New version of "Information Technology Chinese Coding Character Collection" for mandatory national standard release

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, July 28 (Reporter Zhao Wenjun) The National Standard Committee jointly released the new version of "Information Technology Chinese Coding Character Collection" on the 28th and will be officially implemented on August 1, 2023.

The new version of the standard contains a total of 87887 Chinese characters, an increase of more than 17,000 raw Chinese characters from the previous version. Not only does it include all Chinese characters of "General Standardized Chinese Characters", but also the names of most people in our country, universal characters, literature, technology, technology, technology, technology, technology, technology, technology, technology, technology The use of words in other professional fields can meet various use needs, provide strong standard guarantees for inheriting Chinese culture, enhancing Chinese information processing capabilities, and meeting the needs of people with names.

Tian Shihong, deputy director of the General Administration of Market Supervision, said that text encoding is an important foundation for informationization, and standardization is an important path for text codes to play. Whether it is inheriting and developing the traditional Chinese national culture, or the realization of government services "online" and "hand -in -hand work", Chinese codes are required for standardization. The State Administration of Market Supervision will continue to strengthen the implementation of standards, continue to promote standard innovation, coordinate and optimize the standard system, deepen international cooperation of standards, and effectively promote the new development of language standardization work and reach a new level.

According to reports, "Chinese Coding Character Collection" is the most important basic standard in the field of Chinese information technology. It is uniformly encoded on Chinese characters and many ethnic characters in my country. Standards support the needs of Chinese information processing and exchange in my country.

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