On May 27, 2025, SESEC hosted its 19th webinar, titled China’s Standardization in the Green Transition: Key Insights, to explore China’s latest advancements in green and decarbonization standards. The event attracted manufacturers, policymakers, and industry professionals seeking clarity on China’s evolving regulatory framework for sustainability. Dr. Betty Xu, SESEC’s director, delivered a comprehensive overview of […]
The 2025 Key Points for Industrial and Information Technology Standardization Work, released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) in April 2025, aims to guide high-quality industrial development through standardization. Main Objectives: Modern Industrial System Development: Implement the Implementation Plan for the Standardization Pilot Program of Emerging Industries (2023–2035), continuously improve the standard system […]
In April 2025, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) of China released the draft of the Cloud Computing Comprehensive Standardization System Framework (2025 Edition) for public consultation from April 22 to May 22, 2025. This document aims to build a standardized framework across six domains—basic, technical, service, application, management, and security—to support the high-quality development […]
On March 7 2025, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China (MIIT) and the National Standardization Administration(SAC) jointly releases the newly revised National Guidelines for the Development of the Intelligent Manufacturing Standards Systems (2024 Edition) (hereinafter referred to as the ‘guideline’). This is the fourth revision of the guideline since its inception in 2015, replacing the previous edition released in 2021. The new guideline […]
In early July 2024, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) and the Standardization Administration of China (SAC) released three mandatory national standards: GB 28008—2024 Technical Specification for the Safety of Furniture Structure, GB 18584—2024 Limit of Harmful Substances in Furniture, and GB 28007—2024 Technical Specifications for the Safety of Infants’ and Children’s Furniture. These standards […]
The ISO/UNECE joint working group for information exchange of supply chain aligned to UN/CEFACT semantics (ISO/ TC 154/JWG 9) held the AdHoc Meeting of ISO/PWl 25534-1, Digital product passport—Part 1: Overview and fundamental principles, on March 25. The meeting was attended by over 400 representatives from participating and observing members of ISO/TC 154 such as China, the U.S., Germany, France, Japan, the Republic of […]
The BRICS Economic and Trade Forum was convened on April 18 in Beijing, which was themed “Standards cooperation facilitates trade development, BRICS cooperation empowers the Global South”. The forum was hosted by China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and co-organized by the CCPIT Commercial Sub-Council and the specialized working group on trade and […]
The first national standard on high performance computing (HPC), GB/T 45400-2025, Information technology—Cloud computing—Genera requirements of HPC in cloud, was issued by the State Administration for Market Regulation (National Standardization Administration of China), which will come into effect in October. The development of the voluntary national standard was led by Alibaba Cloud, China Electronics Standardization Institute and other institutions. It lays the foundation for […]
The Seconded European Standardization Expert in China (SESEC) is a visibility project co-financed by the European Commission (EC), the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) secretariat and the three European Standardization Organizations (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI). One task of the SESEC project is to make the intelligence collection for China Standardization and Technical Regulation. Here we […]
Behind the scenes of what remains of multilateralism, standardization plays a key role: that of creating simple, consensual and ambitious rules, driving practices upwards, for the benefit of all. This is one of the topics discussed at the France-China meeting held on Thursday, May 15 at Bercy. On the agenda of He Lifeng, Chinese Vice […]