The inauguration of the secretariat of ISO/TC 341, Heat supply network, was held in Beijing on April 11. China Urban Construction Design & Research Institute, a subordinate enterprise of China Construction Technology Consulting Co., Ltd. (CCTC), holds the secretariat, which is China’s first ISO secretariat for standardization in the field of housing and urban-rural development.
The secretariat is important to the international standardization work on heat supply network, said Li Yubing, Deputy Director-General of Standards Innovative Management Department, SAMR. She suggested that experts engaging in the secretariat must be carefully selected to enhance the capability of participating in international standardization. Also, global resources should be pooled to develop the business plan for the next 3 years and promote the relationship with interconnected standards.
Sun Ying, President of CCTC, stressed that CCTC will support the secretariat for cooperation and mutual benefits. More efforts will be put into talent cultivation to boost the sustainable development of international standardization.
Source: China Standardization Magazine, 3rd issue, 2023.
