GB/T 37877-2025Intelligentization technology for intelligent household appliances — Particular requirements for refrigerators (English PDF)
智能家用电器的智能化技术 电冰箱的特殊要求
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Issued by
SAMR; SAC
Level / Type
National · Recommended
Issue date
May 30, 2025
Implementation date
December 1, 2025
Scope
GB/T 37877-2025 is the English-translated version of 智能家用电器的智能化技术 电冰箱的特殊要求.
GB/T 37877-2025 is the Chinese national standard covering what makes a refrigerator count as a smart one and how well — the data it must hold and what each field means, the intelligent functions of temperature control, energy saving, sterilisation, ice making, food management and recipe recommendation, the fault alarm, parameter self-correction and online upgrade, the test method for each, and the intelligence index and its star rating that turn all of it into one comparable number. It replaces GB/T 37877-2019, under the China National Light Industry Council. In force from 1 December 2025. Issued on 30 May 2025, it has been in force since 1 December 2025, replacing GB/T 37877-2019.
Document preview — GB/T 37877-2025
National Standard of the People's Republic of China
- ICS
- 97.030
- Classification
- Y 60
- Replacing
- GB/T 37877-2019
Issued by: State Administration for Market Regulation; Standardization Administration of the PRC
Contents
- PrefaceIII
- 1 Scope1
- 2 Normative references1
- 3 Terms and Definitions1
- 4 Technical Requirements2
- 4.1 General requirements2
- 4.2 Data Management Requirements2
- 4.3 Intelligent Function Requirements3
- 5 Test Methods8
- 5.1 General requirements8
- 5.2 Test environment and conditions8
- 5.3 Test methods for data management functions8
- 5.4 Intelligent Function Test Method9
- 6 Intelligence Index18
- 6.1 Smart Index Calculation Method18
- 6.2 Smart Index Star Rating22
- Appendix A (Normative) Meaning of Smart Refrigerator Data23
- Reference26
Foreword
This document is in accordance with the provisions of GB/T 1.1-2020 "Guidelines for standardization work Part 1: Structure and drafting rules for standardization documents" Drafting.
This document replaces GB/T 37877-2019 "Special requirements for intelligent technology of intelligent household appliances and refrigerators" and is compatible with GB/T Compared with 37877-2019, in addition to structural adjustments and editorial changes, the main technical changes are as follows.
a) The scope has been changed, and the detection and evaluation method has been changed to the test method and the calculation method of the intelligence index and the star rating (see Chapter 1, Chapter 1 of the 2019 edition);
b) The definition of "smart refrigerator" has been changed (see 3.1, 3.1 of the 2019 edition), and "control terminal", "food", "smart refrigerator" have been added.
Definition of "Food Information Management" and "Smart Refrigerator Food Information Management System" (see 3.2~3.5);
c) Added data management requirements (see 4.2);
d) Deleted automatic defrosting (see 4.2.2 of the 2019 edition);
e) The temperature control has been changed (see 4.3.1, 4.2.1 of the 2019 edition);
f) Added intelligent energy saving function, intelligent sterilization function and intelligent ice making function (see 4.3.1.2~4.3.1.4);
g) The intelligent food management function has been changed (see 4.3.2.1~4.3.2.3, 4.2.3 of the 2019 edition);
h) Added recipe recommendation function (see 4.3.2.4);
i) Changed the fault alarm (see 4.3.3.1, 4.2.4 of the 2019 edition);
j) Added system parameter self-correction function and abnormal event processing function (see 4.3.3.2 and 4.3.3.3);
k) Changed online upgrade (see 4.3.3.4, 4.2.5 of the 2019 edition);
l) Deleted third-party application services (see 4.2.6 of the 2019 version);
m) Added general requirements for test methods (see 5.1);
n) The test conditions have been changed (see 5.2, 5.2.1 of the 2019 edition);
o) Added test methods for data management functions (see 5.3);
p) The temperature control has been changed (see 5.4.1.1, 5.2.2 of the 2019 edition);
q) Added test methods for intelligent energy saving function, intelligent sterilization function and intelligent ice making function (see 5.4.1.2~5.4.1.4);
r) Deleted the automated frost test (see 5.2.3 of the 2019 edition);
s) The test method for intelligent food management function has been changed (see 5.4.2, 5.2.4 of the 2019 edition);
t) Changed the fault alarm test (see 5.4.3.1, 5.2.5 of the 2019 edition);
u) Added the test method of parameter self-correction function and the test method of abnormal event handling function (see 5.4.3.2 and 5.4.3.3);
v) Changed the online upgrade test (see 5.4.3.4, 5.2.5 of the 2019 edition);
w) Deleted the third-party application service test (see 5.2.7 of the 2019 version);
x) Deleted the intelligent function requirements (see 5.3.1 of the 2019 edition);
y) The intelligent rating evaluation of refrigerators has been changed (see Chapter 6, 5.3.2 of the 2019 edition).
