As the year-end is approaching, we want to take this opportunity to reflect on the progress, and show the insights and research results made by China’s standardization community.

In this supplement issue, six academic papers are presented to our domestic and foreign readers. Written by scholars from universities and research institutes, these papers demonstrate the latest research results about standards, standards system, and standards digitization. They are expected to give valuable information, and provide inspiration and reference for other researchers.

These papers conduct research on different themes from different angels, including a strategic framework of quality standards for leadership and organizational development in higher education, the progress and prospect of submersible standardization in China, the technical route of standards digitization based on knowledge graphs, the economic terminology system of agriculture, rural areas and farmers, the standards system for the postpartum maternal and infant rehabilitation institutions, and explanation of the national standard GB/T 43778-2024 on the determination of styrene and 2-chloroethanol in cell culture medium.

Enjoy the reading!

Wish you a New Year filled with happiness and success!