Last updated: 5 October 2026.
Quick answer. For structural sections from China, start from GB/T 700-2006 for carbon structural steel and the GB/T 34560 series for delivery conditions, then GB/T 11263-2024 for hot-rolled H-beams; connections sit under GB/T 1231-2024. Search by 钢结构, not 钢结构用钢: 46 records, 15 abolished.
Steel structures from China: the GB standards that govern H-beams, structural plates and bolted connections, which editions are current, and the searches that return nothing.
Every standard number, title, status and date on this page comes from the National Standards Information Public Service Platform (`std.samr.gov.cn`), the Chinese state platform that publishes the national standard register, searched by title on 5 October 2026. The searches, the counts they returned and the retrieved rows are recorded in the source table at the end.
A steel structure bought from China is not specified by one standard. The specification stack has four layers, and a buyer who names only the top one is leaving three open:
Three findings from the register are worth a buyer's attention before anything else on this page:
The platform searched here is a title index. A term either appears in a standard's title or it does not; the search is not a full-text search, and a standard that governs steel structures without naming them in the title will not appear in these counts.
Three consequences the reader should carry through the tables below:
The register is also the only source used. No ASTM, EN, ISO or JIS number appears on this page, and no mapping between the GB system and any other system is attempted, because no mapping was retrieved from a source.
Title searches run on 5 October 2026. "Reported" is the total the platform prints; "retrieved" is the number of rows actually returned and read.
| Search term (Chinese) | Meaning | Reported | Retrieved | In force | Abolished | Not yet effective |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 钢结构 | steel structure | 46 | 46 | 29 | 15 | 2 |
| 结构钢 | structural steel | 85 | 85 | 36 | 47 | 2 |
| 碳素结构钢 | carbon structural steel | 34 | 34 | 11 | 21 | 2 |
| 低合金高强度结构钢 | low-alloy high-strength structural steel | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 热轧H型钢 | hot-rolled H-beams | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 钢结构用高强度 | high-strength, for steel structures | 14 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| 不锈钢 | stainless steel | 281 | 196 | 100 | 88 | 8 |
| 建筑用钢结构 | steel structures for buildings | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 焊接结构用钢 | steel for welded structures | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 冷弯空心型钢 | cold-formed hollow sections | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Two rows need a note, because a reader who skims the table will misread them:
These are the current national entries that a structural steel specification most often has to name. Status and dates are read from the register, not from the standard's text.
| Standard | Title (this page's translation) | Issued | Effective | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB/T 700-2006 | carbon structural steel | 2006-11-01 | 2007-02-01 | in force |
| GB/T 699-2015 | quality carbon structural steel | 2015-12-10 | 2016-11-01 | in force |
| GB/T 3077-2015 | alloy structural steel | 2015-12-10 | 2016-11-01 | in force |
| GB/T 34560.2-2017 | structural steel — part 2: technical delivery conditions for general-purpose structural steel | 2017-10-14 | 2018-07-01 | in force |
| GB/T 34560.3-2018 | structural steel — part 3: technical delivery conditions for fine-grain structural steel | 2018-05-14 | 2019-02-01 | in force |
| GB/T 34560.4-2017 | structural steel — part 4: technical delivery conditions for quenched-and-tempered high-yield-strength structural steel plate | 2017-10-14 | 2018-07-01 | in force |
| GB/T 34560.5-2017 | structural steel — part 5: technical delivery conditions for atmospheric-corrosion-resistant structural steel | 2017-10-14 | 2018-07-01 | in force |
| GB/T 34560.6-2017 | structural steel — part 6: technical delivery conditions for seismic-resistant building structural steel | 2017-10-14 | 2018-07-01 | in force |
| GB/T 3274-2017 | hot-rolled steel plates and strips of carbon structural steel and low-alloy structural steel | 2017-02-28 | 2017-11-01 | in force |
| GB/T 3524-2015 | hot-rolled steel strip of carbon structural steel and low-alloy structural steel | 2015-09-11 | 2016-06-01 | in force |
The part numbering matters in practice: part 6 is the one that names seismic-resistant building steel, and part 5 is the one that names atmospheric-corrosion resistance. A drawing that says only "structural steel, GB/T 34560" has not chosen between them.
