GB18030-2022 Chinese Code Character Set Requirement
Summary: The following article provides information about the Chinese ideographic character set and encoding standards mandated by the Chinese Government.
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GB08030-2022 Chinese code character set
Note: This article applies to All Windows client and server Operating Systems.
GB 18030 is the Chinese ideographic character set and encoding standard mandated by the Chinese government. Update 2022 supports the extended character support, and is effective August 1, 2023.
Windows client and server operating system:
Microsoft provides updates to the operating system in June and July of 2023 to ensure that devices can meet the compliance requirement:
Preliminary Support Level:
Not Supported: Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2015
Level Two: Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2016
Level Three: Most Windows versions are still within an active support lifecycle
| Level One | Level Two | Level Three |
|---|---|---|
| GB18030-2005 Mandatory Level
+ 66 CJK Unified Ideographs |
Level one
+ 196 characters in the Normalized Chinese Character Set |
Level two
+ all Chinese characters (CJK unified characters till Ext. F) + (Kangxi radicals), 87,887 characters |
Windows Update availability in Microsoft Update Catalog
| Operating System | IME and Font Update | Handwriting Update |
|---|---|---|
| Windows 11 22H2 | 6D (June 27, 2023) | 7D (July 25, 2023) |
| Windows 11 21H2 | 6D | N/A |
| Windows 10 21H2, 22H2 | 6D | N/A |
| Windows 10 Enterprise G 21H2 | ||
| Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 21H2, 22H2 | ||
| Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021 | 7B (July 11, 2023) | N/A |
| Windows Server 2022 | 7B | 6B (June 13, 2023)
- Removed from zh-cn operating system images |
| 7B (July 11, 2023)
- Installation Prevention |
||
| Azure Stack HCI Windows Server 2016, 2019 | 7B | N/A |
| Windows 10 Enterprise G 1809 | ||
| Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 2016 | ||
| Windows 10 IoT Core 2019 | ||
| Azure Stack HCI 21H2, 22H2 |
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Article Number: 000216478
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 18 May 2026
Version: 5
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