On 28th Dec.2018, 3 national standards established by subcommittee 2 on Chemical Products of National Technical Committee 469 on Coal Chemical Industry, were approved to release by State Administration of Market Supervision and Administration and National Standardization Management Committee together and would be officially implemented on 1st July, 2019. The subcommittee was an affiliation to the SWRDICI. These 3 national standards were as following: “Alcohol & Ether to Aromatics”（GB/T 37176-2018）、“Coal to Mixed Pentene”（GB/T 37177-2018）、“Coal to SNG for Vehicle”(GB/T 37178-2018）.
National standard “Alcohol& Ether to Aromatics” (GB/T 37176-2018) was used for aromatics from alcohol & ether as materials, which accounted for 95% market share. The implementation of the standard would promote the development of aromatics industry because it set standard and regulation of product quality.
National standard “Coal to Mixed Pentene”（GB/T 37177-2018）was for development of MTP technology. The implementation of this standard was to ensure the quality for enterprises of coal chemical industry in production, storage, sale and use.
In national standard “Coal to SNG for Vehicle”(GB/T 37178-2018）, several breakthroughs were made such as purification of SNG for vehicle, engine using SNG, and SNG filling station for vehicle, etc.. Via this standard, SNG vehicles could be promoted in coal rich areas, which was also an exploration for multi-fuel of vehicles in China.
It was said that the subcommittee would initiate in 2019 to establish industrial standards of “Coal to Lubricant Base Oil by Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis”, “Coal to Mixed Olefins l by Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis”, which would play a positive role in promoting the clean and efficient use of coal.