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Sibylle Gabler, Leiterin Regierungsbeziehungen, Deutsches Institut für Normung
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'China is taking big steps towards becoming a world standardization power'

Beijing's "China Standards 2035" initiative has caused experts to turn heads. The project shows that China has discovered standardization as an industrial, geopolitical and power-political instrument. The EU Chamber of Commerce in China will present a report on standardization in the People's Republic on Thursday. Germany and the EU still have some catching up to do, especially in key technologies, says Sibylle Gabler, Director Government Relations at the German Institute for Standardization (DIN). Speaking to Amelie Richter, however, she gives the all-clear: China is still a long shot from reaching superiority. But there is still a lot of work to be done.

By Amelie Richter

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Those who determine standards, set the course

In order to live up to its claim to technical leadership, Beijing has recognized the power of determining standards. Newly published guidelines show Beijing's two-pronged approach: Its domestic standards system is to be unified and is to gain more significance internationally.

By Amelie Richter