Special ReportOverall Thinking and Working Arrangements ofNational Standardization Work in 2014—— Extracted from the Working Report of 2014 National Standardization Working Conference2014年全国标准化工作总体思路和工作重点——摘自2014年全国标准化工作报告The general requirement of the national standardization work in 2014 is described as: thoroughly carry out the spirit of the 18th CPC National Congress, the Third Plenary Session of 18th CPC Central Committee and General Secretary Xi Jinping's speech; push forward reform and innovation, collaboration and coordination, focusing on the working guidelines of “improving quality, securing safety, promoting development and enhancing foundation”, and following the basic requirement of “systematic management, key breakthrough, overall improvement”; further complete the system, mechanism and legal system of standardization, improving the benefits of standards implementation; further reinforce the standards system construction, serving for upgrading of quality and efficiency improvement, and innovation-driven development; further promote the internationalization of China’s standards, facilitating Chinese enterprises to expand the international market; further expand the field of standardization work, supporting the modernization of national governance system and capacity, and promoting the sustainable and healthy development of economy and overall social progress.China National Standardization Working Conference 2014This year, the national standardization work is planned to focus on the following points:1. T o accelerate standards development, serving the quality upgrading and efficiency improvement.We must promote the agricultural modernization and rural reform & development. We should complete the agricultural and rural standards system, organize to develop the evaluation standards for well-facilitied farmland construction, approving the release of national standard – Rules of well-facilitied farmland construction; strengthen the planning of standards matching system, standards development and revision; reinforce the standards development in key sectors, e.g. agricultural infrastructure, agricultural inputs, security control, quality of agricultural products, circulation of agricultural products, animal and plant disease control standards, modern forestry, etc., promoting the comprehensive rural reform standardization work in the aspects of the beautiful countryside construction, operation and maintenance of public services in rural area, agricultural social services and so forth.W e must support industrial restructuring and upgrading. The government working report of 2014 explicitly requested to accelerate the overcapacity defusing, strengthening the standards for environmental protection, energy, technology, etc. Standards should play a key role as the threshold and reversed mechanism, and continue to implement the "Promotion Project of One-hundred Energy Efficiency Standards”; carry out the Action Plan of Air Pollution Control, developing key pollutant emission standards and standards for ethanol gasoline for motor vehicles, biodiesel, etc.; implement the Development Plan of Strategic Emerging Industry Standardization, making great efforts to develop a batch of key technical standards to meet the requirements of industries, such as internet of things, smart grid, high-end equipment manufacturing, new materials, new energy automotive industry, etc.; developa batch of key standards in the sectors of basicmanufacturing process, basic components, andmechanized equipment, combined with thedevelopment of advanced manufacture andgreen manufacturing industries; vigorouslystrengthen the development of engineeringconstruction standards, and actively promotethe standardization of smart substation, energysaving building materials, urban infrastructure,etc., supporting the orderly and healthydevelopment of smart city and green cities.We must promote the development ofmodern service industry. Standardizationshould play a supportive role in the serviceindustry development, a strategy of adjustingstructure and promoting transformation. Weshould organize the research on standardssystem of trade and logistics, working outthe Medium and Long-term DevelopmentPlan of Logistic Industry, and developingkey standards in this field; promote theimplementation of the “12th Five Year”Plan of Social Management and PublicService Standardization, accelerating thedevelopment of standards in the sectorsof government services, public culture,pension services, disaster prevention, etc.;speed up the development of basic standardsrelated to the terminology , management,evaluation, grading in service industry, inaccordance with the requirements of theGuiding Opinions on Accelerating QualityStandardization in Service Industry; promotethe implementation of the Guiding Opinionson Standards Development and Revisionof High-tech Service Industry, centeringon the development and revision of criticalstandards, e.g. standards for classificationof high-tech service industry, evaluation ofservice quality, inspection and testing services,digital publishing, etc.; further strengthen theconstruction of financial standards system.We must guarantee the safety of food &consumer goods and public security. Focusingon the general safety standards and matchingtesting methods, we must carry out thedevelopment and revision of consumer goodsstandards, such as children products, textilesand clothing, electronics, etc., and developthe standards in sectors of cosmetics, paints,adhesives, etc.; make the plan of informationsafety standardization, adjust and improve thestandard system, and speed up the progress ofstandards development, centering on the actualrequirements in different levels of nationalsecurity, government security, personalinformation protection, etc.; systematicallypromote the standards development related tothe large-scale application of new technologies,e.g. coding and decoding of video surveillance,biometric features recognition, supportingthe construction of crime prevention andcontrol system; focus on the developmentand revision of much-needed standards in thefield of special equipment safety, for instance,standards for boilers, cylinders, cable rides,elevators, cranes, and so on.2. T o improve the standards level,serving the innovation-drivendevelopment.We must complete the integrated andinteractive mechanism of standardization andtechnology. W e should establish the workingmechanism of transforming technologicalachievements into standards; steadily promotethe construction of national technical