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T 08 
 
 
 
 
National Standard  
of the People's Republic of China  
 
 
GBXXXX – XXXX  
 
 
 
Automobile fuel consumption labels  
  
 
 
 
Draft for approval  
 
 
 
Date of Issue: XXXX – XX – XX Implemented on: XXXX – XX – XX
 
 
Issued by the General Administration  of Quality Supervision, Inspection and 
Quarantine of the People's Republic of China and the  
Standardisation Administration of the People's Republic of China (SAC)  
 
 
 
 
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Foreword  
 
 
 
The entire contents of this standard are mandatory . 
 
This part is proposed by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).  
 
This part is under the jurisdiction of the National Technical Committee for Standardisation of 
Automobile.  
 
The unit in charge of drawing up this standard: China Automotive  Technology and Research Centre.  
 
Main organisations that participated in the drafting of this standard: Chery Automobile Co., Ltd; 
Beiqi Foton Motor Co., Ltd; Chongqing Changan Automobile Co., Ltd; Great Wall Motor Company 
Limited; Shanghai General Motors  Corporation Limited; Guangzhou Toyota Motor Co., Ltd 
(GTMC); Guangzhou Hongda Automobile Co., Ltd; Beijing Hyundai Motor Company; Dongfeng 
Nissan Passenger Vehicle Technology Centre; Dongfeng Automobile Company Limited, Honda 
Motor, Ltd.  
 
Other organisati ons that participated in the drafting of this standard: Volkswagan China; Ford Motor 
Company; BMW China; Toyota Technical Centre China; Honda Motor (China) Investment Co., 
Ltd; Nissan Atuomobile (China) Co., Ltd; Daimler Chrysler (China) Ltd.  
 
The main dra fters of this standard: WuWei, JinYueFu, Wangzhao, GaoHaiYang.  
 
Other drafters that participated in the drafting of this standard: SunHui, WangHanHua, 
YuanChenJun, FengYuYing, LiShuLi, HuangHuo, LiPeng, TuXianFeng, TanMin.  
 
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Automo bile fuel consumption labels  
 
 
1 Scope  
This standard sets the contents, format, material quality of labels and label positioning requirements 
for automobile fuel consumption.  
This standard applies to M1, M2, and N1 vehicles that use petrol or diesel oil a s fuel, with a 
maximum total mass not exceeding 3,500 kg. This standard does not apply to Hybrid Electric 
Vehicles and other vehicles that use a single fuel.  
1 Normative References  
 
The provisions of the following documents become provisions of this Standard  after being 
referenced. For dated reference documents, all later amendments (excluding corrigenda) and 
versions do not apply to this Standard; however, the parties to the agreement are encouraged to 
study whether the latest versions of these documents are  applicable. For undated reference 
documents, the latest versions apply to this Standard.  
 
GB/T 788 Formats and their sizes of books and magazines;  
GB/T 3181 Colour standard for paint film;  
GB/T 19233 Measurement of fuel consumption for light duty vehicles ; 
GB/T 19578 Limits of fuel consumption for passenger cars;  
GB/T 20997 Limits of fuel consumption for light duty commercial vehicles.  
3 Definitions  
The follow terms and definitions apply to this standard.  
 
Fuel consumption label  
This label indicates the fu el consumption and all relative information (hereafter abbreviated to 
label).  
4 Contents of the label  
The label should contain the following information:  
a) Production enterprise;  
b) Vehicle type;  
c) Engine type, emission, rated power, of which the unit for the eng ine emission is expressed in 
ml and the unit for the rated power is expressed in kW;  
d) Fuel type, such as petrol, or diesel oil;  
e) Transmission type, such as hand operated, automatic, or MT, A T, AMT, CVT;  
f) Driving mode, such as front -wheel drive, rear -wheel dri ve and four -wheel drive;  
g) Gross vehicle mass, maximum design total mass, unit is expressed in kg;  
h) Town area, suburban area and comprehensive fuel consumption, unit is L/100km;  
i) Applicable standards for fuel consumption limitation, specific implementation dat e of fuel 
consumption limit at each phase and corresponding fuel consumption limit, the unit of 
which is expressed as L/100km;  
j) Caption of the differences between the fuel consumption on the label and actual fuel 
consumption.  - 4 - k) Starting date of the label and additional information specified by the government 
departments responsible for the work concerned.  
5 Fuel consumption data  
Fuel consumption data refers to the fuel consumption measurements of town area, suburban area 
and the comprehensive fuel consumption  in accordance with the measuring methods specified in 
GB/T 19233. Fuel consumption data should be precise to one decimal place.  
6 Labelling requirements  
6.1 Function Area Partition  
6.1.1  The label shall be formed by “Title Area”, “Information Area”, “Capt ion Area” and 
“Additional Information Area”, as shown in diagram A.1.  
 
6.1.1.1  The “Title Area” shall be located at the top part of the label; the left side shall be 
“Enterprise Symbol” and the right side shall be “Label Name”. The “Label Name” shall be 
“Automobile Fuel Consumption Label”, and the corresponding English text shall be displayed 
in capital letters as “AUTOMOBILE FUEL CONSUMPTION LABEL”; the text shall be 
arranged with the original Chinese text above the English text.  
 
