From November 7th to 9th, the China Institute of Standardization held the 2026 China-Africa Standardization Cooperation and Exchange Conference in Beijing.The meeting invited representatives from 25 African countries to jointly display the results of China-Africa standardization cooperation with Chinese experts and launch a number of China-Africa standardization cooperation activities.

The meeting pointed out that China has signed standardization cooperation documents with Egypt, Morocco, Senegal, Zambia and other countries, as well as regional organizations such as the African Standardization Organization (ARSO), and built a 100,000-acre agricultural standardization cooperation demonstration zone. The normalized China-Africa standard information sharing mechanism has covered 16 countries, and has collected more than 90,000 standard references and more than 9,000 standard texts.

The meeting proposed three directions for cooperation: to promote the application of standards in key directions such as environmental protection, resource development, infrastructure, and digital intelligence; to strengthen the coordination of key product standards such as agricultural products, mechanical and electrical products, and new energy vehicles, and to promote the construction of China-Africa standardization cooperation and research centers; to strengthen coordination and cooperation under the framework of ISO and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), and jointly promote the formulation of international standards in areas such as poverty eradication, production and supply chain cooperation, and renewable energy.

At the meeting, Wang Kun, President of the China Institute of Standardization, released the development vision and key cooperation plans of the China-Africa Standardization Cooperation and Research Center.It is reported that the establishment of the China-Africa Standardization Cooperation and Research Center is one of the important measures to implement the "Trade Prosperity Partnership Action" of the 2024 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.

Subsequently, representatives from the China Institute of Standardization and other units jointly launched a cooperation plan.The meeting also carried out the exchange of multiple bilateral cooperation documents, officially launched the China-Africa Standards Information Platform, and released the "China-Africa Standardization Cooperation and Development Blue Book" and cooperation practice cases.

A series of exchange activities such as the Agricultural Field Standards Exchange Meeting and the Second China-Africa Automobile Standards and Regulations Cooperation Dialogue were also held during the meeting.

This meeting was hosted by the China Institute of Standardization. More than 60 foreign representatives from 27 relevant international organizations, African countries and countries co-building the "Belt and Road" participated in the meeting.(Information source: China Institute of Standardization)