[CFRG] [cfrg] China has just released "Announcement on Launching the Next-generation Commercial Cryptographic Algorithms Program (NGCC)"

[Wang Guilin <[e-mail]>]

Dear all,

Here is a big news about PQC.
China has just released "Announcement on Launching the Next-generation Commercial Cryptographic Algorithms Program (NGCC)"

English Version: https://niccs.org.cn/en/notice/
Chinese Version: https://niccs.org.cn/tzgg/

Detailed call for comments on submission and evaluation criteria are available in two categories: Public-Key Cryptographic Algorithms (mainly PQC) and Cryptographic Hash Algorithms

“In response to the threat of quantum computing and to promote the standardization of the next-generation commercial cryptographic algorithms, the Institute of Commercial Cryptography Standards (ICCS) is launching a global program to call for proposals for next-generation public-key cryptographic algorithms (NGCC-PK), cryptographic hash algorithms (NGCC-CH) and block cipher algorithms (NGCC-BC), according to the arrangement of Chinese Cryptography Standardization Technical Committee. The candidate algorithms will be evaluated in terms of security, performance and other features, and the finalists will be considered for standardization. ICCS looks forward to global algorithm submissions and comments, and encourages international cooperations in algorithm design.

Further notifications of the program will be released on www.niccs.org.cn<http://www.niccs.org.cn>”

Cheers,

Guilin