Understand the group standard T-CQAE11029-2025 "Evaluation Specification for First Edition Software Products"

Today, as the digital wave sweeps the world, the software industry, as an important engine of the digital economy, its innovation capacity and product quality are directly related to the process of industrial upgrading. To standardize the evaluation work of the first version of software products, the China Association for Standardization has developed the group standard T/CQAE11029-2025 "Evaluation Specification for the First Version of Software Products". This standard provides a unified evaluation methodology for innovative software products released for the first time and is an important technical support for the high-quality development of China's software industry.

The core connotation of the first version of the software product

The first version of software products refers to innovative software solutions independently developed by enterprises, with core intellectual property rights, and released and sold for the first time. Such products are usually breakthrough achievements in solving key technologies in the industry, featuring significant technological advancement and market foresight. As various provinces and cities have successively introduced policies for the recognition of the first version of software, establishing a unified evaluation standard has become an urgent need for the industry.

The benchmark for measuring technological innovation

The first version of the software should reach the advanced domestic level in terms of algorithm efficiency, architectural design or functional implementation. The product should offer solutions that traditional software cannot achieve, or enhance the performance of existing solutions by more than 30%. For instance, new industrial control software driven by artificial intelligence optimizes production processes through machine learning, significantly reducing energy consumption.

The clear ownership of intellectual property rights

The applying enterprises must obtain the software copyright registration certificate through the original acquisition method. The core code autonomy rate should reach over 80%, and direct application of open-source code should be avoided. This ensures the independent control ability of our country's software industry and prevents core technologies from being controlled by others.

Framework Analysis of the T/CQAE11029-2025 standard

This standard has established a four-in-one evaluation system, covering four dimensions: product technical characteristics, quality attributes, safety norms and service capabilities. The regulations require that the assessment institutions possess dual qualifications from the Certification and Accreditation Administration of the People's Republic of China (CMA) and CNAS to ensure the authority and credibility of the assessment results.

The composition of core assessment indicators

The technical dimension focuses on evaluating the degree of innovation realization and performance indicators, including specific parameters such as data processing efficiency and resource occupancy rate. The quality dimension is in accordance with the GB/T25000.10 standard, and the defect density is required to be controlled at less than 0.5 per thousand rows. In the security dimension, vulnerability classification management is implemented, and high-risk vulnerabilities must be 100% fixed. The completeness of the service dimension assessment implementation document and the timeliness of response.

Phased assessment process

The norms divide the assessment into three stages: the initial technical review of the application materials focuses on the compliance of intellectual property rights; Prototype systemFunctional testingVerify the implementation degree of core functions; "Online version"Pressure testSimulate the actual operating environment. Quantitative assessment models are set up at each stage, such asFunctional testingThe coverage rate of use cases needs to reach over 98%.

Industry transformation brought about by the implementation of standards

The promotion and application of this specification is profoundly changing the software industry ecosystem. It has shifted the recognition work of the first version of software from policy guidance to standardized management, establishing a unified evaluation scale across the country and effectively addressing the issue of differences in recognition standards among various regions.

The release of the innovative momentum of enterprises

After the implementation of the standard, the input and output of enterprise R&D can be quantitatively evaluated. Research and development projects that meet the standards can enjoy a local government reward of up to 2 million yuan and also obtain priority in government procurement. After a certain intelligent manufacturing software enterprise passed the certification, its products were included in the provincial promotion and application directory, and its sales revenue increased by 67% in the same year.

The optimization and upgrading of the industry ecosystem

Regulations promote the establishment of a third-party evaluation system, requiring evaluation institutions to be equipped with professional toolchains and automated testing platforms. During the evaluation preparation process, the test environment deployment service provided by Shangtuo Cloud Test can effectively reduce the preparation costs for enterprises. Through the full-process evaluation solutions provided by professional institutions, the average efficiency of enterprise product defect repair has increased by 40%.

Implementation path and operation suggestions

Enterprises applying for the first version of the assessment need to make systematic preparations. The applicant entity should have independent legal person status, have no major safety responsibility accidents in the past three years, and the technical team should account for more than 30% of the total number of employees. It is recommended to complete the application within six months after the official release of the software product.

Key points for preparing assessment materials

The application materials should include a self-declaration of the enterprise standard and need to be filed on the National Enterprise Standard Information Public Service Platform. The technical documentation should detail the implementation principles of the innovation points and provide third-party performance comparison test data. The quality control document should include a complete test case library and defect tracking records.

Selection strategy for evaluation institutions

Give priority to institutions that have been recognized by the Certification and Accreditation Administration of the People's Republic of China. It is recommended to examine whether the technical expertise of the institution matches the type of software. For instance, for industrial software, an institution with the ability to test industrial control systems should be selected. Professional institutions such as Shangtuo Cloud Measurement can provide pre-assessment services to help enterprises improve their technical shortcomings in advance. A fully qualified assessment institution can ensure that the report is accepted in the bidding and tendering process.

The future outlook for standardized development

With the implementation of T/CQAE11029-2025, the first version of the evaluation will develop towards dynamic supervision. In the future, a post-launch tracking mechanism for products may be established, with a two-year observation period set to assess market performance. At the same time, it is integrated with the software maturity model to form an evaluation system that runs through the product life cycle.

Industry convergence trend

The norms will accelerate the deep coupling of software with various industries. In the field of industrial Internet, software products need to simultaneously meet industry functional safety and information security standards. For artificial intelligence products, ethical indicators such as algorithm interpretability may be added in the future.

The path to aligning with international standards

The revision of the standard will refer to the latest requirements of the ISO/IEC25000 series standards and promote the international mutual recognition of assessment results. It is planned to achieve alignment with the APEC cross-border privacy rule system by 2027 to facilitate the overseas expansion of domestic software.

The group standard T/CQAE11029-2025 has established a scientific evaluation system for the first version of software products, ensuring the quality of innovation through a standardized assessment process. This standard not only provides software enterprises with a clear direction for technological research and development, but also helps purchasers identify truly valuable innovative products. With the in-depth implementation of standards, China's software industry will shift from scale growth to quality improvement, providing a solid foundation for the development of the digital economy. Enterprises should proactively study the standard requirements and integrate the assessment norms into the R&D management system in order to gain a competitive edge in the wave of innovation.