From March 4th to 6th, 2025, the National Technical Committee for Standardization of Lifting Machinery (hereinafter referred to as the "Crane Standardization Committee") organized a kickoff meeting for the revision of GB/T 3811-2008 "Code for Design of Cranes" in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. The meeting was attended by members of the revision leading group and drafting group, totaling 73 representatives from 41 units.

Conference venue

The opening ceremony of the conference was presided over by Tang Chao, Chairman of the Crane Standardization Committee. Leaders and guests from the Special Equipment Safety Supervision Bureau of the State Administration for Market Regulation, Vice Chairman of the Crane Standardization Committee Shang Hong, Director of the Special Equipment Department of the Suzhou Market Supervision Administration Chen Yanfei, General Manager of Beijing Crane Transport Machinery Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Beiqi Institute") Huang Yuefeng, Secretary General of the Crane Standardization Committee Wang Shunting, attended the meeting and delivered speeches. Tao Fenghua, Chairman of Eurocrane Heavy Industry Co., Ltd., the organizer of the meeting, delivered a welcome speech.

Leaders and guests attending the meeting

Chairman Tang Chao presided over the opening ceremony

The leaders of the Special Unit affirmed the important supporting role played by the GB/T 3811-2008 Crane Design Specification in the safety supervision of special equipment since its implementation, and put forward the requirements for the revision of GB/T 3811 to deal with the relationship between standards and safety technical specifications for special equipment, to coordinate development and safety, to promote standards to be more progressiveness and scientific, and to strengthen the training of industry leading talents.

General Manager Huang Yuefeng put forward three suggestions for the revision of GB/T 3811-2008 "Code for Design of Cranes": emphasizing science, emphasizing timeliness, and strengthening leadership. He also stated that Beiqi Institute will work together with various units in the industry to complete the revision of this national standard with high level and high quality.

Speech by General Manager Huang Yuefeng

Chairman Tao Fenghua delivers a welcome speech

The meeting of all team members was chaired by Wang Shunting, Secretary General of the Crane Standardization Committee. At the meeting, all members unanimously reviewed and approved the above-mentioned documents after listening to Secretary General Wang Shunting's detailed content introduction on the "Work Plan for GB/T 3811-2008

Finally, Vice Chairman Shang Hong, General Provisions Group Leader Xu Gening, Structural Group Leader Lu Nianli, Mechanical Group Leader Cheng Wenming, Electrical Group Leader Hu Jun, Safety Group Leader Tao Tianhua and other experts have successively expressed their opinions and suggestions on the revision of GB/T 3811-2008 "Design Specification for Cranes".

Secretary General Wang Shunting presides over the meeting of all team members

Lin Fukui, Director of the Standards Work Department of Beiqi Institute, convened all experts to present suggestions for the revision of GB/T 3811

During the kick-off meeting, the group leaders of each sub group also convened discussion meetings for five sub groups: general principles, structure, mechanical, electrical, and safety.

 General Provisions Group Meeting Site

On site structural group meeting

Mechanical team meeting site

On site electrical group meeting

On site safety group meeting

With the joint efforts of the attending leaders and experts, and the strong support of the conference organizer, the conference agenda was successfully completed.

Group photo of attending experts

GB/T 3811 "Code for Design of Cranes" is the most important and fundamental national standard in the field of lifting machinery in China. The first edition was born in 1983 and was drafted by the Institute of Crane Transport Machinery of the former Ministry of Machinery Industry and the Changsha Construction Machinery Research Institute of the Ministry of Urban and Rural Construction and Environmental Protection. It has won the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award. The second edition was released in 2008, led by the Beijing Institute of Crane and Transport Machinery, and organized the industry to complete the revision after 5 years, gathering the wisdom of hundreds of experts in the industry. It has won the second prize of the China Standard Innovation Contribution Award. Since its publication and implementation, this standard has been widely recognized and actively adopted by the industry, and has a high status and great influence in the lifting machinery industry. It has become an important technical basis for the production, use, inspection, and business cooperation of lifting machinery. It has played an important role in improving the design level and quality safety of cranes in China, promoting technological progress in the industry, facilitating international trade, cooperating with special equipment supervision, and reducing crane safety accidents. In order to further promote the improvement of standard level, incorporate new technologies, methods, and concepts, lead the industry's technological and equipment updates and upgrades, promote the safe, green, and intelligent high-quality development of the industry, and help China become a world strong crane manufacturing country, the industry has jointly studied and decided to revise the above-mentioned national standards. On the basis of extensive preparation work in the early stage, a grand kickoff meeting for the revision work was held, and the development of the third edition of GB/T 3811 was officially launched. At this meeting, many important consensuses were reached, and it was clearly stated that the revision of this national standard will focus on the latest design methods abroad, industry safety, green, and intelligent development, with high quality and high level. We will make every effort to provide the industry with a high standard, high-tech innovation, and high-level open crane design specification standard.