en.Wedoany.com Reported - In July 2026, the first working discussion meeting for two group standards—"Industrial Valves: Intelligent Classification and Evaluation Methods" and "Industrial Process Control Valves: Online Fault Monitoring and Intelligent Diagnosis Systems—Technical Requirements"—jointly initiated by the China Association for Mechatronics Technology Application and the China Association for Electromechanical Equipment Maintenance and Renovation Technology, was held at the Hollysys Group Beijing base. Hollysys is the lead drafting unit for the group standard "Industrial Valves: Intelligent Classification and Evaluation Methods."
Valves are core control components in the process industry, and their intelligence has become an industry development trend. However, China has long lacked a unified, quantifiable, and implementable intelligent evaluation system. Different manufacturers define "intelligent valves" and their product parameters independently, leading to a lack of a unified reference standard for end users in equipment selection and maintenance. The development of this standard aims to provide a unified evaluation basis for the entire fluid control industry and proactively define a tiered path for the development of intelligent valves.
This discussion meeting brought together experts from the entire industry chain, including the Mechanical Industry Instrumentation Comprehensive Technology and Economy Research Institute, engineering design institutes, large coal chemical end users, valve manufacturing and remanufacturing enterprises, and digital service providers, forming an integrated research, production, and application team covering all stages from R&D and production to engineering, maintenance, and end use. Hollysys has previously been deeply involved in the development of multiple national-level automation standards. At this meeting, Hollysys structured the standard framework from an industry-wide perspective and discussed the draft content item by item.
Zhao Aibing, President of Hollysys Instrumentation Business, stated at the meeting that valve intelligence and online fault pre-diagnosis are core development directions for the industry, but the lack of industry standards has long constrained technology implementation and healthy market competition. The development of these two group standards will fill the institutional gap in the industry, providing clear guidance for product R&D, market promotion, and equipment selection. As one of the few comprehensive enterprises in the industry that simultaneously masters the self-developed manufacturing of valve bodies and intelligent positioners, and possesses a complete set of control systems, engineering implementation, and software platforms, Hollysys has the conditions to lead the standard development.
At the meeting, Yang Bin, Chief Engineer of Hollysys Instrumentation Business Unit, representing the standard drafting group, interpreted the standard discussion draft item by item and engaged in in-depth discussions with on-site experts on core content such as intelligent classification, quantitative evaluation indicators, and the applicable boundaries of the standard. The standard development process adheres to the principle of open and collaborative construction, incorporating stages such as project approval demonstration, public solicitation of opinions across the industry, multiple rounds of cross-disciplinary expert review, experimental data verification, and regular re-evaluation. This approach incorporates the demands of equipment manufacturers, engineering service providers, maintenance units, and end users to ensure the neutrality, objectivity, and feasibility of the standard.
The significance of this group standard lies in filling the technical standard gap in China's intelligent valve niche and promoting the alignment of domestic intelligent valve technology with international standards. The standard drafting working group will revise and improve the standard draft after summarizing the opinions from this meeting, and will publicly solicit feedback from the entire industry at an appropriate time. After multiple rounds of expert technical discussions and reviews, the standard will proceed to evaluation and release. Hollysys stated that it will continue to invest technical resources and engineering experience, collaborate with all parties in the industry chain to improve the intelligent valve standard system, and promote the implementation of the standard.
