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GB/T 47312-2026Commodity bar codes - Document numbering and bar code representation (English PDF)

商品条码 文档编码与条码表示

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Issued by

SAMR; SAC

Level / Type

National · Recommended

Issue date

March 31, 2026

Implementation date

October 1, 2026

Scope

GB/T 47312-2026 is the English-translated version of 商品条码 文档编码与条码表示.

GB/T 47312-2026 is the Chinese national standard covering bar codes on documents rather than on goods - the numbering of a waybill, a form or a certificate and its representation as a symbol, so that a document can be tracked through a process the way a parcel is. First edition, in force since 1 October 2026. It was issued on 31 March 2026 and takes effect on 1 October 2026, as a first edition. 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.

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National Standard of the People's Republic of China

ICS
35.040
Classification
A 24

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

Contents

  • 2 Normative References
  • 3 Terms and Definitions
  • 4 Abbreviated Terms

Foreword

NATIONAL STANDARD OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ICS

Barcode for Commodity - Numbering and Symbol Marking of Document

17 Table of Contents Foreword ........................................................................................................................

31 Scope ...........................................................................................................................

42 Normative References .................................................................................................

43 Terms and Definitions.................................................................................................

54 Abbreviated Terms......................................................................................................

55 Encoding .....................................................................................................................

56 Symbol Marking .........................................................................................................

77 Technical Requirements for Barcode Symbols........................................................... 8Appendix A (Normative) Calculation Method of Check Code ...................................

10 Appendix B (Normative) Code Character Set .............................................................

11 Appendix C (Informative) Application Example of One-Dimensional Barcode ........

12 Appendix D (Informative) Application Examples of Two-Dimensional Barcode ......

Barcode for Commodity - Numbering and Symbol Marking of Document 1 Scope

2 Normative References

The provisions in following documents become the essential provisions of this Document through reference in this Document. For the dated documents, only the versions with the dates indicated are applicable to this Document; for the undated documents, only the latest version (including all the amendments) is applicable to this Document.

GB/T 1988 Information technology - 7-bit coded character set for information interchange

GB/T 12508 Alphanumeric character sets for optical recognition - Part 2: Character set OCR-B - Shapes and dimensions of the printed image

GB 12904 Bar code for commodity - Retail commodity numbering and bar code marking

GB/T 15425 Bar code for commodity - 128 bar code

GB/T 16986 Bar code for commodity - Application identifier GB/T 18284 QR Code

GB/T 18348 Bar code for commodity - Bar code symbol print quality verification GB/T 21049 Han Xin code

GB/T 23704 Two-dimensional bar code symbol print quality test

GB/T 41208 Data matrix code

3 Terms and Definitions

For the purposes of this Document, the following terms and definitions apply.

3.1 Document Documents, certificates, and receipts that are used for recording, storing, transmitting information, or having archival value or evidentiary effect. NOTE: It includes paper or electronic forms.

3.2 Global document type identifier Codes that are used to identify document types and specific documents. NOTE: In

6.3.10 of GB/T 16986-2018, the application identifier corresponding to the global document type identifier is "253". This Document changes "global document type code" to "global document type identifier".

3.3 Application identifier Characters that identify the meaning and format of data, consisting of 2 ~ 4 digits. [SOURCE: GB/T 16986-2018, 3.1]

4 Abbreviated Terms

The following abbreviated terms apply to this Document. AI: Application Identifier DM Code: Data Matrix Code FNC1: Function

1 Symbol Character GDTI: Global Document Type Identifier QR Code: Quick Response Code URI: Uniform Resource Identifier

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Referenced standards

Normative references

GB/T 1988 · GB/T 12508 · GB 12904 · GB/T 16986 · GB/T 18284 · GB/T 23704 · GB/T 41208

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