standardsinnovation base, creating a standardizationinnovation and service platform whichintegrates technical standards research withapplication and service; deepen the interactionbetween technological plan implementationand standards development & revision,providing standardization service for researchprojects with targets of developing technicalstandards, and boosting the integration oftechnological R&D, standards developmentand industrial development.We must improve the standards levelby means of scientific and technologicalinnovation. We should actively fight forthe support of standards for public benefit,industrial generic technology and methods,improving the technological content instandards; further strengthen the guiding andconstraint role of technical standards, in theSpecial Reporttechnological planning, policy formulation and establishment of science and technology projects; support units with existing basic infrastructure to carry out the construction of standards experimental verification platform and compliance testing environment, reinforcing the data collection, research, development, and application of basic technical standards to open and share with the whole society.W e must transform innovation achievements into application through standards. W e should complete the guiding technical document system of national standardization, better meeting the demands of technological innovative achievement transformation; build up the rapid working procedure of developing standards in technological planning, accelerating the industrialization of innovation results; start the industrial alliance standards pilot, providing support for the development, application and internationalization of industrial alliance standards; open the service platform of national technical standards resources; accelerate the transformation of technological results into standards and put into practice in the key sectors, such as the excess capacity defusing, strategic emerging industries, equipment manufacturing, e-commerce, and so on.We must accelerate to enhance enterprises’ standardization ability. Enterprises are the main subject of innovation, so we must further strengthen the dominant position of enterprises in standards development and application; support the central enterprises, industry leaders and innovative companies to host or participate in important technical standards development; encourage SMEs and micro enterprises to carry out the activity of standardization good conducts, continuously increasing the standardization awareness and ability; absorb the backbone enterprises to participate in national and regional standardization technology collaboration platform; promote the organic integration of intellectual property and standards, integrating the independent technology into standards; encourage enterprises to adopt advanced standards, building enterprise technology system with standards as the carrier .3. T o promote the strategy of “standardsinternationalization”, serving for theopening strategy.W e must further reinforce the internationalstandardization work. W e should conduct in-depth study of the strategies, policies and rulesof international standardization organizations,providing the strong support for betterfulfilling the duties of ISO/IEC permanentmember; carry out the institution workevaluation, and quality improvement projectson the basis of assuming the assessmentindicator system research of internationalstandardization technical institutions;develop and implement the AdministrativeRegulations for Participating in theInternational Standardization Activities ofInternational Organization for Standardization(ISO) and International ElectrotechnicalCommission (IEC); develop the trainingplan of international standardization talents,selecting standardizers from key industriesand local standardization institutions to takepart in international exchanges and training,and enhancing the ability and level of allsectors of society to participate in internationalstandardization work; continue to carry out theconstruction of the innovation demonstrationbase of international standardization.W e must popularize Chinese standards onthe global stage. W e should sign the workingprocedures of China-UK mutual recognitionand identify the first batch of mutualrecognition standards; explore the standardsmutual recognition with France, ASEAN,etc.; strengthen the translation and publishingwork of Chinese standards, promoting theapplication of Chinese standards overseas;reinforce the tracking assessment and timelytransformation of international standards,steadily improving the adoption rate ofinternational standards; support qualifiedenterprises to select experts to participate ininternational standardization activities.We must broaden foreign exchangesand cooperation. We should consolidate anddevelop the achievements of standardizationcooperation mechanisms between China andEurope, Germany, France, Northeast Asia;strengthen the cooperation with ASEAN andCentral Asian countries, fighting for hostingthe China-ASEAN, China-Central AsiaStandardization Cooperation Symposium;identify the cooperation roadmap in priorityareas, e.g. China-France railways, agri-food, e-health, old age, sustainable urbandevelopment, smart cities and so on.4. T o strengthen standardsmanagement, enhancing theeffectiveness of standardization work.We must strengthen the management ofstandards development. W e should strengthenthe organization, coordination and auditof standards approval, to ensure the timelyapproval project of important standards;optimize the examination and release processof national standards, shortening overhalf of the original cycle; use informationtechnology tools to disclose the information ofstandards development and revision process,improving the transparency and facilitatingthe participation of all sectors of society;strengthen the evaluation and informationfeedback of standards implementation,completing the standards review and speedup the standards update; intensify the recordmanagement of industrial and local standardsto improve the standards coordination,and meanwhile speed up the informationconstruction of recording to facilitate thetimely filing.We must strengthen management ofstandardization technical committees.Efficient management of the standardsdevelopers is the precondition of effectivemanagement of standards projects. Weshould reinforce the process supervision ofprojects in development, improving the projectcompletion rate; implement the committeemember voting system of the