On 9 June 2023, on the occasion of the Qingdao Forum on International Standardization 2023, the Standardization Administration of China (SAC) and European Committee for Standardization and European Electrotechnical Committee for Standardization (CEN-CENELEC) had a bilateral meeting in the afternoon.
Representatives from SAC include Dr. Tian Shihong, the vice minister of the State Administration for Market Regulation and administrator of the SAC, Mr. Xiao Han, the director general of SAMR’s Standards Innovation Regulation Department, and other delegates. From EU side, on behalf of CEN-CENELEC, Mr. Stefano Calzolari, president of the CEN and Dr. Betty Xu, director of Seconded European Standardization Expert in China (SESEC) attended the meeting.
During this meeting, bilateral parties made discussions over standardization priorities in sustainability and exchanged ideas. Specifically, representatives from SAC introduced bilateral cooperation updates and next steps; Mr. Stefano Calzolari updated the EU sustainability development and standardization. Both believes that the forum is a great opportunity for China and Europe to communicate with each other and make progress together.
