China to Improve Technical Criteria for Lithium-ion Batteries

Comprehensive Technical Standard System for Lithium-ion Batteries, released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China (MIIT) on November 9, calls for strengthening standardization of lithium-ion batteries and accelerating promulgation/implementation of key guidance like product safety standards, so that the lithium-ion battery industry can develop sustainably.
The new guidance calls for China’s lithium-ion battery technologies to meet international requirements by 2020. Furthermore, 80 standards are to be set or revised. Seventy of them will be newly made, with three being compulsory and 67 being recommended.
China produced 5.6 billion lithium-ion batteries in 2015, up 5.8% YoY, valued at RMB90 billion.
Lithium-ion battery technologies mainly involve three kinds of parts: first, battery materials like anode materials, cathode materials, electrolytes, separators and related components; second, manufacturing processes including battery core production, assembling and construction of relevant equipment; third, battery recycling.
This new guidance from MIIT calls for 231 standards in five categories – basic standards (industry terms, pollution control, transportation, recycling, etc.), materials & parts, design, manufacture & test equipment, battery types.