ISO International Standardization And The Status Of Chinese Garment Standardization

Under the current background of economic globalization and trade internationalization, ISO has made steady progress in the past three years by implementing the detailed indicators deployed in the strategic plan.

(1) number of members:

The number of Member States has been basically stable in the past three years. In 2020, the number of members will reach 165, including 122 formal members, 39 communication members and 4 registered members; Compared with 2018 and 2019, the number of members increased by 3 and 1 respectively（ see Figure 1).

(2) International Liaison organizations:

The number of International Liaison organizations has steadily increased in the past three years. In 2020, the number of International Liaison organizations will reach 793, which will increase by 48 and 25 members respectively compared with 2018 and 2019（ see Figure 1).

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(3) technical institutions:

In the past three years, the number of technical committees has increased by a wide margin, and the number of working groups has continued to increase. In 2020, ISO has 3696 technical organizations (including technical committees, subcommittees, working groups and advisory groups), with 123 more than 3573 in 2018, mainly in the working group level（ see Figure 2).

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Among them, ISO has become a new committee in recent three years（ see Table 1).

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(4) number of international standards issued:

The number of international standards and other types of standards issued in recent three years has basically remained stable. In 2020, a total of 1627 international standards and standard types were published and 23574 international standards were issued（ see 3).

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(5) release of international standards:

In 2020, the top three areas of the number of releases were information technology (263 items, accounting for 16.20%), transportation (253 items, accounting for 15.60%) and Mechanical Engineering (190 items, accounting for 11.70%). In addition, 70 standards have been published in the field of mining and mining, accounting for 4.30% of the total（ see 4).

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(6) number of international standards under study:

In 2020, the top three areas in the number of research standards are information technology (769 items, accounting for 17.20%), transportation (763 items, accounting for 17.10%) and mechanical engineering field (514 items, accounting for 11.40%). In addition, there are 151 international standards in the field of mining and mining, accounting for 3.40%（ see Figure 5).

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(7) to hold technical meetings:

The number of online meetings has soared. In 2020, a total of 4456 online meetings were held, with an increase rate of 294.7%; The number of online meetings in 2019 increased from 769 in 2018 to 1129, with an increase rate of 47%（ see Figure 6).

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(8) contributions of Member States:

Germany takes the place of the number of International Secretariat, and the United States takes the place of the number of working group conveners. In 2020, China has assumed the Secretariat of 66 technical institutions (including the Secretariat of TC and SC), ranking sixth among the Member States, behind Germany (135), the United States (103), France (81), Japan (78) and the United Kingdom (77); China has undertaken the convening of 215 working groups, ranking fifth among the Member States, behind the United States (427), Germany (384), Japan (227) and the United Kingdom (226)（ see Figure 7).

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(1) to establish good partnership in various fields

ISO has established close partnership with various international, regional and national organizations to formulate relevant international standards to better meet the needs of enterprises, governments and society. For example, in order to cope with global climate change and promote global sustainable development, ISO has included the sustainable development standards (sdgs) in the UN 2030 agenda for sustainable development into the application form for new international standards proposal (form04), so that all stakeholders can attach importance to sustainable development.

(2) Member Committee on new technology

ISO has formed 17 new technical committees from 2018 to 2020, mainly aiming at the emerging new technologies, new materials and new demands in recent years. For example, ISO / tc333 lithium International Standardization Technical Committee has been established. Lithium is an important strategic element, which is widely applied in the preparation of new energy vapor cathode materials. The success of the Committee facilitates the international trade of lithium products and promotes the international technical exchange of lithium industry chain.

(3) regularly update ISO guidelines

In recent three years, ISO has adjusted and improved the ISO standardization guidelines every year, and updated the guidelines regularly according to the problems in the process of standardization. For example, the requirements of working group management are stricter. The 2019 version starts to emphasize that the experts of the working group should not participate in the working group work, and the specific experts can be invited to attend the meeting. In the 2020 version, the requirement of notifying the member body of the country where the invited expert is located is added.

(4) develop major standards

In recent three years, ISO has issued a number of standards. If iwa:30-1:2019 "standards professional competency Part 1: enterprise" and iwa30-2:2019 "standards professional competency Part 2: standardization related organizations" are issued, these parts are the international standard guidelines required by standards professionals, and the skills required for standardization work are defined.

(5) formulate effective measures to deal with the epidemic situation

In order to maintain the health and well-being of the members of the organization and ensure the continuity of international standardization work, ISO has made rapid and effective response to the severe situation of the global spread of the new epidemic, so as to ensure the orderly progress of all kinds of diseases. According to the development of the epidemic situation, the ISO Central Secretariat will continue to carry out the assessment and inform the meeting of the postponed deadline.