To improve national food safety standards system upon the requirement of new launched Health China 2030 Strategic Plan, and make proposals.Methods The article reviewed the output of food safety standard from 2011-2015 and challenges faced in existed food safety standard system. Results Some recommendations are made to improve food safety standard management framework, including:to develop new food safety standards; to fully apply food safety risk analysis principle when developing standards; to innovate food safety standard management mechanism; to innovate enterprise food safety standard recording mode; to conduct cost-benefit analysis and training of food safety standards; to participate international standard development actively; to speed up the establishment of independent food safety standards authority.Conclusion Two key principles including compliance to the Food Safety Law and application of food safety risk analysis will still apply on the establishment of science based, reasonable and practical Chinese national food safety standard system from 2016-2020 which will fit the food safety reality in China.