In early April 2024, the Standardization Administration of China (SAC) released a summary of the state of development of China’s national standardization system in 2023. The key highlights of the summary are presented below.
- Number and distribution of national standardization technical organizations
By the end of 2023, China had established 1,338 national standardization technical organizations, including 550 Technical Committees, 766 Subcommittees (SCs) and 22 Standardization Working Groups (SWGs).
Among these national standardization technical organizations, 9% are for the primary industry, 70% for the secondary industry, 19% for the tertiary industry, and 3% for social public undertakings.
- Newly established technical organizations in 2023
China established 23 new national standardization technical organizations in 2023. This includes 5 TCs, 12 SCs, and 6 SWGs. Some examples are TC 600 for institution governance, TC 602 for air traffic control, SWG 31 for industrial design fundamentals, SWG32 for intelligent computing, etc.
- Registered technical experts and their distribution
By the end of 2023, 59,052 experts had registered as members of China’s national standardization technical organizations, among which 29,107 registered in TCs, 28,815 in SCs, and 1,130 in SWGs.
Among these registered experts, more than 15,000 came from State-owned enterprises, more than 16,000 from private enterprises; while the remaining 3,500 came from foreign-invested enterprises.
- Involvement of foreign-invested enterprises’ experts
Among the registered experts from foreign-invested enterprises, more than 1,500 are members of TCs, more than 1,800 are members of SCs, while more than 40 joined SWGs.
- Top talents in national standardization system
By the end of 2023, 132 academicians from the Chinese Academy of Engineering and 52 academicians from the Chinese Academy of Sciences had been actively involved within China’s national standardization system. Among these academicians, more than 70 academicians served as chairs, more than 80 as vice-chairs, more than 50 as members, and more than 30 as consultants of national standardization technical organizations.
- National standards developed and under development
By the end of 2023, China’s national standardization system featured over 1,500 currently effective mandatory national standards, and over 39,000 currently effective recommended national standards. In addition, China was developing more than 400 new mandatory national standards and more than 7000 new recommended national standards.
