National Standard "Basic Requirements for Smart Freight Hubs" Released

Title context: National Standard "Basic Requirements for Smart Freight Hubs" Released Text: Recently, the State Administration for Market Regulation (Standardization Administration of China) approved and released the national standard "Basic Requirements for Smart Freight Hubs" (GB/T 481722026). This standard is China's first national standard in the field of smart freight hubs and will take effect on April 1, 2027. The main contents of the standard are as follows: In terms of general provisions, it specifies requirements for hub site selection and layout, facility and equipment configuration, application of advanced technologies, and cybersecurity, and sets differentiated business function configuration requirements for different types of hubs. In terms of information platform construction, it specifies requirements for hardware equipment, network transmission, data storage, and computing resources, and encourages platforms to provide AI service functions such as agent orchestration, model training and inference, and evaluation. In terms of intelligent facilities and equipment, it specifies functional requirements for the main operational facilities and equipment of hubs, including facilities such as smart gates, warehouses, yards, and docks, as well as equipment for intelligent security inspection, warehousing, and loading and unloading. In terms of smart operations and smart management, it specifies functional requirements in two aspects: hub production operations and operational management. Operations cover production scheduling, vehicle management, sorting, warehousing, and other business activities, while management includes office, security, equipment, environment, energy, emergency response, and other aspects. The release and implementation of this standard will provide technical guidance for the intelligent upgrading of freight hubs, help remove bottlenecks and obstacles in multimodal transport, reduce social logistics costs, and support high-quality development of the national economy. This article is excerpted from the State Administration for Market Regulation; edited by Chen Wenfang, GMTEight.