How China’s New DevOps Standards Are Shaping Global IT Operations

2024‑2027 Information Standard Construction Action Plan

On May 29, 2024, the Central Cyberspace Administration, the State Administration for Market Regulation, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology jointly issued the "Information Standard Construction Action Plan (2024‑2027)", emphasizing the internationalization of information standards, deep participation in ISO, IEC, ITU, and aligning national standards with international technical indicators.

CAICT Dual Assessment Based on ITU DevOps and Domestic Standards

China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) launched a synchronized assessment that recognizes both the ITU DevOps international standard and the domestic DevOps capability maturity model, upgrading evaluation scope, certificates, and reports to meet the requirements of the action plan.

GOPS 27th Global Operations Conference Highlights

On October 17, 2025, at the 27th GOPS Global Operations Conference in Shanghai, CAICT announced the 35th batch of dual‑certificate assessment results. Anhui Rural Credit Union’s "JinNong Cloud Store" passed the ITU DevOps international standard and the domestic Continuous Delivery Level‑3 assessment, significantly boosting its capabilities.

Industry Participation Overview

Statistics (as of Oct 17 2025) show the number of city‑commercial banks and other financial institutions that have passed various DevOps assessments, including Continuous Delivery Level‑3, Technical Operations Level‑2, Security & Risk Management Level‑2, BizDevOps Level‑3, performance measurement, and SRE Level‑3. The data include both parent companies and subsidiaries.

Case Study: Zhejiang Rural Commercial Union Bank

The bank’s "Harvest Interconnected Mobile Banking" and "Merchant Financial Cloud" projects both achieved Continuous Delivery Level‑3 under the CAICT DevOps model, becoming the first rural commercial bank to do so. The assessment highlighted platform‑level improvements, shortened delivery cycles, automated testing, and a one‑stop collaboration model that integrates development, testing, and operations.

CAICT Organization‑Level DevOps Platform Assessment

Based on YD/T 3763.8‑2021 "DevOps Capability Maturity Model Part 8: System and Tool Technical Requirements", the assessment covers project and development management, continuous delivery, test management, automated testing, technical operations, DevSecOps, and other technical domains, guiding enterprises to build a complete organization‑level DevOps platform.

BizDevOps Standard System

In November 2024, the People’s Bank of China and six other ministries issued a digital‑finance action plan urging the formation of cross‑technology task teams. CAICT’s BizDevOps framework integrates DevOps, DevSecOps, FinOps, and other XOps standards to create an end‑to‑end business‑value chain, from business goal definition to service operation and continuous value delivery.

ITU DevOps International Standard Background

In July 2018, CAICT led the ITU‑T project that resulted in the international DevOps standard, with participation from over 20 countries. In July 2020, the ITU‑T Y.3525 standard for cloud service development and operation management was approved, establishing a global reference for cloud‑based DevOps practices.

Domestic DevOps Capability Maturity Model

The model, jointly developed by CAICT, the Cloud Computing Open Source Alliance, major internet companies, and industry leaders, has been issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and adopted by many enterprises across finance, communications, and internet sectors.

Contact Information for Assessment Inquiries

For DevOps standard assessment, contact CAICT representatives: Bai Hanxiong (phone 159 1076 9206, email [email protected]) and Liu Zhaowei (phone 130 2106 0029, email [email protected]). Additional inquiries can be directed to Wei Huanxin (phone 185 0025 5645, email [email protected]).