Every entry below was returned by a title search for 热轧H型钢 — the Chinese term for hot-rolled H-beams. Five of its ten records are in force.
| Standard | Title (this page's translation) | Issued | Effective | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB/T 11263-2024 | hot-rolled H-beams and split T-sections | 2024-10-26 | 2025-05-01 | in force |
| GB/T 32285-2024 | hot-rolled H-beam piles | 2024-04-25 | 2024-11-01 | in force |
| GB/T 43893-2024 | hot-rolled sections for prefabricated steel-structure buildings | 2024-04-25 | 2024-11-01 | in force |
| GB/T 34103-2017 | hot-rolled H-beams for offshore engineering structures | 2017-07-31 | 2018-04-01 | in force |
| GB/T 34199-2017 | hot-rolled H-beams for electrified railway catenary masts | 2017-09-07 | 2018-06-01 | in force |
| GB/T 46214-2025 | hot-rolled H-beams for bridge steel structures | 2025-08-29 | 2026-03-01 | not yet effective |
GB/T 11263-2024 is the general one. The other five are application-specific: piles, prefabricated buildings, offshore work, railway masts and bridges. A structural drawing for a building does not need the offshore or catenary standard, and a drawing that cites the general one usually is not claiming the application-specific distinctions.
A steel structure fails at its connections more often than in its members, and the register treats connections as their own family. A title search for 钢结构用高强度 returns 14 records, of which 4 are in force.
| Standard | Title (this page's translation) | Issued | Effective | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB/T 1231-2024 | high-strength large-hexagon-head bolt assemblies for steel structures | 2024-09-29 | 2025-04-01 | in force |
| GB/T 3632-2008 | torsional-shear-type high-strength bolt assemblies for steel structures | 2008-03-03 | 2008-07-01 | in force |
| GB/T 43151-2023 | high-strength bolt assemblies in weathering steel for steel structures | 2023-09-07 | 2024-04-01 | in force |
| GB/T 33943-2017 | high-strength anchor-bolt assemblies for steel structures | 2017-07-12 | 2018-02-01 | in force |
Note the shape of this table. The 2008 entry is still in force, and it is not simply an older version of the 2024 one: it covers a different bolt type. An assembly bought as "high-strength bolts" can be either, and the two are not substitutes. The same applies to the weathering-steel and anchor-bolt entries.
| Standard | Title (this page's translation) | Issued | Effective | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB/T 28699-2012 | general technical conditions for protective coating of steel structures | 2012-09-03 | 2013-03-01 | in force |
| GB 14907-2018 | fire-retardant coatings for steel structures | 2018-11-19 | 2019-06-01 | in force |
| GB/T 44204-2024 | technical requirements for welding supervision of steel structures | 2024-07-24 | 2024-11-01 | in force |
| GB/T 32836-2016 | spherical bearings for building steel structures | 2016-08-29 | 2017-07-01 | in force |
| GB/T 37789-2019 | test method for cruciform joints in steel structures | 2019-08-30 | 2020-07-01 | in force |
One entry here is a mandatory standard, not a recommended one. GB 14907-2018 carries a GB number, which marks a mandatory national standard; the other four carry GB/T, which marks recommended ones. That difference is described in China's GB standards and is the reason a coating supplier may treat the fire-retardant case differently from the others in this table.
Because so much of this family is superseded, the useful question is not "is there a standard" but "is the number on this certificate the current one". The register answers that directly for each record it returns, and it is why the tables above print an "in force / abolished / not yet effective" column at all.
Three practical consequences:
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⚠️ Translation. The register publishes Chinese titles only. Every English title on this page is this page's own translation, marked as such, and the Chinese term used in each search is printed beside its result. Where a translated title could be rendered differently, the Chinese search term is the checkable one.
⚠️ What was NOT used. No supplier, marketplace, trade publication, consultancy, testing laboratory or certification body contributed a fact to this page. The Bing autosuggest evidence behind the topic choice informed only the decision to write the page; no autosuggest string is cited as a fact anywhere above.
GB/T 11263-2024, hot-rolled H-beams and split T-sections, issued 26 October 2024 and effective 1 May 2025. Application-specific H-beam standards sit beside it for piles (GB/T 32285-2024), prefabricated buildings (GB/T 43893-2024), offshore structures (GB/T 34103-2017), railway catenary masts (GB/T 34199-2017) and bridges (GB/T 46214-2025, effective 1 March 2026).
The material standards in this family are recommended — every one of GB/T 700-2006, the GB/T 34560 series and GB/T 11263-2024 carries a GB/T number. The mandatory entries that appeared in these searches are elsewhere in the family, and in the protection layer GB 14907-2018 for fire-retardant coatings carries a GB number.
