The China-Germany Working Group on Standardization Strategic Cooperation held a virtual meeting on March 16, 2022, which was attended by Tian Shihong, Vice-Minister of SAMR and Administrator of SAC, Christoph Winterhalter, Chairman of the Executive Board of DIN, Michael Teigeler, Managing Director of DKE as well as Deniela Bronstrup, Director General for Digital and Innovation Policy at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK).
During the meeting, the two parties made in-depth discussions on key topics including ISO Strategy 2030, all- electric society proposed by IEC and An EU Strategy on Standardization, and exchanged their work experience in the areas such as product safety and standardization.
Tian put forward that the ISO’s standardization roadmap should be promoted together with the enhanced management of technical committees. The role of Standardization Management Board and Market Strategy Board should be fully exerted and the standardization research on all-electric society should be strengthened in IEC.
He stressed that the two parties need to jointly facilitate the consensus on digital cooperation of standards to be included in the smart standards work of ISO and IEC, and further strengthen the exchange and communication in areas such as standardization strategy and standards life-circle management, which was highly affirmed by the German party.
The two parties reached a consensus on achieving more practical results through the China-Germany standardization cooperation.
Source: China Standardization Magazine, 3rd Issue, 2022
