A MOU on standardization and supervision over product quality and safety was signed between the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) of China and the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Commerce (MEIC) of Costa Rica on April 7, 2022.
The MOU was signed by Tang Heng, Chinese Ambassador to Costa Rica, on behalf of SAMR and Victoria Hernández, Minister of MEIC, based on the previous bilateral communication.
The MOU will help the two parties to further deepen the international cooperation on standards, enhance the mutual coordination and support in activities of international standards organizations including ISO and IEC, and jointly establish the Standard Information Platform Contributed by the Belt and Road Countries.
The two parties will also promote the exchanges and cooperation in the supervision over product quality and safety, and improve the level of product quality and safety in bilateral trade, so as to better facilitate the economic and trade exchanges and advance the relationship between the two countries.
Keeping good bilateral communication and cooperation in market regulation, the two parties both participate in the international standardization activities as members of ISO. During the ISO Council meeting held in Costa Rica in June 2019, the Chinese delegation, led by Tian Shihong, Vice-Minister of SAMR and Administrator of SAC, and the Costa Rica’s counterpart reached a consensus on signing an agreement to strengthen the cooperation on standardization and supervision over product quality and safety.
Source: China Standardization Magazine, 3rd Issue, 2022
