China's industry ministry sets up industrial software standards committee in Hangzhou
In short
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology held the founding meeting of its Industrial Software Standardization Technical Committee in Hangzhou on October 21. The committee will draft and revise industry standards, and its secretariat sits at the ministry's Fifth Electronics Research Institute.
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The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) held the founding meeting of its Industrial Software Standardization Technical Committee on October 21 in Hangzhou, in Zhejiang province. CLS reported that MIIT Vice Minister Xiong Jijun (熊继军) attended and spoke. It said officials from relevant MIIT departments, representatives of the committee's members and industry experts also took part. [ 1 ]
CLS and Yicai reported this description of the move: setting up the committee is an important measure to carry out the decisions of the Party Central Committee and the State Council. It is also meant to let standards play a foundational, strategic and leading role, speed up the transfer and application of scientific and technological innovation results, and guide and promote high-quality development of the industrial software sector. Yicai and 36Kr said they were citing the WeChat account Gongxin Weibao (工信微报). [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
According to all three outlets, the committee is responsible for drafting and revising industry standards on key technologies, data interoperability, product services, converged applications and ecosystem building. Its secretariat is at the MIIT Fifth Electronics Research Institute. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
After the founding meeting, the committee held its first plenary meeting, CLS and Yicai reported. The meeting adopted the committee's charter, the secretariat's working rules and its standard-setting procedures, and set out key work for the next stage. The reports do not say what that work is. [ 1 , 2 ]
Why it matters
The documents describe the committee as a measure to guide the high-quality development of the industrial software sector through standards. They do not say which standards will come first or when.
Key facts
- The founding meeting of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) Industrial Software Standardization Technical Committee was held on October 21 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
- The committee is responsible for drafting and revising industry standards on key technologies, data interoperability, product services, converged applications and ecosystem building. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
- Its secretariat is located at the MIIT Fifth Electronics Research Institute. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
- MIIT Vice Minister Xiong Jijun (熊继军) attended the meeting and spoke. [ 1 ]
- At its first plenary meeting after the founding meeting, the committee adopted its charter, the secretariat's working rules and its standard-setting procedures. [ 1 , 2 ]
Confirmed by several sources
- The committee's founding meeting took place on October 21 in Hangzhou, and its secretariat is at the MIIT Fifth Electronics Research Institute. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
- The committee's first plenary meeting adopted its charter, the secretariat's working rules and its standard-setting procedures, and mapped out key work for the next stage. [ 1 , 2 ]
Still unclear
- What the committee's priorities for the next stage are. The reports say the first plenary meeting set key work for the next stage but do not describe it.
- What Vice Minister Xiong Jijun said in his speech. Only CLS mentions his attendance and speech, and it gives no content.