# 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.

- Canonical URL: https://emfbase.com/standards/china-gb-8702-2014
- Collection: Standards & frameworks
- Record id: `standards:china-gb-8702`
- Status: verified
- Last verified: 2026-08-12
- JSON: https://emfbase.com/api/standards/china-gb-8702-2014
- Also known as: GB 8702-2014, China EMF limits, 电磁环境控制限值

## Key values

- **Organization:** Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China
- **Edition:** GB 8702-2014, effective 1 January 2015
- **Jurisdiction:** CN
- **Frequency range:** 1 Hz – 300 GHz
- **Status of values:** Legally enforceable in at least one jurisdiction

## Scope

Covers public exposure in the electromagnetic environment and the exemption scope for installations, and is used for environmental assessment and enforcement of transmitters and power infrastructure. It explicitly does not govern exposure of users to their own wireless terminals or household appliances, and is not a product-quality specification. Values from 0.1 MHz upward are RMS over any continuous 6-minute interval.

## Sources

- `china-gb-8702` Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China (2014). *GB 8702-2014 电磁环境控制限值 (Controlling limits for electromagnetic environment)*. https://www.mee.gov.cn/ywgz/fgbz/bz/bzwb/hxxhj/dcfsbz/201410/t20141022_290449.htm — regulation, link checked 2026-08-12

Data licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Dataset version 2026.08.1. Retrieved from EMFBase, https://emfbase.com.

This record is reference data, not medical or legal advice. Regulatory limits, scientific guidelines and precautionary values are labelled separately and answer different questions.