GB/T 36368-2026International trade business requirements specification - Cross-industry invoicing process (English PDF)

国际贸易业务需求规范　跨行业发票开具过程

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Issued by

SAMR; SAC

Level / Type

National · Recommended

Issue date

May 25, 2026

Implementation date

September 1, 2026

Scope

GB/T 36368-2026 is the English-translated version of 国际贸易业务需求规范　跨行业发票开具过程.

GB/T 36368-2026 is the Chinese national standard covering the cross-industry invoice as a business process - the parties, the data the invoice carries, its relationship to the order and the despatch advice, and the exchanges between buyer, seller and their banks and authorities. It replaces GB/T 36368-2018 and has been in force since 1 September 2026. It was issued on 25 May 2026 and has been in force since 1 September 2026, replacing GB/T 36368-2018. The document is under the responsibility of the Standardization Administration of China. This page is published from the official record of the 2026 edition; the clause text of a standard this recent is not yet in circulation, and the figures, limits and tables it contains are those of the document itself, delivered in full with the English translation.

Document preview — GB/T 36368-2026

National Standard of the People's Republic of China

ICS: 35.240.60
Classification: L 76
Replacing: GB/T 36368-2018

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

6 Business Requirements
6.1 Business Process Collaboration
6.2 Definition of Information Flow
6.3 Information Model Definition

Foreword

GB/T 36368-2026 | International trade business requirements specification - Cross industry invoicing process

GB/T 36368-2026 English version. International trade business requirements specification - Cross industry invoicing process ICS

76 National Standards of the People's Republic of China Replaces GB/T 36368-2018 International Trade Business Requirements Standards Cross-industry invoice issuance process Published on 2026-05-

25 Implemented on 2026-09-

01 State Administration for Market Regulation The State Administration for Standardization issued a statement.

1.Scope This document defines the process boundaries, business process collaboration, information flow definition, and information model for the issuance of cross-industry invoices in international trade. definition. This document applies to the exchange of invoices between suppliers and customers for the ordering, delivery, receipt, and use of goods and services provided.

4.Abbreviations The following abbreviations apply to this document. CII. Cross-Industry Invoice Crd. Cardinality CSC-ALC. Common Supply Chain Alowance Charge CSC-DOC. Common Supply Chain Document CSC-FCA. Common Supply Chain Financial Card CSC-PAR. Common Supply Chain Participant CSC-PIN. Common Supply Chain Product Instance Requirements CSC-PRI. Common Supply Chain Trade Price CSC-PRO. Common Supply Chain Product CSC-PYM. Common Supply Chain Payment Methods CSC-PYT. Common Supply Chain Payment Terms CSC-REF. Common Supply Chain Document Reference CSC-TAX. Common Supply Chain Tax CSC-TME. Common Supply Chain Transport Means EDIFACT. Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce, and Transportation (tration, Commerce and Transport) INV. Invoice UID. Unique Identifier

5.Overview of the Invoice Issuance Process The position of the invoice in the Buy-Ship-Pay model is shown in Figure 1.

6.1 Business Process Collaboration

6.1.1 Regular invoice or invoice issued by the supplier (business process) The use case diagram for the business process of issuing regular invoices or invoices by suppliers is shown in Figure 2, and the use case descriptions are shown in Table 2.

6.1.2 Incorrect Invoices (Business Process) The use case diagram for the erroneous cross-industry invoice business process is shown in Figure 2, and the use case description is shown in Table 4.

6.1.4 Incorrect self-issued invoices (business process) The incorrect cross-industry self-issued invoice business process use case diagram is shown in Figure 2, and the use case description is shown in Table 8.

6.2 Definition of Information Flow

6.2.1 Regular Invoices (Business Transactions) The business transaction use case diagram for regular invoices is shown in Figure 9, and the business transaction activity diagram is shown in Figure 10.

6.2.2 Self-issued invoices (business transactions) The business transaction use case diagram for self-issued invoices is shown in Figure 9, and the business transaction activity diagram is shown in Figure 11.

6.3 Information Model Definition

6.3.1 Business Entity Relationships The business entity class diagram is shown in Figure 12.

6.3.2 Business Documents The following sections define high-level business requirements for invoices (business documents), and the details of these requirements also apply to other messages in CommonBRS. For example, regarding invoice documents, only the "buyer" appears on the requirements list, without any requirements for the buyer's name and address. These requirements... All are defined in the supplementary Chinese CommonBRS, so only "Buyer" is listed in this document.

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Referenced standards

Cited by

GB/T 44779-2024Specification for international trade business process - Buy/Ship/Pay reference data model

Editions of GB/T 36368

Edition	Title	Revision	Status
GB/T 36368-2026	International trade business requirements specification - Cross-industry invoicing process	current edition	Current
GB/T 36368-2018	International trade business requirements specification - Cross-industry invoicing process	previous edition	Superseded

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