Shanghai, October 29 (Xinhua) (Reporter Xu Jing) It was learned from the “World Standards Day” themed event held in Shanghai on the 29th that, as of now, Shanghai has cumulatively taken the lead in formulating 251 international standards, cultivated 64 “Shanghai Standards,” and has formed a situation in the artificial intelligence and other fields where standards and industry mutually promote and develop in a coordinated manner.
It is understood that the Shanghai Municipal Administration for Market Regulation is fully advancing standardization innovation, embedding standards into the entire process of technological innovation, and promoting the synchronous development of standard formulation alongside technology research and development and industrial promotion. Leveraging the industrial clustering advantages of each district, and focusing on areas such as electronic design automation, quantum networks, and smart home appliance interconnection, 37 technical standard innovation bases and standardization innovation centers have been cumulatively established, promptly transforming industrial advantages into standardization advantages and empowering regional industrial development. At the same time, the supply of high-level standards has been continuously increased. In the past three years, the city has led or participated in the formulation of 126 national standards for the three leading industries of integrated circuits, artificial intelligence, and biomedicine, and has cultivated 64 “Shanghai Standards.”
The technical committees for specialized fields of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) are the strategic focus of international standardization work for various countries. In December of last year, through the joint efforts of Shanghai experts and leading enterprise teams, the ISO Technical Committee for Creative Digital Design (/TC 350) was voted through by the International Organization for Standardization to be established in China. In July this year, with the approval of the State Administration for Market Regulation and the Standardization Administration of China, the Shanghai Pudong Mingzhu International Standardization Research Institute was assigned to undertake the secretariat work. The secretariat is responsible for coordinating the formulation of international standards and is a key hub connecting global experts and promoting the implementation of standards. This will promote the development of Shanghai’s creative design industry and service consumption, and help build a world-class design capital.
In recent years, Shanghai has steadily promoted standard institutional openness, actively prepared to establish the International Artificial Intelligence Standards Federation, and deeply participated in global AI governance. It has promoted the establishment of international standardization committees, working groups, and domestic technical units in emerging fields such as large models, the metaverse, e-sports, and quantum technology. Enterprises and institutions are encouraged to participate in the formulation and revision of international standards. Shanghai has cumulatively taken the lead in formulating 251 ISO and IEC standards, with more enterprises transitioning from technology followers to rule makers. Companies like Hesai Technology and China Construction Eighth Engineering Division Corp., Ltd. are exploring “standard go global,” exporting Shanghai standards for vehicle-mounted lidar and high-speed railways to countries such as Germany, South Korea, and Thailand through engineering construction and import-export trade.
Furthermore, Shanghai focuses on key areas such as artificial intelligence, embodied AI, electrical transport equipment, and urban sustainable development, hosting high-level international standardization seminars, accelerating the preparation for establishing the International Artificial Intelligence Standards Federation, and building global dialogue platforms to enhance exchange and cooperation. The nation’s first standardization cooperation platform for foreign-invested enterprises was established. This year, over 20 foreign-invested enterprises have participated in the formulation of 43 national standards and 3 local standards. Enterprises are encouraged to formulate more international standards in fields such as quantum technology, artificial intelligence, and spatial information, exploring new paths for institutional openness.
It is noteworthy that the Shanghai Municipal Administration for Market Regulation is also actively exploring new models for cultivating standardization talent. It has promoted a number of Shanghai’s 985, 211 universities, and vocational colleges to apply for national pilot projects integrating majors with standardization education. It guided the Shanghai Polytechnic University to include the standardization engineering major in the pilot reform of talent cultivation models for application-oriented undergraduate universities in Shanghai, achieving a 100% rate of students undertaking paid internships in enterprises. It guided Shanghai universities such as Fudan University and Tongji University to win special awards in the “National College Student Standardization Olympiad.” Simultaneously, enterprises are encouraged to cultivate interdisciplinary standardization领军 talent, having cumulatively trained 583 corporate standardization directors to advance major technological research, important standard formulation, and key technical consulting work.
Additionally, Shanghai market regulatory departments, together with the three provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui, jointly researched and formulated the “Yangtze River Delta Regional Local Standard Management Work Guide” to promote the coordinated development of the Yangtze River Delta integration. Thirty-three Yangtze River Delta standards in areas such as government services, environmental protection, and transportation were issued and implemented, promoting the formation of a new pattern of regional coordinated development. The “Container Electronic Document Standard” coordinated with regions like the Yangtze River Delta and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to enhance customs clearance efficiency, reducing the time from the original 3 working days to 1-2 working days, optimizing the port business environment, and effectively promoting the steady growth of national port container throughput, which reached 332 million TEUs in 2024, a year-on-year increase of 7.0%. (End)
