Hosted by China National Institute of Standardization (CNIS), the Inaugural Ceremony of the National Collaboration Mechanism for Standardization Research Institutes and the 4th Roundtable on Standardization Reform and Development were held in Beijing on November 29, 2024, to implement the National Standardization Development Outline and establish a standardization science and technology system with the comprehensive standardization research institute at the national level as the leader, and standardization research institutes at the industrial, regional and local levels as the mainstay.
The collaboration mechanism is of great significance for further giving play to the fundamental and leading role of standardization in promoting high-quality development. It is expected that the collaboration mechanism will facilitate in-depth cooperation among nationwide standardization research institutes, further improve the overall level of standardization in China, and boost scientific and technological self-reliance, said Liu Jun, Vice Administrator of SAMR.
He stressed that we should enhance the level of collaboration, and serve the construction of a unified national market and the central tasks of local governments in the development of standards data resources, transformation of scientific and technological achievements, cultivation of professional talent, and other aspects. We should strive to achieve breakthroughs in standardization science and technology, and lead the development of strategic emerging industries and future-oriented industries with innovation in technologies and standards, so as to promote new quality productive forces.
Xiao Han, Director General of Standards Innovative Management Department of SAMR announced the list of the council members of the collaboration mechanism, and witnessed the signing of the statute by the council members and the official launch of the collaboration mechanism together with Wu Hequan, former Vice President, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), and Chair of China Standardization Expert Committee, Gong Ke, former President of Nankai University, Liu Hongsheng, Director General of Standards Technical Management Department of SAMR.
CNIS, assuming the chairmanship of the council, unveiled the Initiative of the National Collaboration Mechanism of Standardization Research institutes. Chongqing Institute of Quality & Standardization, Shenzhen Institute of Standards and Technology, and Shandong Institute of Standardization, made statements respectively as the vice-chair or member of the collaboration mechanism.
Luo Fangping, President of CNIS, addressed the event. Wu Hequan and Gong Ke gave speeches, elaborating on the development path of the digital and intelligent transformation of standards, and the opportunities and challenges that coordinated digital and green transformation has brought to the development of standardization.
After the inaugural ceremony, the Roundtable on the Reform and Development of Standardization was held, where experts from the industry, universities, and research institutes delivered speeches on the topic of frontier theory and practice of standardization development, and had a roundtable discussion on the new measures for standardization reforms during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030).
Source: China Standardization Magzine, Issue No. 2, 2025.