project reporting,standards review and important matters;extensively absorb the industrial, local andindustry alliance representatives, increasingthe number of consumer organizationrepresentatives and improving the breadth andrepresentativeness of technical committees;continue the inspection work of professionaland technical committees, expand the pilotscope of professional technical committeeChina National Standardization Working Conference 2014assessment, and establish the incentive and complaint mechanisms for specialized technical committees; strictly regulate the raising and use of technical committee funds, increasing the openness and transparency in the use process, and prohibiting the charge of unreasonable fees.We must improve the level of standardization pilot demonstration. W e should allow full play to the industries and local action, vigorously carry out the promotion project of agricultural standardization demonstration zones, the pilots of rural comprehensive reform, trade and logistics standardization, high-tech, recycling economy, services, social management and public services, etc.; constantly sum up experience and success of typical cases, strengthening the popularizing and promotion, and create a number of boutique demonstration projects, promoting the upgrading of standardization pilot demonstration and driving the regional economic, social and industrial development; further improve the level of standardization pilot demonstration projects, strengthening the examination and evaluation of these projects and making overall planning to avoid low-level redundant construction.We must accelerate the integration of military and civilian standards. We should adhere to overall planning and all-round consideration, and complement advantages of both sides, formulating relevant policies and measures to further promote the integration of military and civilian policy of standardization; establish the consultation and coordination mechanism for civil and military standardization work, coordinating and solving important problems; actively promote the mutual recognition standards in common areas, and build the standardization working platform of military and civilian integration, accelerating the resources sharing.W e must strengthen local standardization work. W e should accelerate the establishment of the promotion & coordination mechanism of provincial government standardization; make greater efforts to develop and revise local standards in sectors of social management, public service, etc., and build the local standards system coordinated with national and industrial standards; constantlydeepen regional cooperation standardizationaround the main functional region andspecial economic zone, and explore the newforms of regional cooperation, promotingexchanges and cooperation in standardizationto achieve benefits; local quality supervisiondepartments should adjust the requirementsaccording to the provincial quality supervisionadministration system, strengthening thesystem design and mechanism innovation andmaintaining the continuity and coordination ofstandardization work.5. T o reinforce the foundation,promoting the sustainable and healthydevelopment of standardization.We must complete the policy andregulation systems. The amendment ofstandardization law has been incorporatedinto the NPC legislative plan. We shouldaccelerate the process of law amendment;gradually perfect the rules and regulationsrelated to standardization, and formulatenormative documents, e.g. the standardizedstatistical management approach, theexamination and evaluation methods ofnational standardization technical committee,and promote the effective implementationof Regulations for Patent-involving NationalStandards Management (provisional); launchthe research on national standardizationdevelopment strategy, centering on the top-level design of standardization.We must plan the construction ofstandards informatization as a whole. Weshould build a unified standards informationwebsite and working platform of standardsdevelopment and revision, bringing togethernational, industrial and local standardsinformation, opening the content and revisionprocess of mandatory national standards andvoluntary standards, and providing the one-stop inquiry service; organize to develop themanagement information system of industrialstandards filing, standards and patents database, professional technical committee; helpthe article numbering play a key role in hotsectors, such as internet of things, e-commerce,quality and honesty, etc., improving theservices of the article numbering market.We must complete the standardizationstatistical system. Statistics is a key basic work.W e should accelerate the establishment of thestatistical system for technical committees;strengthen the statistics of local standardizationinformation, making the regular informationsubmission possible; gradually establishthe statistical indicator system for industrialand standardization bodies; strengthenthe statistical evaluation of standardsimplementation, and establish the statisticalanalysis reporting system of mandatorystandards implementation; strengthen thestatistical data analysis and application ofresults, supporting standardization scientificdecisions.We must strengthen the public servicesfor standardization. We should completethe standardization public service system,according to the principles of “governmentdriving, market operating, and socialparticipation”; actively carry out the policyresearch on standardization public service,cultivating and expanding the service subject,and adopting market mechanism to developnew standards services; establish the newrelease system of key standards and organizethe publicizing and training of importantstandards; encourage the use of legitimatestandards, and crack down on piracystandards.We must reinforce the cultivationof standardization talents. We shouldvigorously promote the construction ofstandardization disciplines, improvingthe research level of standardization basictheories; complete the education and trainingsystem of standardization talents, focusingon the cultivation of all sorts of talents withpractical skills and speeding up the training ofinternational standardization senior personnel;carry out the professional knowledge andskills training for standardization managersand engineering technicians and strengthenthe construction of standardizationtechnical institutions, supporting a varietyof standardization research institutions toundertake technological plans and researchprojects.。
