China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) and National
Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) jointly issued the 2026 Guideline on AI
Metrology System and Capability Building, outlining a six-part framework
covering basic support, general and core technologies, metrology technical
standards, the metrology services industry and intelligence-enabled metrology to
link lab innovation with industry deployment. The Guideline prioritizes reducing
measurement uncertainty and improving AI trustworthiness, targeting algorithmic
black boxes and weak decision explainability by directing R&D into
internal-state monitoring and representation of AI systems and promoting
metrology standards to make AI performance measurable, comparable and traceable.
