In June, Talkstandards.com hosted an open forum which discussed the standards system in the People’s Republic of China. A series of articles were posted by contributors which covered a range of issues related to China’s involvement and cooperation with standards setting in the EU, US and abroad.
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Summary of Open Forum: Standards Policy in China
Friday, June 25th, 2010Standardisation Policy in China: A Path from Made-in-China to Innovated-in-China
Thursday, June 24th, 2010This article is co-authored by Anne Layne-Farrar and Vanessa Yanhua Zhang (bio Here)
In the past decade, Chinese companies have aggressively invested in R&D as a path toward meaningful participation in domestic and international standard setting. These efforts are aligned with broader Chinese ambitions to transform the domestic industry structure from “made-in-China” to “innovated-in-China”. This transformation will leverage China’s influence in the global economy community via the nation’s intellectual property rights (IPR) and standardisation strategy, which is part of its overall industrial policy.
China and the Global Standards System: Challenge and Opportunity
Thursday, June 24th, 2010China is on track to become the world’s largest economy some time in the next few decades. This could not have happened without the development and widespread deployment of scores of standards that provide an infrastructure for international trade. The tightly integrated supply chains that now link Chinese firms to Western consumers rely on standards for containerized shipping, electronic order flow and payment, bar codes, and even management systems.