Interview with Dr. Tatiana Schmollack-Tarasova
Standards and certifications help enterprises improve product quality, address AI challenges and go global in compliance
Key Words:BSI
IEC/IEEE 61007-389:2026 officially released
IEC/IEEE 61007-389:2026, Transformers and inductors for use in electronic and telecommunication equipment—Part 389: Measuring methods and test procedures, was officially released recently.
Key Words:IEC
National standard on age-friendly urban rail transit issued
The voluntary national standard GB/T 47732-2026 officially came into effect on September 1.
Key Words:standards
China issues over 2,800 national standards this year
SAMR (SAC) has released over 2,800 national standards. Among these standards, more than 1,400 are for emerging industries.
Key Words:standards
Forty-four Chinese experts win the IEC 1906 Award
A total of 44 Chinese experts were honored with this prize, and the number of winners reached a record high.
Key Words:IEC
Students shine at the 21st International Standards Olympiad
The 21st International Standards Olympiad was successfully held in South Korea on August 12-14.
Key Words:Olympiad
Interview with ISO/COPOLCO Chair Eunsook Moon
Bridging consumer protection and standards
Key Words:ISO
ISO regional training course held in Qingdao
The first ISO regional training course 2026 was successfully held in Qingdao recently.
Key Words:ISO
Interview with ISO Secretary-General Sergio Mujica
From technological innovation to development impact, standards are the key to inclusive, sustainable growth
Key Words:ISO
ISO 23511:2026 for cell line identification released
Recently, ISO 23511:2026, Biotechnology—General requirements and considerations for cell line identification and cross-contamination testing, was officially issued.
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.
Key Words:South Asia
ISO regional training course held in Qingdao
The first ISO regional training course 2026 was successfully held in Qingdao recently.
Key Words:ISO
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.
Key Words:ISO
Interview with ISO President Dr. Sung Hwan Cho
ISO Standards: Powering a safer, smarter and more sustainable world
Key Words:ISO,interview
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.
Key Words:IEC
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
Key Words:IEC,interview
Interview with IEC President Mr. Jo Cops
Building on collaboration to create a smart future
Key Words:IEC,interview
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
Key Words:standards
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
Key Words:ISO
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.
Key Words:AI
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.
Key Words:low-altitude,CAS
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
