The 20th International Standards Olympiad was held in South Korea in mid August. The Chinese delegation won 2 prizes, among which Hangzhou Foreign Languages School (Junior High Division) won the Platinum Award, and Beijing Ritan High School (Junior High Division) won the Gold Award. It has been the second time for Chinese students to win the Platinum Award since 2022.

A total of 117 contestants from 39 junior and senior high school teams from 12 countries including China, Germany, and Singapore participated in this year’s Olympiad. The teams from junior and senior high schools focused on the topics of “Wearable electronic devices and technologies—Requirements and test methods for health performance of smart watches” and “Robotics—Safety requirements for humanoid robots in industrial production” respectively. The Olympiad assessed the competitors’ basic standardization knowledge, basic literacy, and capabilities to apply standardization knowledge to solve practical problems, enhancing teenagers’ understanding and awareness of standardization.

Started in 2006, the International Standards Olympiad is an international event aimed at popularizing standardization knowledge among high school students worldwide, raising their awareness of standardization, and promoting international standardization exchanges among teenagers. Directed by SAMR (SAC), China Association for Standardization has been vigorously organizing Chinese students to join in the event since 2018, winning many honors.