A title search for 焊接结构用钢 returns exactly 1 record on 5 October 2026, and the register marks that record abolished. The register titles these documents by the structure or the section, not by the welding process. A title search for 冷弯空心型钢 returns 2 records and both are abolished, for the same reason.
A title search for 钢结构 returns 46 records: 29 in force, 15 abolished and 2 not yet effective. The proportion is similar in the wider 结构钢 term, where 47 of 85 records are abolished. That is the normal state of a family this old, and it is why checking the year suffix against the register matters more here than in most categories.
No. The register says what the Chinese state has published and whether each record is currently in force. Whether a specific mill's steel conforms to any of these standards is established by inspection.
All sources retrieved 5 October 2026. This page is an independent reading of the sources listed; the official pages themselves are the specification.
| Fact used on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| S1 — The register and its search behaviour: the platform is the National Standards Information Public Service Platform; searches are title searches, not full text; the register publishes Chinese titles only; status values printed are 现行 (in force), 废止 (abolished) and 即将实施 (not yet effective). Ten title searches were run on 2026-10-05 and every count on this page is one of them. | National Standards Information Public Service Platform (国家标准全文公开系统 / 全国标准信息公共服务平台), State Administration for Market Regulation https://std.samr.gov.cn/gb/search/gbQueryPage |
| S2 — GB/T 11263-2024 hot-rolled H-beams and split T-sections: recommended, in force, issued 2024-10-26, effective 2025-05-01. Also GB/T 32285-2024 H-beam piles (2024-04-25 / 2024-11-01) and GB/T 43893-2024 hot-rolled sections for prefabricated steel-structure buildings (2024-04-25 / 2024-11-01). | same register, title search 热轧H型钢 (10 records: 5 in force, 5 abolished) https://std.samr.gov.cn/gb/search/gbQueryPage |
| S3 — GB/T 46214-2025 hot-rolled H-beams for bridge steel structures: issued 2025-08-29, effective 2026-03-01, listed as not yet effective on the retrieval date. | same register https://std.samr.gov.cn/gb/search/gbQueryPage |
| S4 — GB/T 700-2006 carbon structural steel (2006-11-01 / 2007-02-01); GB/T 699-2015 quality carbon structural steel; GB/T 3077-2015 alloy structural steel; GB/T 3274-2017 hot-rolled plates and strips of carbon and low-alloy structural steel; GB/T 3524-2015 hot-rolled strip. Title search 碳素结构钢 returned 34 records (11 in force, 21 abolished, 2 not yet effective). | same register, title search 碳素结构钢 https://std.samr.gov.cn/gb/search/gbQueryPage |
| S5 — The GB/T 34560 series, structural steel: part 2 (2017-10-14 / 2018-07-01), part 3 fine-grain (2018-05-14 / 2019-02-01), part 4 quenched-and-tempered high-yield plate, part 5 atmospheric-corrosion-resistant, part 6 seismic-resistant building steel (all 2017-10-14 / 2018-07-01). | same register, title search 结构钢 (85 records: 36 in force, 47 abolished, 2 not yet effective) https://std.samr.gov.cn/gb/search/gbQueryPage |
| S6 — GB/T 1231-2024 high-strength large-hexagon-head bolt assemblies (2024-09-29 / 2025-04-01); GB/T 3632-2008 torsional-shear-type assemblies; GB/T 43151-2023 weathering-steel assemblies (2023-09-07 / 2024-04-01); GB/T 33943-2017 anchor-bolt assemblies. Title search 钢结构用高强度 returned 14 records (4 in force, 10 abolished). | same register, title search 钢结构用高强度 https://std.samr.gov.cn/gb/search/gbQueryPage |
| S7 — Protection and process entries: GB/T 28699-2012 protective coating of steel structures; GB 14907-2018 fire-retardant coatings (mandatory, 2018-11-19 / 2019-06-01); GB/T 44204-2024 welding supervision (2024-07-24 / 2024-11-01); GB/T 32836-2016 spherical bearings; GB/T 37789-2019 cruciform joint test method. | same register, title search 钢结构 (46 records) https://std.samr.gov.cn/gb/search/gbQueryPage |
| S8 — Negative and boundary results, all verified as title searches on 2026-10-05: 焊接结构用钢 -> 1 record, abolished; 冷弯空心型钢 -> 2 records, both abolished; 建筑用钢结构 -> 1 record, in force; 低合金高强度结构钢 -> 3 records (1 in force, 2 abolished); 不锈钢 -> 281 reported, 196 retrieved (100 in force, 88 abolished, 8 not yet effective). | same register https://std.samr.gov.cn/gb/search/gbQueryPage |