17/09/2020

A video conference on China-UK standardisation cooperation was held on 17 August 2020. This meeting was attended by Tian Shihong, Deputy Director of China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) and Director of the National Standards Committee, and Scott Steadman, Executive Director of Standards at the British Standards Institution (BSI).

During the meeting, both sides agreed on the work plan for 2021 of the China-UK Standardisation Cooperation Commission. They also discussed China-UK cooperation in the business environment, the latest progress of the “China Standards 2035” plan, and also exchanged views and opinions on their cooperation under the ISO/IEC framework and on the institutional reform of IEC.

In particular, Tian Shihong highlighted the significance of China-UK bilateral cooperation on the standardisation of the business environment, and outlined a set of needs and requirements for future cooperation activities.

 

A few days later, on 21 August 2020, a video conference on China-Germany standardisation cooperation was also held. It was attended by Tian Shihong, Deputy Director of China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) and Director of the National Standards Committee, and Christoph Winterhalter, Chairman of the Executive Board of the German Institute for Standardisation (DIN).

The key topics discussed during the meeting by the two sides include the ISO Strategy 2030, the digitalisation of standards, cooperation between China and Germany on machine-readable standards, and the governance of ISO/IEC JTC1.

In particular, Tian Shihong shared China’s opinions and position on the planning and implementation of the ISO Strategy 2030, outlined recommendations to strengthen further bilateral cooperation in the digitalisation of standards, and reaffirmed the importance of the efforts of China-Germany cooperation in promoting machine-readable standards and in the governance of international standards organisations.

 

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