World Federation for Medical Education plays a major role in the developing of global standards and promoting medical education reform as a NGO aiming of enhancing the quality of medical education worldwide. The WFME global standards has a positive influence on the establishment of global medical accreditation system so as to assure the quality of medical education in different countries and regions. In 2020, WFME revised basic medical education WFME global standards in the 2015 revision, adjusting the evaluation concept, expression form and content. This paper compares two versions of standards, elaborates on the core changes in the 2020 version, and in light of the specific context of accreditation of medical education in China, proposes several recommendations. These include emphasizing the guiding role of educational evaluation theory, reflecting the balanced guidance of medical education at both macro and micro levels, and paying attention to the influence of regional environments and socio-cultural contexts on medical educationin the formulation and revision of standards for medical education. The discussion aims to provide insights and references for the revision of standards for basic medical education in China.