Forum on standardization, sci-tech innovation development kicks off in Beijing

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.