The 124th meeting of ISO Council was held on June 3-6 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Chinese delegation attended the meeting, which was led by Tian Shihong, Vice Minister of SAMR and Administrator of SAC.

The attendees investigated policies on data protection, reviewed the work progress related to ISO’s business mode and governance review, discussed key programs such as climate action and machine-readable standards, and elected the chair of ISO/COPOLCO, ISO’s committee on consumer policy. During the workshop on enhancing the interaction of ISO Council and ISO Technical Management Board, Tian Shihong proposed suggestions on behalf of China, which were recognized by ISO Secretary-General and the participants.

The Chinese delegation also visited the Danish Standards, the national standardization body of Denmark. To deepen the standardization cooperation mechanism and improve international standards system in fields including digital economy and ports,the delegation held a few meetings with ISO Secretary-General and national standardization bodies of the U.K., the U.S., France, Germany, Sweden, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, and other countries.