In order to implement the National Standardization Development Outline, as well as strengthen the exchange among stakeholders and mobilize social forces for the standardization career, China Association for Standardization (CAS) held the First China Standardization Conference (2023) on 30th March with the theme of “Standard and Unified National Market”.

The conference consisted of one main session, five sub-sessions, and seven technical committee events. The discussion and presentation in five sub-sessions were respectively involved with green and low-carbon standards, standards for digital transition, energy valley in support of low-carbon standardization, training of standardization professionals, service of standard knowledge. The seven technical committee events were held, including the meeting conference of ISO/IEC International Cooperative Group on Machine-readable Standards, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 43 Brain-computer interfaces, SAC/TC114 Road Vehicles, SAC/TC192 Printing Machine, SAC/TC28/SC22 Programming Language, ISO/TC 321 Transaction assurance in E-commerce, and IEC white paper development conference on dedicated sensing standard system for digital grid power.

The conference is attended by Shu Yinbiao, chairman of the 36th session of International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), Zhang Xiaogang, president of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Zhao Xiangeng and Xue Yusheng, both academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Sergio Mujica, Secretary-General of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and Elena Santiago Sid, Director General of CEN and CENELEC delivered video messages. Director of SESEC Dr. Betty Xu also attended the conference.