Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, and working together is success. The theory is almost applicable to any area, and the standardization community is no exception.

The State Council issued the Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of Unified National Market in March 2022, which has become an important national strategy since then. Standards must and shall play a big role in speeding up the construction of a unified national market and improving market regulation. The National Standardization Development Outline also requires to establish the standardization science and technology system led by the national comprehensive standardization research institute and supported by industrial, regional and local standardization research institutes.

To this end, the national collaboration mechanism for standardization research institutes was established at the end of November 2024, which was led and organized by China National Institute of Standardization (CNIS), and participated by 64 institutes across the nation.

At the inaugural ceremony, CNIS President Luo Fangping said, we will work hand in hand with other standardization research institutes across the country, taking practical actions, collaborating closely, and striving together. Our goal is to build a high-level, distinctive, and smooth operating collaborative innovation platform, and to establish a sound ecosystem for standardization research based on shared development, mutual benefits and win-win cooperation.

The collaboration mechanism is very significant for helping standards play a fundamental and leading role in facilitating high-quality development, said Liu Jun, Vice Minister of State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR).

In the DIALOGUE column, we present you the achievement of a seminar organized by China Standardization Press (CSP), which was themed on AI standardization. The event invited five standardization and AI experts from leading companies and research institutes to discuss the future development of AI standardization, the standardization mechanism to adapt to AI technologies, the role of standardization in safeguarding users’ rights and interests, how to create the healthy and sustainable AI ecosystem with standardization, as well as the in-depth application of AI in various sectors.

To find more details, read the March/April issue. Enjoy your reading!