As the “ID card” of a product, a product bar code is an indispensable infrastructure of modern commercial civilization. In order to meet the needs of a unified national market and further strengthen commodity bar code management, the General Administration of Market Supervision has revised the “Measures for the Administration of Commodity Barcodes”. The revised “Administrative Measures” clarify the scope of application of the “Administrative Measures”, the definition of commodity barcodes, and the management and working bodies of commodity barcodes, and stipulate the registration principles for manufacturer identification codes.

As the “ID card” of a product, a product bar code is an indispensable infrastructure of modern commercial civilization. In order to meet the needs of a unified national market and further strengthen commodity bar code management, the General Administration of Market Supervision has revised the “Measures for the Administration of Commodity Barcodes”. The revised “Administrative Measures” clarify the scope of application of the “Administrative Measures”, the definition of commodity barcodes, and the management and working bodies of commodity barcodes, and stipulate the registration principles for manufacturer identification codes.