The 18th International Standards Olympiad was held on August 21-23 in South Korea, which attracted 40 teams made up by 120 middle and high school students from China, Peru, Russia, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Rwanda, Japan, Singapore and Indonesia.
On behalf of China, three teams from the middle school and the high school of Hangzhou Foreign Languages School, and the Beijing 101 Middle School, won the Gold Award, Silver Award and Special Award respectively. The tasks of the Olympiad are to develop international standard document and prepare for argument in one day, with the topics of “safety requirements for electric vehicles” and “performance evaluation method of facial recognition systems”.
It not only evaluates the participants’ standardization knowledge from a theoretical perspective, but also integrates creativity, scientific knowledge, and technology, creating an opportunity for them to explore the world of standardization and solve problems with standardization.
Since 2006, the event has been annually hosted by Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS), and organized by Korean Standards Association (KSA), in order to promote the next generation’s awareness on the importance of standardization, and enhance their scientific creativity and communication by offering an opportunity to explore new methods of standardization.
Directed by SAMR (SAC), China Association for Standardization has organized Chinese teams to attend the Olympiad since 2018.
Source: China Standardizaiton Magazine, issue 5 in 2023.
