In conjunction with the East-West Center, Honolulu (www.eastwestcenter.org), Talkstandards will be hosting an event on the 9th of December 4pm GMT (7 am Pacific, 10 am Eastern, 4 pm CET, 10 pm Beijing) regarding policy reform within the Chinese standardization system.

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China’s use of standardization to facilitate economic growth and innovation is unprecedented, and their standards system is experiencing drastic and rapid change.

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However, they face one fundamental challenge:

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How can China reconcile the primary objective of strengthening indigenous innovation with the country’s leading role in international trade and its deep integration into global corporate networks of production and innovation?

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The oniline discussion will build upon the upcoming report “Indigenous Innovation and Globalization – the Challenge for China’s Standardization Strategy” which has been written by Dieter Ernst (talkstandards.com/author/dieter-ernst) and will be jointly published by the National Bureau of Asian Research (www.nbr.org) and the East-West Center.

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The report in its entirety can be found here:
Indigenous Innovation and Globalization–the Challenge for China’s Standardization Strategy

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An exclusive executive summary of the report, written by its author Dieter Ernst, will form the central thread of the discussion and will be made available here. Upon this, a series of responses will be posted by both Talkstandards regulars and experts on China’s standards system.

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Please join the discussion

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Mattias Ganslandt, Editor

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Talkstandards has previously hosted 2 online events related to China:

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Standards Policy in China – June 2010
http://www.talkstandards.com/standards-policy-in-china/

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ICT Standardization in China – October 2009
http://www.talkstandards.com/open-forum-ict-standardization-in-china/

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