The International Standardization Forum was held in hybrid form on January 5 in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, which is themed “High standards lead high-quality development of the manufacturing industry”. The forum was directed by the Standardization Administration of China (SAC) and organized by Guangdong Administration for Market Regulation and Government of Nansha District, Guangzhou.
National and international officers, academicians and leading experts made keynote speeches, including Zhang Xiaogang, former ISO President, Sun Yu, Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Dennis Chew, Regional Director of IEC Asia-Pacific Regional Center, Chen Guangxue, Professor at South China University of Technology, etc.
Tian Shihong, Vice Minister of State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) and Administrator of SAC, addressed the forum via video. The forum plays an active role in cultivating the international standardization talents that are urgently needed in the manufacturing industry, and raises the internationalization level of the industry in Guangdong province. As part of the national fundamental system, standards prop up economic and social development technically, which is essential for the manufacturing industry, China’s pillar industry, to develop in a high-end, intelligent and green way, said Tian.
According to Tian, efforts should be exerted on four aspects: implementing the National Standardization Development Outline to lead the construction of a modernized industrial system with high standards; highlighting the prominent role of enterprises to unleash their driving forces of making innovation and creating jobs with standards innovation; cultivating standardization talents needed in modern industries; and steadily expanding the institutional openness of standards to increase the level of opening-up.
Two workstation of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Institute of Standardization and International Standardization Talent Cultivation Center were officially launched on the forum, which unveils Guangdong’s further development of standardization.
Source: China Standardization Magazine, 1st issue, 2023.
