On 10 June 2023, the China Quality Certification Center and National Technical Standard Innovation Base of Household Appliances jointly held the Direct-Current (DC) Electronics and Electrical Appliance Industry Alliance (hereinafter referred to as the Industry Alliance) establishment conference. The conference was attended by Mr. Go Shanwu, the Party Secretary of Qingdao Administration for Market Regulation; Mr. Ma Dejun, the Vice Director of China Association for Standardization and the Vice Director of China Battery Industry Association; Mr. Zhang Xiuchun, the Secretary General of China Association for Standardization; and representatives from SDIC Inspection and Testing Certification Co., LTD, United Nations Development Programme China, etc. Nearly 150 representatives from stakeholder associations and enterprises attended the conference.
During the conference, supported by CCMC and DKE, Dr. Betty Xu, SESEC expert, introduced the LVDC standardization work in the EU. In her speech, Dr. Xu presented the LVDC standardization and research activities taken place on the three levels of IEC, EU, and Germany. She pointed out that EU’s LVDC standardization highly aligns with IEC and most of European standardization are taking place directly on the international platform. She also reflected the willingness of European LVDC standardizers to work together with their Chinese counterparts at the IEC level and develop globally recognized international LVDC standards.
The Industry Alliance is initiated by China Quality Certification Center, National Technical Standard Innovation Base of Household Appliances, Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd., and SDIC Inspection and Testing Certification Co., LTD. Mr. Ma Dejun was appointed as the first chairman of the Industry Alliance and made a keynote report at the meeting. In the next step, it’s expected that the Industry Alliance will devote effort in standard research and development of DC electronic and electrical technology innovation, coordinating the industry chains, thus promoting healthy and rapid development of China’s DC electronic and electrical industry via standardization, inspection and certification.
