Standardization Administration of P.R.C. publicly displayed its decision to develop Requirements and Measuring Methods for Personal Information Protection in Smart Home Appliances on its website on September 20 2016, stipulating technological requirements, testing items and testing methods for personal information processing of appliances for household and similar use, as a way of helping consumers in product selection. This regulation is targeted for communication-enabled appliances for household and similar use and their remote service platforms. It specifies principles and levels of personal information processing, and, built on that, relevant requirements and testing methods.