Chinese GB Standard

GB is the abbreviation of the Pinyin “国标 Guo Biao”, which means “Chinese national standard” in English, and is issued by the Standardization Administration of the People’s Republic of China.

Mandatory standards are prefixed with “GB”; The recommended standard is prefixed with “GB/T”, T is short for the first letter of Pinyin “推荐 Tui Jian”, which means “recommended” in English.