The 2024 Standardization and Branch Conference was held in Beijing

Recently, the 2024 Standardization and Branch Institution Annual Meeting was held at the Beijing Foreign Experts Building. Chi Haipeng, vice president of the International Sustainable Development Laboratory Branch of the China Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Association and secretary-general of the TC7 Laboratory Design and Construction Standardization Technical Committee, attended the meeting as a representative of TC member group standard innovation experts and delivered a speech, reporting on the branch's 2023 standardization work and the 2024 work plan. In the 2023 annual group standardization and branch institution excellence commendation session, Chi Haipeng won the "2023 China Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Association Standardization Work Excellent Standard Innovation Expert Award", and the International Sustainable Development Laboratory Branch won the "2023 China Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Association Excellent Branch Institution Award". 

 

The Standardization and Branch Institution Annual Meeting of the China Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Association (CIQA) and the China International Travel Health Care Association (ITHA) was presided over by Fang Jun, deputy secretary-general of the China International Travel Health Care Association. Wang Xin, president, delivered a speech. Zhang Xiaogang, former chairman of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and Song Guojian, director of the Standard Innovation Department of the State Administration for Market Regulation, delivered keynote speeches. Guo Lisheng, executive deputy secretary-general of the Association's Standards Committee, delivered a report on the Association's 2023 standardization work; Song Guilan, chief engineer, delivered a report on the branch institution work of the China Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Association; and Zhang Li, president, delivered a report on the branch institution work of the China International Travel Health Care Association. Representatives of excellent standardization technical committees, chairmen, secretaries-general, and branch institution secretaries-general exchanged experiences. More than 200 people from member units of the standardization technical committee, relevant experts, and presidents and secretaries-general of various branches of the association attended the meeting online and offline.

In his keynote speech, Mr. Zhang Xiaogang, former chairman of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), discussed his understanding of the institutional opening of the Chinese standard system proposed in the 20th National Congress report, and introduced the digital trend of standards. In the field of high and new technologies, especially in the field of digital technology, standards are the leader of innovation; the development and application of digital technology have subverted the past technological innovation paradigm of traditional manufacturing. In the future, the organizers of digital technology standards will be the leaders of technology and the controllers of the market. At the same time, the development of digital technology will also change standardization work. 
 

Song Guojian, director of the Standard Innovation Management Department of the State Administration for Market Regulation, introduced the key work being promoted by the Standard Innovation Department, affirmed the achievements of the China Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Association's standardization work, and put forward two suggestions: First, it is suggested that in the future, more attention should be paid to the management of intellectual property rights of group standards; accelerate the establishment of a working mechanism for sharing rights, sharing responsibilities, and sharing achievements among standard proposers, association publishers, and group standard implementers, so that our products and services are more competitive. Second, it is suggested that foreign experts and relevant foreign institutions be actively absorbed to participate in the work related to this group standard, introducing advanced management concepts, operating rules, and industry technologies. Utilize foreign experts and foreign institutions to promote the international application of our group standards, strengthen the construction of international standardization personnel, rely on industrial advantages, improve the international influence and competitiveness of China's group standard organizations, and create a new business card for China's international standardization work. 
 

Chi Haipeng, secretary-general of the TC7 Laboratory Design and Construction Standardization Technical Committee and vice president of the Association's International Sustainable Development Laboratory Branch, reported on the branch's work. In 2023, with the guidance and support of the Inspection and Quarantine Association, two industry standards were completed and submitted to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology for approval, and are expected to be officially released this year. At the same time, the project proposal reports for three laboratory design and construction specifications, namely "Low-Entropy Laboratory Design and Construction Specifications", "Automation Robot Laboratory Technical Specifications", and "Optical Disinfection Equipment Design and Manufacturing Standards", were completed, and it is planned to complete the project approval and preparation work in 2024. 
《Automation Robot Laboratory Technical Specifications》Automated robot laboratories can significantly reduce experimental costs and improve experimental efficiency. DeepMind, Google's AI lab, developed a deep learning tool in 2023 that automatically synthesized 41 new inorganic compounds in 17 days, equivalent to the work of a doctoral student for several decades. Robot laboratories will subvert the traditional laboratory design, construction, operation, and management conditions, and the preparation of corresponding technical specifications is of great significance.

《Low-Entropy Laboratory Design and Construction Specifications》The entire society is a process of entropy increase, and the process of entropy reduction is very difficult. The construction of low-entropy laboratories involves adjustments to laboratory personnel, samples, reagents, energy consumption, and carbon emissions throughout the life cycle, which is conducive to improving efficiency and reducing costs for Chinese laboratories;

《Optical Disinfection Equipment Design and Manufacturing Standards》Optical disinfection has the highest efficiency in controlling the generation of bacteria and viruses in laboratories. The application standards of optical disinfection products in the laboratory field have guiding significance for improving the cleanliness level of laboratories. 

 

In 2023, the association adhered to market and innovation needs as its guide, focusing on its own professional characteristics and advantageous fields, and formulated a batch of group standards that serve the overall situation, are courageous in innovation, and focus on application, creating the association's characteristics and brand, and receiving positive feedback from the State Administration for Market Regulation and society. In 2024, the association will closely follow the national development, improve the quality of standards, promote the integration and fusion of elements such as metrology, standards, certification and accreditation, and inspection and testing, and provide services for the comprehensive construction of a socialist modern country with high-quality work.