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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.
Von Amelie Richter
China's tech companies are facing stricter data regulations beginning this month. This could impair innovation in the very key technologies in which Beijing wants to become a "world leader". How tech companies will react to the new regulations remains to be seen.
Von Redaktion Table
The Arabian Peninsula offers companies great potential for new business relationships. But while Europeans only make money selectively, Chinese companies invest across the board in all sectors of the local economy. They provide their own information technology – and with it, the surveillance state and their own standards.
Von Marcel Grzanna
Pekings Initiative "China Standards 2035" hat Experten aufmerken lassen. Das Vorhaben zeigt, dass China die Normung als industrie-, geo- und machtpolitisches Instrument entdeckt hat. Die EU-Handelskammer in China wird am Donnerstag einen Bericht zur Standardisierung in der Volksrepublik vorstellen. Deutschland und die EU haben vor allem in Schlüsseltechnologien noch Aufholbedarf, sagt Sibylle Gabler, Leiterin für Regierungsbeziehungen beim Deutschen Institut für Normung (DIN). Im Gespräch mit Amelie Richter gibt sie jedoch auch Entwarnung: Von einer Übermacht Chinas könne noch nicht die Rede sein. Es gebe aber einiges zu tun.
Von Amelie Richter