requirements and its application interface, followed by a list of references.

Clause 3 defines the cryptographic vocabulary the document rests on, including public key infrastructure, digital certificate, digital signature, the electronic seal itself, described as data signed by its producer that carries the holder information and the graphical content and can be used to sign an electronic file, and the electronic seal system that supports the production, management, use and verification of such seals; the definitions are drawn in part from GB/T 16264.8-2005 and GB/T 15843.1-2008.

The introduction states the legal basis and the intent: the document rests on the Electronic Signature Law of the People's Republic of China, it defines the application requirements for the official seals of Party and government organs along with the application, approval, production and verification process, it takes the management model of the official seal as its reference for management and use, and it holds that an electronic document stamped with an electronic seal has the same effect as a paper document.

It was proposed by the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council, is administered by the joint office for national electronic document management, and was drafted with the participation of the National Cryptographic Administration and electronic standardization and information security bodies.

Its foreword warns that some of its content may involve patents, for which the issuing body assumes no identification responsibility. It was issued on 30 December 2016 and has applied since 1 July 2017.

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This preview omits tables, figures, formulas and parts of the technical clauses. The complete document — 15 pages — is available in the English PDF.

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