1.0.1 This code is formulated with a view to follow out relevant national technical and economic policies in design of gas transmission pipeline engineering, unified specification, and realize state-of-art technology, economic feasibility, safety and usability, guaranteed quality.
1.0.2 This code is applicable to design of overland gas transmission pipeline engineering.
1.0.3 Design of gas transmission pipeline engineering shall be in compliance with the following principles:
1 Environment protection, energy conservation and land conservation; manage the interrelation of railway, highway and river all right;
2 Adopt advanced techniques and made efforts to absorb new scientific and technological achievements in both China and abroad;
3 Optimize design proposal, determine the economic feasibility of gas transmission technology and optimal technological parameter.
1.0.4 Design of gas transmission pipeline engineering, not only the requirements stipulated in this code but also those in the current relevant ones of the nation shall be complied with.