From October 18 to 19, the final of the National University Student Standardization Olympiad 2025 was successfully held at China Jiliang University in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province. The final attracted over 400 attendees, including members of the review expert group, representatives of organizing units, competitors, and instructors.
The Olympiad was launched in April, and set up 3 tracks for students with different educational backgrounds, undergraduates and graduates majoring in standardization, undergraduates and graduates not majoring in standardization, and vocational high school students, who competed under 6 themes such as standardization for carbon peak and neutrality, smart city standardization, and digital economy standardization. Additionally, it set up other 4 special tracks, namely “data elements and AI standardization”, “goods encoding standardization”, “cultural heritage protection, inheritance, and cultural tourism standardization”, and “Belt and Road international track” for overseas competitors.
The competition attracted 757 teams with over 5,000 students and instructors from 132 universities at home and abroad. After preliminary and regional selection rounds, 81 teams from universities such as Zhejiang University, the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the National University of Singapore advanced to the national finals.
The 2 grand prizes, 16 first prizes, 25 second prizes, and 38 third prizes were announced at the final, along with other 2 special awards. The grand prizes were won by the team from Guangdong Technology College for their Guidelines on High-quality Development and Promotion of Zhaoqing Local Specialties, and the team from Shanghai Polytechnic University for their Management Standards for the Transportation of Retired Power Batteries from New Energy Vehicles.
The Olympiad has been successfully held for five consecutive years, and attracted a total of over 10,000 competitors since 2021. Guided by SAMR, this year’s Olympiad was organized by the China Association for Standardization, China Jiliang University, and the National Standardization University Alliance.
