On July 16, 2024, the 2024 plenary meeting of the National Green Product Evaluation Standardization Overall Group (hereinafter referred to as the Overall Group) was held in Beijing, with over 50 participants in attendance. These included Wei Hong, Deputy Director-General of the Standards Technical Management Department under the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR); Yu Qian, Director of the Transport and Energy Division under SAMR’s Standards Technical Management Department; and representatives of the member units of the Overall Group. The meeting was chaired by Li Aixian, Vice President of China National Institute of Standardization and Group Leader of the Overall Group.
During the meeting, the officer from SAMR’s Standards Technical Management Department announced the adjusted list of members of the Overall Group. Following the announcement, the meeting reviewed the progress of green product evaluation standardization, existing challenges, and future visions. The draft for approval of 20230776-T-469 General principles for green product assessment and the progress of nine other standard projects supporting the recent campaign for equipment renewal and consumer product trade-in were presented and discussed.
The discussion at this meeting mainly focused on the future priorities of green product evaluation standardization. Moving forward, the Overall Group intends to accelerate the improvement of the green product evaluation standard system to develop useful and applicable standards with high relevance. Additionally, plans will be made to increase the supply of green product evaluation standards, thereby advancing green product standardization efforts to a new level.
