On February 14, 2026, the international standard series for the Ethernet-based Huizhi Synchronous Network (WiTSnet) industrial communication, a pioneering initiative primarily led by China, achieved a significant milestone. It was formally approved for establishment by the Industrial Networks Subcommittee of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC/SC65C), under the standard designations IEC 61158 Type29 and IEC 61784 CPF23. This groundbreaking series of standards represents a collaborative effort among leading domestic scientific research institutions and key enterprises, orchestrated by the National Technical Committee on Industrial Process Measurement, Control, and Automation Standardization. It stands as the world's inaugural set of industrial communication protocol standards to incorporate hybrid topology link redundancy technology. This innovation enables high-precision time synchronization and autonomous networking capabilities, thereby offering a distinctly Chinese solution to propel the digital and intelligent transformation of the global manufacturing industry.
