This standard is a revision of  and replaces GB/T 2829-1987  Sampling procedures and tables for periodic inspection by attributes (Apply to inspection of stability for productive process).

This standard was proposed by and is under the jurisdiction of National Technical Committee of Standardization for Application of Statistical Methods. 

The major drafting units of this standard are: Ordnance Engineering College, China National Institute of Standardization, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science (AMSS) in the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China Ordnance Standardization Research Institute and Lingyun Industrial Co., Ltd. 

The main drafters of this standard are: Zhang Yuzhu, Ma Yilin, Liu Wen, Zhu Huiming, Cao Shimin and Chang Zhicheng, etc. 

This standard was first published in 1982 and subsequently revised in 1987