The Forum on Standardization and Science and Technology Innovation Development - an event of the 2025 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference - kicks off on Saturday in the Zhongguancun International Innovation Center in Beijing. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
The Forum on Standardization and Science and Technology Innovation Development — an event of the 2025 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference — kicked off on Saturday in the Zhongguancun International Innovation Center in Beijing.
Focusing on emerging technologies, technology innovation, and standardization practices, two breakthrough achievements and the fourth Beijing Municipal Government Quality Management Award were released during the event, providing a Chinese practical sample for the new quality productive forces development globally.
Sergio Mujica, secretary-general of the International Standardization Organization (ISO), and Gilles Thonet, deputy secretary-general of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), gave video speeches on the topic of promoting the coordinated development of emerging technologies through international standards.
At the forum, Shu Yinbiao, an academician with the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the 36th Chairman of the IEC; Stephen Bainous Kargbo, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization's chief representative in China; and Ji Xiangyang, a professor at the Department of Automation at Tsinghua University, respectively shared their insights, highlighting the strategic value and practical path of standards in promoting the transformation of emerging technology achievements into new quality productive forces.
Gao Niandong, director of the Beijing Municipal Administration for Market Regulation, gives a speech at the Forum on Standardization and Science and Technology Innovation Development on Saturday in Beijing. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
At the forum, Xiao Han, director of the Standard Innovation Department of the State Administration for Market Regulation, announced the phased achievements of standard openness.
"Firstly, over 30,000 national standards that have not adopted international standards are available for free download, effectively meeting the urgent needs of various sectors of society for accessing and implementing these standards," he said.
"Secondly, the upgrade and improvement of the standard open platform have enhanced the convenience of querying and downloading national standards.
"Thirdly, links to national standards on ecological environment and food safety have been added to promote the work process of openly publishing national standards on a unified platform.
"Fourthly, all local standards are being made public on the National Standard Information Public Service Platform, enabling online reading and real-time downloading."
Gao Niandong, director of the Beijing Municipal Administration for Market Regulation, introduced that there are 666 national standardization committee units based in Beijing, accounting for 50 percent across the country, and a total of 27,246 national standards have been formulated, accounting for 60 percent, both ranking first in the country.
Five units receive the fourth Beijing Municipal Government Quality Management Award for Nomination during the Forum on Standardization and Science and Technology Innovation Development on Saturday in Beijing. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
During the forum, the results of the fourth Beijing Municipal Government Quality Management Award selection were released. China Nuclear Power Engineering Co, Beijing Shougang Group, China Aviation Composite Material Co Ltd, Beijing U-Precision Technology Co and Eve Group were awarded the Quality Management Award. Another five units received the Quality Management Award for Nomination.
As the highest honor in the field of quality management, the award aims to promote scientific quality management models and methods, disseminate advanced quality concepts, promote quality management innovation and encourage more enterprises and social organizations to focus on quality and pursue excellence.
