Reference News Network, November 6 report: According to the German website "China Platform" on November 4, a report titled "Standardization: China Sets Future Technology Standards" was published. The content is translated as follows:

Whoever sets the standards controls the market. This insight is gaining new significance in the era of global technological transformation. While Europe and Germany are striving for digital sovereignty, other parts of the world are clearly using technical standardization as a tool of geopolitical strategy.

China and the United States are strategically investing in international organizations to establish their own standards globally. Germany can maintain its strong initial position, but it faces pressure in key technology areas in the future. The latest "Standardization Barometer" released by the German Institute for Standardization (DIN) confirms this. The barometer analyzes changes in the international division of labor in the field of standardization and provides the results to the "China Platform" website.

Germany sets rules in key industrial fields. This is particularly evident in the secretariats of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO): Germany leads 17.06% of ISO secretariats, surpassing the United States and China. Sibylle Gabler, a member of the board of the German Institute for Standardization, said, "Compared to ten years ago, Germany has maintained its position in international and European standardization."

Asian countries, especially China, are gaining increasing influence. Gabler emphasized that Germany's advantages in traditional industrial fields are not surprising, but the situation is more severe in the digital field. She said, "In European standardization, we have an advantage in digitalization. But at the international level, our stakeholders need to participate more to have a voice in the development of future standards."

In Europe, Germany continues to lead. Germany holds an important position in the fields of chemistry, healthcare, occupational safety, and mechanical engineering.

However, a power vacuum is emerging in key digital areas, and China is increasingly filling this vacuum. Globally, Germany only leads 4.2% of the secretariats of the International Organization for Standardization in the digital field, while the United States leads one-third of the secretariats of the International Organization for Standardization in the information technology field and sets standards in areas such as artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and data centers. China is expanding its influence in the future field of artificial intelligence and focuses on areas such as brain-computer interfaces. Japan dominates in the field of language processing. Germany focuses on areas such as information security, cybersecurity, data protection, and quantum computing, which are important but some are secondary areas.

According to Gabler, Germany still benefits from the historical advantages of its standardization system. She said, "For decades, we have been leading in the leadership of secretariats." However, the situation is changing: the key is who can obtain the leadership of secretariats in emerging technology areas to dominate international standardization. Other countries are targeting investments to ensure their influence in new areas.

China's approach is particularly evident. In Europe, standardization work is shared between the industry and the public sector, while in China, it is state-led. Gabler said, "In China, the government determines the strategic areas where the country wants to take the lead in standardization and invests substantial resources in them." Standardization is used as a lever for economic and technological development.

China adopts a strategic approach, with its national standardization strategy clearly defining the key areas where the country wants to strengthen its position.

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