Chinese Officer Elected Chairman of the Executive Committee of PASC

From July 9 to 10, 2024, at the 46th Pacific Area Standards Conference (PASC) annual meeting, Mr. Guo Chengguang, Deputy Director-General of the Standards Innovative Management Department in the State Administration for Market Regulation, was successfully elected as the Chair of the next PASC Executive Committee for the term of 2025 to 2027. This marks the first time that a Chinese officer has held a leading position in this Asia-Pacific regional standardization organization.

Founded in 1972, PASC is the only regional standardization organization in the Asia-Pacific region. Currently, PASC has 27 members, including China, the United States, Mexico, Chile, Russia, South Africa, Japan, Australia, and Singapore. PASC maintains close liaison relationships with ISO, IEC, ITU, and APEC.

As the Chairman of the Executive Committee of PASC, China is committed to working with all PASC members to jointly promote the standardization capacity building of PASC members, enhance standardization cooperation among members, increase the influence of the Asia-Pacific region in the activities of ISO, IEC, and other international standards organizations, and contribute to standardization cooperation throughout the Asia-Pacific region.