On September 23, the First China-ASEAN International Standardization Forum was held in Nanning. With the theme of "Creating International Standards Together, Sharing High-Quality Development," the forum aimed to deepen understanding between China and ASEAN countries and provide a cooperation platform for mutual benefit and win-win results among all countries. CTC sent representatives to attend the forum as an enterprise representative.

At the opening ceremony, Tian Shihong, Deputy Director of the State Administration for Market Regulation and Director of the Standardization Administration of China; Li Bin, Vice Chairman of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region; Cai Xiuju, Vice President of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO); Shu Yinbiao, President-Elect of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and Chairman of China Huaneng Group Co., Ltd.; and Weerakit Rantakitnaw, Secretary-General of the Thai Industrial Standards Institute and the rotating country of the ASEAN Consultative Committee on Standards and Quality, delivered speeches.

Tian Shihong pointed out that this year is the first year of implementing the "China-ASEAN Strategic Partnership Vision 2030." China will further implement the Belt and Road Initiative and continuously improve the quality and level of standardization cooperation with ASEAN countries. He put forward five suggestions: building consensus on cooperation and deepening partnerships; joining hands to participate in and promote international standardization development; promoting compatibility of standards systems and serving the joint construction of the Belt and Road; working together for win-win development and enhancing standardization capabilities; and strengthening exchanges of standards information and innovating standardization services.

Sat Samy, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft of Cambodia; Souroudong Sundara, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Laos; Khin Maung Aye, Minister of Social Affairs of Magway Region of Myanmar; Zakiyah, Deputy Director for Standard Implementation and Conformity Assessment of the National Standardization Agency of Indonesia; Muhammad Arif bin Ali, Assistant Director General of the Department of Standards Malaysia; and Maria del Rosario, Chief Trade and Industry Development Specialist of the Bureau of Philippine Standards, and other ASEAN officials delivered speeches respectively, expressing their confidence and determination to jointly deepen regional economic and trade cooperation and further promote China-ASEAN economic and trade cooperation.

"Standardization is not a solo, but a symphony!" Li Bin stated that Guangxi is willing to work with ASEAN countries to advance international standardization development and exchanges and cooperation, and strengthen the application of standards in various fields and industries. At the same time, Guangxi will carry out in-depth research on major projects of China-ASEAN standards cooperation, solidly promote standardization pilot demonstration projects, and jointly develop regional international standards.

The forum also adopted the "Nanning Initiative on China-ASEAN International Standardization Cooperation." The initiative states that China and ASEAN should fully leverage the fundamental, strategic, and leading role of standardization in promoting economic trade, technological innovation, and green sustainable development, jointly build a bridge of standards cooperation, promote compatibility of standards systems, advance international standardization, strengthen exchanges of standardization personnel and information, share good practices in standardization work, and jointly promote standardization capacity building.

In recent years, CTC has been actively promoting the application of China's building materials standards in countries along the Belt and Road, providing standardization support services for China's building materials industry, products, technologies, and engineering. CTC will rely on the China-ASEAN international standards cooperation platform to continue strengthening and improving its current international standardization work, actively participate in the formulation of international standards and the translation of foreign-language versions of national standards, promote the mutual recognition and transformation of Chinese standards and ASEAN national standards, and jointly promote the high-quality development of China-ASEAN building materials products.

More than 300 senior government officials, scholars, and enterprise representatives from China, international and regional standardization organizations, and ASEAN countries attended the meeting.