The "Cold Storage Design Standard" is now approved as a national standard, numbered GB50072-2021, and will be implemented from December 1, 2021. Among them, Articles 4.1.6, 4.1.11, 4.2.2, 4.2.4, 4.2.16, 4.2.18, 5.2.1, 7.3.8, 8.3.3, 8.3.10, 8.4.6 (1), Clause 9.2.1 (1) is mandatory and must be strictly enforced. The original national standard "Code for Design of Cold Storage" (GB50072-2010) will be abolished at the same time. This standard is published on the website of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (www.mohurd.gov.cn), and is published by China Planning Publishing House Co., Ltd. organized by the Institute of Standards and Quotas of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development June 28, 2021