Integrated circuit (IC) is the largest import commodity in China, accounting to 15% of gross imports – almost twice as much as petroleum, the country’s second large import commodity.
The IC industry is thus highly valued by China, also considering the intensification of international competition and the country’s growing determination to achieve industrial autonomy. In this context, the Chinese government has taken structural measures to facilitate the development of the IC industry, covering not only finance and taxation, investment and financing, imports and exports, but also standards and technology development, industrial application, and international cooperation.
In terms of standardization, on 28 January 2021 MIIT issued a call for comments on the establishment of a new national technical committee, which aims to unify various standardization activities that are currently scattered across different technical organizations. The call represents a concrete effort by MIIT to strengthen China’s IC standardization; nevertheless, it drew large attention from overseas actors, as many foreign-invested enterprises are excluded from the new TC. Likewise, many overseas stakeholders are still not very clear about the situation of Chinese standards in the field.
To address this issue, SESEC researched and analysed the work of all relevant Chinese standardization organizations, and prepared several slides summarizing key findings. SESEC would like to share them with you in our webinar on 25 May 2021: you are welcome to participate.
The webinar will take place on 25 May 2021, at 9:30 AM Brussels time, Tuesday. You can register at https://yxmc.webex.com/yxmc-en/onstage/g.php?MTID=e7160359456626ec505eca07b1d8b673f
