ISO regional training course held in Qingdao
The first ISO regional training course 2026 was successfully held in Qingdao recently.
Key Words:ISO
China-South Asia Standardization Cooperation Working Con.
The 4th China-South Asia Standardization Cooperation Working Conference was held on July 8 in the Chengdu High-tech Industrial Development Zone.
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ISO regional training course held in Qingdao
The first ISO regional training course 2026 was successfully held in Qingdao recently.
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Conference on standardization and technological innovation
The Conference on Synergetic Development of Standardization and Technological Innovation, together with the inaugural ceremony for the Journal of Standardization and Artificial Intelligence Standardization, was held in Beijing on June 29.
Key Words:innovation
A number of Chinese national standards take effect on July 1
A total of 550 national standards have come into force since July 1.
Key Words:standards
ISO/TC 107/SC 10 established
The ISO/TMB has recently approved the establishment of a new subcommittee ISO/TC 107/SC 10, Chemical vapour deposition coatings.
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Interview with ISO President Dr. Sung Hwan Cho
ISO Standards: Powering a safer, smarter and more sustainable world
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China holds the secretariat of IEC/TC 107
IEC has recently approved the establishment of the secretariat of IEC/TC 107, Process management for avionics, in China.
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SAMR improves standards system for dual carbon goals
Twenty-two national standards related to GHG conformity assessment have been developed and released so far, with another 29 standards currently under development.
Key Words:carbon
China issues 51 national vocational standards in 2026
According to a press conference held by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, 51 national occupational standards have been issued so far this year.
Key Words:standards
China establishes data infrastructure and data standards
The National Data Administration announced the establishment of the “data infrastructure technology community” and launched the “data standard semantic service platform” on April 28.
Key Words:data
Interview with Mr. Vimal Mahendru, IEC Vice-President
China and IEC can cooperate very well for the future
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Interview with IEC President Mr. Jo Cops
Building on collaboration to create a smart future
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The 10th ISO/IEC Young Professionals (China) Programme held
Hosted by the Shenzhen Administration for Market Regulation, the 10th ISO/IEC Young Professionals (China) Programme kicked off in Shenzhen.
Key Words:ISO,IEC
Experts gather for China's intelligent manufacturing
Plenary meeting of the National Intelligent Manufacturing Standardization General Group and Expert Advisory Group held
Key Words:manufacturing
Chinese national standards in foreign language version free
The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Ministry of Transport, and the Ministry of Commerce jointly held a press conference on April 14 to expound on the free public release of na
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Insights from Professor Kichan Kim
Trade development and standards cooperation in the digital and intelligent era
Key Words:trade,OECCN
ISO releases ISO/TS 19384:2026 on service excellence
ISO/TS 19384:2026, Service excellence—Guidance for the application of digital approaches to achieve service excellence, was released recently.
Key Words:service
Three Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei coordinated standards published
Three local standards were collaboratively issued by the administrations for market regulation in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei.
Key Words:Beijing,local
New national standard for ambient air quality released
The new mandatory national standard GB 3095-2026 was released.
Key Words:air,environment
Chinese strontium optical clocks help keep the world on time
The optical lattice clock based on strontium atoms, NIM-Sr1, developed by the National Institute of Metrology, China (NIM), has been approved to calibrate the International Atomic Time (TAI).
Key Words:metrology
Three regional working groups for AI established
SAC/TC 28/SC 42 on artificial intelligence has established regional working groups in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the Yangtze River Delta region, and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA).
Key Words:AI
China releases first standards system for humanoid robots
The 2026 version of the standards system for humanoid robots and embodied intelligence was released.
Key Words:robot,AI
Interview with Tom Heilandt
Confidence and continuous learning: Key for Chinese students to engage in international standardization work—Interview with Tom Heilandt, Secretary-General of the International Federation for Sustainability and Justice, former Secretary of the Codex
Key Words:WHO,education
Interview with Rachel Miller Prada from ISO
Diversity, youth and future-oriented standardization—Interview with Rachel Miller Prada, ISO Capacity Building Project Manager
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ISO releases standards for electronic bill of lading
ISO 5909:2026, Business processes and data interchange of electronic bill of lading based on distributed ledger technology (DLT), was released.
