On 17 and 18 August 2021, the plenary meeting of the China-EU Joint Working Group of Elevator Standards was held online. The meeting was organized by CEN/TC 10, SESA, SAC/TC 196 and CEAS. Participants included Esfandiar Gharibaan, the President of CEN/TC 10; Gero Gschwendtner, Ari Ketonen, Gerhard Schiffner from CEN/TC 10; Betty Xu from SESEC; members of SAC/TC 196, including ZHANG Hongwei and LI Zhao from CSEI (China Special Equipment Inspection and Research Institute), as well as other experts from the elevator industry.
After and a brief summary of the preparation done for the joint working group, Esfandiar Gharibaan expressed his appreciation for the cooperation between the EU and China, emphasizing the shared goal of ensuring the safety of all users and workers, and calling for further cooperation with CEN/TC 10 to influence the world. ZHANG Hongwei’s speech focused mainly on elevator standards, also anticipating that the working group will work to improve EN and ISO standards through Chinese cases studies and establish the elevator standards system in China.
During the two-day meeting, Chinese experts made an introduction of the development of China’s elevator regulations and standards formulated by SAC/TC 196, while Mr. Esfandiar did so from the European perspective.
Every year, SESEC is invited to participate in the China-EU Joint Working Group meeting, and will keep monitoring the progress of exchanges and cooperation in this field between the EU and China.
