17/09/2020
On 19 August 2020, a meeting of the Heads of BRICS National Standardisation Bodies (NSBs) was held via videoconference. The meeting, which represents a supporting event for the 12th BRICS Summit, was chaired from the Chinese side by Cui Gang, Director-General of the Department of Standards Innovation Management of the State Administration of Market Regulation (SAMR); and by Ricardo Fragoso, Director-General of the Brazilian National Standards Organisation (ABNT); Alexei Abramov, Head of the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology of the Russian Federation (Rosstandart); D.K. Agrawal, Director-General of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS); and Jodi Scholtz, Lead Administrator of the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS).
During the meeting, Cui Gang shared the experience and achievements of China’s standards in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The participants agreed with Cui’s proposals to promote the mutual recognition of standards among BRICS countries, to jointly formulate international standards, to facilitate the signing of the BRICS NSBs Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the Field of Standardisation, and to strengthen the establishment of the BRICS Standardisation Information Sharing Platform.
In addition, during the meeting the representatives of the delegations also discussed and agreed on the Working Mechanism on Technical Regulations, Standards, Metrology and Conformity Assessment Procedures; and on BRICS cooperation in the field of lighting.
http://www.sac.gov.cn/xw/bzhxw/202008/t20200821_346843.htm
