The annual meeting of Sino-German Standardization Cooperation Commission was held virtually on November 10. Tian Shihong, Vice Minister of SAMR and Administrator of SAC, attended and presided over the meeting.
More than 80 representatives attended the meeting, including Christoph Winterhalter, Chairman of the Executive Board of DIN, Michael Teigeler, Managing Director of DKE, heads of relevant departments in the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action in Germany, as well as other representatives from standardization research institutes, technical bodies and enterprises in the two countries.
The participants exchanged the latest standardization policies on carbon peak and neutrality, listened to the reports on the achievements made by the Sino-German sub-working groups with regard to standardization strategies, intelligent manufacturing/Industry 4.0, electric vehicles, and intelligent connected vehicles, and carried out communications on the standardization cooperation issues of common concern.
Both sides agreed to continue to promote the standards cooperation in areas such as civil aviation, all-electric society, carbon emission reduction in agriculture, artificial intelligence in medical equipment, battery recycling, and standardization education in a broader and more practical way, providing the technical basis for their economic growth and trade cooperation.
Source: China Standardization Magazine, Supplement Issue in 2023
