China public limit, 30–3000 MHz
12 V/m, equivalently 0.4 W/m², across the FM, TV, and sub-3 GHz cellular and Wi-Fi bands — the strictest widely enforced national limit in that range apart from Russia's.
Regulatorygeneral public30–3000 MHz
Last verified 12 August 2026.
- Limit value
- 400,000 µW/m²Regulatory value — legally enforceable — GB 8702-2014 Table 1 lists E = 12 V/m, H = 0.032 A/m, B = 0.04 µT and Seq = 0.4 W/m² for this band, as RMS over any continuous 6-minute interval.sources: china-gb-8702
- Quantity
- power density
- Frequency band
- 30–3000 MHz
- Population
- general public
- Set by
- China GB 8702-2014 electromagnetic environment control limits (GB 8702-2014, effective 1 January 2015)
- Kind
- Regulatory — legally enforceable
- Averaging time
- 6 minutesA measurement must use the same averaging before it can be compared with this value.
Related records
- China GB 8702-2014 electromagnetic environment control limits
China's mandatory national standard for public exposure from 1 Hz to 300 GHz, referencing ICNIRP 1998 and IEEE but setting values of its own that are stricter in the mobile bands.
Standards & frameworks
- ICNIRP 2020 general public reference level, 400 MHz–2 GHz
Frequency-scaled reference level f/200 W/m², giving 4.5 W/m² at 900 MHz and 9 W/m² at 1800 MHz.
Exposure limits
Sources
- china-gb-8702 GB 8702-2014 电磁环境控制限值 (Controlling limits for electromagnetic environment) — Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China, 2014. regulation, link checked 2026-08-12.
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