Key Words:blockchain
APEC meeting on carbon emission management standards held
The meeting on carbon emission management standards and best practices for urban sewage treatment was held in Guangzhou on February 3.
Key Words:carbon,APEC
ODCCN/PAS 1:2025 for humane entrepreneurship released
The release ceremony of the international standard ODCCN/PAS 1:2025 on guidance for humane entrepreneurship was held in Seoul, South Korea.
Key Words:CCPIT
Six departments issue plan for logistics standardization
Six departments have jointly issued a plan for key tasks of modern logistics standardization for the period of 2025-2027.
Key Words:logistics
ISO releases two standards for textiles
Recently, two international standards, ISO 8159:2025 and ISO 17971:2025 were officially released.
Key Words:ISO,fibre
China launches the global AI standards library
The global AI standards library and the global AI terminology library were launched.
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A batch of important national standards for CCUS released
China released 12 national standards for carbon capture, utilization and storage.
Key Words:CCUS,carbon
CAS establishes the committee on low-altitude economy
The launching ceremony of the Professional Committee on Low-altitude Economy of China Association for Standardization (CAS) was held in Beijing.
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IEC releases a standard on environmental testing
The impact of climatic environmental tests on the performance of related products has attracted much attention.
Key Words:IEC
China's overall conversion rate of intl standards reaches 86
The overall conversion rate of international standards into China’s national standards has reached 86% by the end of September 2025.
Key Words:standards,SAMR
WASIC empowers development of global automobile industry
the World Automobile Standards and Innovation Conference (WASIC) was held on October 27-29 in Shenzhen.
Key Words:automobile
First national standard for food digital factory released
GB/T 46511-2025, General technical requirements for food digital factory, was released recently.
Key Words:digital
ISO/TC 8/SC 27 holds the first plenary meeting in Shanghai
It will provide sound support for the sustainable development of global supply chains.
Key Words:ISO
Chinese expert elected IFAN Vice-President
Xia Weijia (Vivian) was elected Vice-President of IFAN.
Key Words:CAS
National University Student Standardization Olympiad held
The final of the National University Student Standardization Olympiad 2025 was successfully held in Hangzhou City.
Key Words:Olympiad,youth
SAMR releases the first national standard on livable cities
GB/T 46391-2025, Sustainable cities and communities—General requirements for livable cities, officially came into effect on October 5.
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ISO releases technical specification on child care articles
ISO/TS 24929-2:2025, Child care articles—General safety—Part 2: Mechanical hazards, was officially published.
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ISO sets up working group on non-metallic pipes
The new working group ISO/TC 67/SC 2/WG 32, Non-metallic pipes, was approved for establishment by ISO recently.
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Downloads of national standards exceed 10 million times
SAMR had steadily promoted the full-text disclosure and free download of over 30,000 national standards that do not adopt international standards since the beginning of this year. In the first half of 2025, downloads exceeded 10 million times.
Key Words:standard
SAC/TC 611 on platform economy governance established
SAC/TC 611 is established to leverage the systematic supporting role of standardization in advancing the modernization of China's systems and capacity for governance.
Key Words:economy
Standards and metrology empower the World Games 2025
Technological R&D and application, the innovation of standard materials, and the capacity building of measurement standard instruments provided guarantees for the safe and stable operation as well as the fair competition of the Games.
Key Words:Standards,and,metrology,empowe
Standard on credit commitment of business entities released
SAMR recently released the national standard GB/T 46277-2025.
Key Words:standard
ASEAN-Oriented Standardization Cooperation Forum held
Themed "innovative cooperation on AI standardization: empowering the building of China-ASEAN community with a shared future", the ASEAN-Oriented Standardization Cooperation Forum was convened in Nanning, Guangxi.
Key Words:ASEAN
Chinese delegation wins prizes at Intl Standards Olympiad
The 20th International Standards Olympiad was held in South Korea in mid August.
Key Words:Chinese,delegation,wins,prizes
