The "Mine Derrick Design Standard" is now approved as a national standard, numbered GB50385-2018, and will be implemented from September 1, 2018. Among them, Articles 1.0.4, 1.0.5, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.4, 5.1.7, and 5.3.2 are mandatory provisions and must be strictly implemented. The original national standard "Code for Mine Derrick Design" GB50385-2006 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 the China Planning Publishing House organized by the Institute of Standards and Quotas of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People's Republic of China January 16, 2018