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The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) informed about a range of products for which a future mandatory certification is currently under process in India. In addition to being India’s national standards body, the BIS is also responsible for several voluntary and mandatory certification schemes.

The Special Standards Conclave organised by the Indian Department of Commerce (DoC) and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) took place on 8th and 9th of February 2019 in Mumbai. After last year’s launch of the Indian National Strategy for Standardization (INSS), government officials and experts used this year’s forum to discuss its implementation. A National Action Plan for the implementation of the INSS is planned to be released in the next months.

Die Unterarbeitsgruppe (UAG) Industrie 4.0 der Deutsch-Chinesischen Kommission zur Zusammenarbeit in der Normung ist am 21. und 22. November in Peking zu ihrem siebten Treffen zusammengekommen.

German and Chinese companies are striving to develop new products and technologies that will shape the future of the building sector and support the transition towards a green construction industry. The question how quality infrastructure (QI) can facilitate this development was addressed in expert talks jointly organised by the Global Project Quality Infrastructure (GPQI) and Messe München GmbH on 1 November.

Vom 27. bis 29. Mai fand die zweite Deutsch-Chinesische Kommission Normung (DCKN) unter dem Vorsitz des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWi) und dem Staatlichen Zentralamt für Normung der VR China (SAC) in Heidelberg statt.

On 5 and 6 November, the Certification and Accreditation Administration of the People’s Republic of China (CNCA) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) hosted the a technical exchange and training seminar on Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) in Guiyang.