China issues first AI-plus-brain-computer interface medical-device standard

China’s National Medical Products Administration has approved YY/T 2029–2026, a medical-device industry standard covering EEG dataset quality requirements and evaluation methods for artificial-intelligence algorithms used in brain-computer interface devices. The standard covers data collection, processing, labeling, storage and access, and is intended to provide a consistent quality baseline for research, manufacturing, testing and regulation. It is scheduled to take effect on Sept.