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Definition
GB/Z 185 is China’s seven-part national standardization guidance series for AI agent interoperability, approved May 22, 2026 by samr/SAC (Announcement No. 22). Voluntary GB/Z guidance — not mandatory GB — but may become de facto binding via state procurement.
Seven Parts
- 185.1 — Overall Architecture (CESI, Fan Kefeng)
- 185.2 — Identity Code (BUPT, Liu Jun)
- 185.3 — Identity Management (CESI, Zhang Shizong)
- 185.4 — Agent Description (CESI, Xu Yang)
- 185.5 — Agent Discovery (CESI, Dong Jian)
- 185.6 — Agent Interaction (BUPT, Li Ke)
- 185.7 — Agent Tool Invocation (CESI, Zhang Shizong)
Key Points
- Closed loop: identity → description → discovery → interaction → tool invocation
- Contributors: 70+ orgs (Xiaomi, Lenovo, Volcano Engine, Kuaishou); 600+ public comments
- Pilot: Haidian district, Beijing
- Roadmap: Identity code may convert to mandatory GB; agent audit/transaction standards planned
Geopolitical Context
Parallel national “rail system” to model-context-protocol and agent2agent-protocol in us-china-ai-competition.
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- agentic-ai-regulation
- ai-agent-protocols
- interoperability
- frontier-ai-governance
- us-china-ai-competition
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