Please note that some of the contents of this document may involve patents. The issuing organization of this document does not assume the responsibility for identifying patents.
This document was proposed by China Light Industry Federation.
This document is under the jurisdiction of the National Technical Committee for Standardization of Household Electrical Appliances (SAC/TC46).
This document was drafted by: Qingdao Haier Refrigerator Co., Ltd., China Institute of Building Research (Beijing) Testing and Certification Co., Ltd., Hisense Rongsheng (Guangdong) Refrigerator Refrigerator Co., Ltd., Changhong Meiling Co., Ltd., Hefei Midea Refrigerator Co., Ltd., BSH Home Appliances Co., Ltd., Wuxi Panasonic Refrigerator Machinery Co., Ltd., Nanjing Customs Textile Industry Product Testing Center, China Household Electrical Appliances Research Institute, and Aucma Co., Ltd.
The main drafters of this document are: Wang Bing, Jiao Limin, Chen Hongxin, Tang Shiming, Zhu Xian, Zhao Zhiming, Yu Zhenfeng, Jiang Ke, Li Guixi, Xu Yufeng, Liu Zechao.
The previous versions of this document and the documents it replaces are as follows.
— First published in 2019 as GB/T 37877-2019;
— This is the first revision.
Intelligent technology for smart home appliances Special requirements for refrigerators
1 Scope
This document specifies the terms and definitions, technical requirements, test methods, and calculation method and star rating of smart refrigerators. evaluate.
This document applies to smart refrigerators for household and similar purposes.
2 Normative references
GB 4343.1
GB/T 4343.2
GB/T 4706.13
GB/T 8059-2016
GB/T 28219-2018
GB/T 40979
GB/T 41789
3 Terms and definitions
The terms and definitions defined in GB/T 28219-2018, GB/T 8059-2016 and the following apply to this document.
3.1
Refrigerators for household and similar purposes that apply intelligent technology and have intelligent capabilities and functions.
3.2 control terminal
A device that can obtain smart home appliance information and implement smart home appliance application operations through a human-computer interaction interface.
[Source. GB/T 36426-2018, 3.7]
3.3 Food
Various finished products and raw materials for human consumption or drinking, as well as items that are traditionally both food and Chinese medicinal materials.
Note. Items for therapeutic purposes are not included.
[Source. Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China, Article 150, with amendments]
3.4
Information management of various food data stored in smart refrigerators.
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Referenced standards
Normative references
- GB 4343.1Electromagnetic compatibility - Requirements for household appliances, electric tools and similar apparatus - Part 1: Emission
- GB/T 8059-2016Household and similar refrigerating appliances
- GB/T 40979Personal information protection requirements and test methods for intelligent household appliances
- GB/T 41789General safety technology requirements for intelligent household appliances
GB/T 4343.2 · GB/T 4706.13 · GB/T 28219-2018
Editions of GB/T 37877
| Edition | Title | Revision | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GB/T 37877-2025 | Intelligentization technology for intelligent household appliances - Particular requirements for refrigerators | current edition | Current |
| GB/T 37877-2019 | Intelligentization technology for intelligent household appliances - Particular requirements for refrigerators | previous edition | In force |
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Related Standards
GB 4343.1-2024 — Electromagnetic compatibility - Requirements for household appliances, electric tools and similar apparatus - Part 1: Emission
GB/T 40979-2021 — Personal information protection requirements and test methods for intelligent household appliances
GB/T 41789-2022 — General safety technology requirements for intelligent household appliances
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