China’s first national AI agent interoperability standards announced June 26, 2026. SAMR approved seven-part GB/Z 185 series covering architecture, digital identity, agent discovery, interaction protocols, tool invocation.
70+ companies, universities, research institutes contributed; 100+ experts, 600+ public comments. Contributors include Volcano Engine, Xiaomi, Kuaishou, Lenovo. Haidian district (Beijing) as early pilot zone.
100+ firms joined joint initiative for common agent protocols; 50+ in pilot applications. SAMR deputy Zhu Meina: standards establish common technical language for secure cross-platform agent collaboration.
MIIT: AI shifting from perception to autonomous decision-making and execution.