The Northeast Asia Standards Cooperation Forum (NEAS Forum) is a platform for standards organizations from China, Japan, and South Korea to exchange information, propose joint standards, harmonize standards, and promote policy coordination. They have helped establish 29 international standards.
It includes national government standardization bodies like National Standardization Administration of China (SAC), Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC), and Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS);
and standards association secretariats like China Association for Standardization (CAS), Japanese Standards Association (JSA), and Korean Standards Association (KSA).
Forums
DateNLocationNotes/2002-10-291Establishing working-level consultations for ISO/IEC-related project cooperation and intellectual property rights research cooperation, regularization of forum to prepare for the Northeast Asia Standardization Dialogue, regional project research, development of educational programs./2003-10-312Agreement to publish the Standardization Glossary in English, Korean, Japanese, and Chinese; intellectual property rights issues exchange; co-operating on public signage pictograms, signs for the elderly and disabled, etc.; personnel training programs implementation./2004-12-143ISO NWI-proposal for public signage pictograms; progress management charts for cooperation projects quarterly presentations; future cooperation agendas; co-operation promotion for insurance and medical information systems, energy loss management and electrical steel sheet analysis, lightning protection systems and terminology, and water supply and sewage treatment./2005-11-254T-pallet for international trade; to establish Asia Pallet System Federation; agreement on Joint Submission of Standardization Proposal for elderly and disabled, energy loss management, and international electrical steel sheets; agreement on cooperation on pictograms./2006-11-145Discussion of ISO/TC 71 concrete, reinforced concrete, prestressed concrete; ISO/TC 206 fine ceramics; ISO/TC 38 textile care labels using symbols; and assistive products for the elderly and disabled/2007-11-146Strengthening cooperation in ISO/TC 162 doors and windows, ISO/TC 171 document management, and test methods for fibrous activated carbon./2008-11-077Completion of cooperation in ISO/TC 38 textile care labels using symbols, and ISO/TC 206 fine ceramics; future cooperation in antimicrobial effects of antifungal agents, and measurement methods for LED backlights./2009-11-188To establish working groups energy efficiency, welfare, and logistics; completion of antifungals projects; future cooperation on basic emission limits for adhesives' volatile organic compounds, guidelines on quality and safety technologies for consumer products, ISO/TC 164 mechanical testing methods for metals info exchange, products for the elderly, eco-friendly textiles.2010-07-20/219, Toyama112 participants. Discuss future possible framework to implement the 2010-05-29 Joint Statement on Standards Cooperation; agree to hold the Korea-China-Japan Information and Electronics International Standardization Cooperation (CJK-SITE) plenary session concurrently from the next forum; completed projects: ISO/TC 71 concrete, reinforced concrete, prestressed concrete, corporate social responsibility, education, eco-friendly textiles; future projects: smart grids including joint proposals to the IEC, wastewater treatment, utilization of regenerated urban wastewater.2011-06-22/2410, Busan123 delegates. Completed projects: consumer goods quality and safety technologies, basic emission limits for volatile organic compounds in adhesives, auxiliary devices, ISO/TC 162 doors and windows, testing method for the thermal conductivity of electronic circuit boards for high-brightness LEDs. Future projects: printed circuit boards, smart city infrastructure.2012-04-23/2611, Chengdu107 delegates. Project launch regarding thermal conductivity of thermal shielding coatings./2013-06-0112Methods for measuring Young's modulus of thermal insulation films; photocatalyst testing methods; enhancing global supply chain efficiency through RTI (Returnable Transport Items); 3D digital design, manufacturing, characterization, and digital functional reference nanostructures.2014-06-30/07-0313121 experts.2015-06-19/1814, Tsingtao106 experts.2016-07-11/1315, Matsue106 experts.2017-07-03/0516, Jeju112 experts.2018-06-27/2917, Hangzhou122 experts.2019-07-16/1818, Takamatsu123 experts, including ISO/REI and IEC/APRC.2021-06-22/2319online42 experts, virtual because of the COVID-19 pandemic.2022-06-21/2220online62 experts, virtual because of the COVID-19 pandemic.2023-07-24/2621, Tokyo+online150 stakeholders, including ISO and IEC/APRC.2024-07-15/1722, Seoul127 attendees, including ISO/CS and IEC/APRC; discussed 9 projects including for freight containers, 18 new projects and forming working groups for them including for metaverse healthcare, participation in the IEC's MVDC project, and support for 6 ISO proposals including service robot test methods.2025-07-21/2323, Xi’an166 participants, including ISO/CS and IEC/APRC, discussed cooperation in quantum technology, smart cities, circular economy, sustainable electrified transportation, pet products, and humanoid robots; enhancing cooperation under the frameworks of APEC and PASC.2026-07-14/1624, HiroshimaProposed.
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