6.1.1.2  “Information Area ” shall be located in the middle of the label; this is the core part of the 
label: the upper part of the “Information Area” shall be “Vehicle Type Essential Information” 
and the lower part shall be “Label Drawing” and “Fuel Consumption Information”, arrang ed 
side by side.  
 
6.1.1.2.1  “Vehicle Type Essential Information” part shall include: production enterprise, vehicle 
type, engine type, fuel type, emission, rated power, transmission type, driving mode, gross 
vehicle mass, maximum design total mass and othe r information which is related to fuel 
consumption, and any other information that must be explained by the enterprise. If no other 
information need be explained, the words “Other Information” may be deleted.  
 
6.1.1.2.2  “Label Drawing” refers to simplified  refuelling machine.  
 
6.1.1.2.3 “Fuel Consumption Information” includes:  
a) Fuel consumption under working condition of town area, suburban area and 
comprehensive:  
Example 1:  
Working condition of town area: xx.x L/100km  
Working condition of comprehensive a rea: xx.x L/100km  
Working condition of suburban area: xx.x L/100km  
b) Applicable standards (including year) for fuel consumption limit, specific implementation 
date of fuel consumption limit at each phase and corresponding fuel consumption limit.  
Example 2 : 
Applicable national standard: GB XXXX -XXXX;  
Phase x starts from xxxx year xx month xx date, the corresponding fuel consumption 
limit is xx.x L/100km;  
Phase x starts from xxxx year xx month xx day, the corresponding fuel consumption 
limit is xx.x L/100km.  
 - 5 - 6.1.1.3  “Caption Area” shall be located at the lower part of the label, mainly so as to explain the 
adopted applicable national standards (including year) for fuel consumption measuring and 
factors that affect fuel consumption, see specific contents belo w: 
 
The fuel consumption data in this standard label are measured in accordance with the measuring 
methods specified in GB/T 19223 – xxxx “Measurement methods of fuel consumption for light -
duty vehicles”.  
 
Due to the affect that factors such as driving hab its, road state, weather conditions and fuel 
quality may have, the actual fuel consumption may differ from the fuel consumption specified 
in this label.  
 
To prevent the label from affecting the driver's vision, please remove the label after purchasing 
the vehicle.  
 
6.1.2  “Additional Information Area” should be located at the bottom part of the label, the main 
contents including the starting date of the label and any additional information from government 
departments responsible for the work concerned, such as record number.  
 
6.2 Label specification and requirements for the drawing  
 
6.2.1  The dimensions of the label should be at least size A5 (148.5mm x 210mm) as specified in 
GB/T 788, may adopt size A4 (210mm x 297mm) or use size A5 or A4 label inside other size 
pictures and must ensure the format is in accordance with the requirements.  
 
6.2.2  The background colour of the label shall be light -yellow as specified in GB/T 3181 with 
the corresponding number Y06; “Enterprise Symbol” area and the areas which indic ate the fuel 
consumption for town area, suburban area and comprehensive areas under working condition 
with a white coloured background.  
 
6.2.3  The layout and dimensions of every function area of size A5 label should meet the 
requirements set out in Table A .2, amongst which the drawing of the refuelling machine should 
be in accordance with the requirements set out in Diagram A.3; the colour of the refuelling 
machine should be red, as specified in GB/T 3181, with the corresponding number R02. The 
colour of th e text and figures should all be black, the corresponding font and font size should be 
in accordance with the requirements set out in Table A.1. For size A4 labels, the label size 
should be correspondingly enlarged.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Table 1  Corresponding font  and font size of every function area  
Function 
Area  Contents  Font Font Size  
Chinese   Boldface SimHei  24 Title Area  Text 
English  Boldface SimHei  14 
Chinesea SimHei  12 Text 
English  SimHei  12 
Comprehensive value 
of fuel cons umption  Boldface SimHei  36 Information 
Area  
Figures  
Fuel consumption 
value of down -town 
and suburban area  SimHei  12 
Chineseb SimHei  10.5 Text 
English  SimHei  10.5 Caption 
Area  
Figures  SimHei  10.5 
Chinese  SimHei  10.5 Text 
English  SimHei  10.5 Additional 
Information 
Area  
Figures  SimHei  10.5 
a the font size for the words “fuel consumption” in the refuelling machine 
drawing is 12.  
b the font size for the words “caption area” in caption area is 12.  
 
6.3 Material quality of the label  
The material used for the label should be paper or plastic, and should be strong, easy to paste 
and maintain and easy to remove.  
 
6.4 Position of the label  
The label should be pasted inside the vehicle on the side window or on the windscreen, in a 
conspicuous location where it shall not affect the driver's vision. The picture and contents of the 
label should face outwards, so as to be easily read from outside the vehicle.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Appendix A  
(Normative Appendix)  
Specifications and Drawing Requirements of the Function Areas of the Label  
 
  
 
Diagram A.1  Illustrated Instruction for the Layout of the Function Areas of the Label  
 
 
 
 
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Diagram A.2  the Specifications and Requirements for Function Areas of the Label  
 
 
 
 
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Diagram 3  Drawing and Required Specifications for Re -fuelling Mach ine