On 21 November 2022, the Sino-German Standardization Cooperation Commission held the 10th meeting in a hybrid format (online and offline). The meeting was moderated by Dr Thomas Zielke, Head of the National and International Standardization and Patent Policy of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), and Mr Guo Chenguang, Deputy Director of the Department of Standards Innovation Regulation of the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR).

The meeting introduced the standardization-related content of the 14th Five-Year Plan for the Modernization of Market Supervision. It also presented the achievements in the past year of the four sub-working groups, including the China-Germany Standardization Strategy, Intelligent Manufacturing/Industry 4.0, E-mobility, and Intelligent Connected vehicles; it also summarized the progress of China-Germany standardization cooperation in the fields of civil aviation, autonomous and artificial intelligence application ethics, quantum technology, all-electric society, service industry, heating gas, smart energy, data audit, and geometrical product specifications. In-depth discussions were also organized on standardization education and capacity evaluation, hydrogen energy, management consulting, medical refrigeration equipment and other technical fields. The main outcome of the meeting was consensus on the positive impact that active information exchange between China and Germany on standards, policies and trends, combined with technological cooperation, have on international standardization activities as well as international economic and trade exchanges. Therefore, the two sides will continue to deepen coordination on standards and work for more practical outcomes.

More than 80 representatives from the BMWK, the German Institute for Standardization, the German Commission for Standardization of Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies of DIN, and relevant German enterprises, attended the meeting, together with representatives from SAMR’s Department of Standards Technology Regulation, Department of Standards Innovation Regulation, as well as representatives from relevant scientific research institutions, industry associations and enterprises.