International Standards Help Instrument Development

At present, all walks of life in China are vigorously promoting standardization, instrument industry is no exception, has been committed to strive for the right to speak in international standards. In particular, electrical instrumentation, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is one of the three major international standardization organizations, in addition to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

The IEC organization was initiated in Europe and was founded in 1906 (China joined the IEC in 1957 and is a P member of most of the IEC's technical committees). The system's working procedures and systems have been continuously improved over 100 years. It contains a scientific and profound understanding of standardization, and it must also map out the high level of regional economic and technological development and the accumulation of scientific and technological achievements. The development of IEC standards has strict, scientific, and standardized procedures for the whole process of project approval, establishment of working groups, formulation/drafting process, submission, approval, and release, and the activities at each stage are completely transparent to all member states. . The IEC encouraged and even called on all member states to send personnel to participate actively and in depth to express their opinions. In fact, every standard attracts the active participation of experts or representatives from various countries in the international field. Each standard contains the wisdom, mature experience, and scientific research results of experts at the international level. In-depth participation, or serious study of its standards, will have many gains. For example, the scientific selection or limitation of standardized objects in combination with the purpose; the selection of technical elements and the extent to which they are limited or the scope of quantitative performance should be followed (eg, standardization of degrees of freedom, openness, interoperability, etc.) All technical elements and their corresponding inspection methods have undergone rigorous and repeated scientific verification or come from mature research results. The so-called level of standardization or the evaluation of the advanced nature of a product standard is reflected by the scientific and reasonable grasp of the above principles. It is the working standard and the highest level that standard setting workers should pursue. It must not be understood that the higher or more stringent the indicator is, the higher the standard level.

Industry insiders can not deny that China's grasp of electronic energy meter products and their technologies can not be separated from our 1996 transformation of the international standard IEC61036 "1 and 2 static electric energy meter." The electric energy meter industry has today's technological progress and gradually mature development, completely original in the transformation of a series of international standards.

In fact, the past is, and still is, there are many new industries, new technologies, new concepts, such as the Internet, smart grid, Internet of things, smart electricity, including many of our technical requirements for the performance of energy meter products, basically It was Europeans or Americans who proposed it first. This may be the inevitable choice made by the society's technological and economic development and progress to a certain stage or completing certain accumulation. Correspondingly, the standard system or technical standards established for each specialized field and its products will inevitably contain the accumulation of its successful experience and scientific summary. And we are basically following the development model of imitating, following up or skipping. It should be followed down with earnestness and seriousness. There is an understanding that after earnestly studying, studying, and translating an advanced international standard, it is like obtaining a free technology transfer. Save time, money, effort, and science.

Some domestic experts believe that IEC standards are more applicable to European countries. Some people even mistakenly believe that IEC standards have pitfalls and represent European interests. They are worried that they will be constrained by Europeans after adoption. In fact, this is a serious misunderstanding of some people, reflecting their lack of understanding of the International Organization for Standardization and exposing their lack of in-depth study of IEC standards. With regard to the formulation of IEC standards, each member country and its expert representatives have the right to speak out about an international standard in the formulation process. All comments or suggestions will be respected and seriously handled by the members of the working group. According to the IEC technical guidelines, in the voting stage, if more than two thirds of the member states vote in favor, they can pass a certain standard. However, it is also recommended that the objections (votes) be handled as much as possible. Basically, most of the IEC standards were passed without objections.

In summary, many of IEC's standards, such as basic standards in various technical fields, determine its prominent scientific attributes from its formation process. There is no national orientation, no national orientation. Therefore, it will soon become an inevitable choice for people. Of course, there are times when you do find that the IEC standard more reflects the needs of Europe and the technical and economic benefits. It seems that IEC standards have been controlled by European countries and have caused certain technical barriers to our exports. This problem is caused by our not actively participating in the formulation of international standards - international market rules. It is because we are not proactive. The depth of Chinese companies’ participation in international rules is not enough, and the acquisition of technical and economic interests in international markets is difficult to achieve. Of course, it is also possible that Chinese companies do not enter the real international market, so they may not realize the benefits that may be brought about by participating in rulemaking. In fact, language is not a major obstacle.

Although the technical capability of China's electrical instrumentation industry is very strong, the ability to lead the development of international standards is also limited by the systematic understanding of standardization principles and the lack of mastery of methods. There are very few talented people who understand technology, understand products, and understand standards.

The electrical instrumentation industry has its own particularities. Most manufacturers pay more attention to the domestic market and do not really participate in international trade activities. In fact, some domestic backbone enterprises, such as Hangzhou Haixing Power Technology Co., Ltd., have done a good job in the international market. They have a deeper understanding and experience in participating in international standardization activities. They recognize that it is important to participate in the development of international rules and the interests of them.

At present, some companies have incorporated the participation in the formulation of national or international standards into their internal plans for the company's internal affairs. They must have internal assessments and evaluations of the effectiveness of personnel dispatched. It strives to understand and excavate the contribution made by participating in standardization activities at all levels to enhance the technological advancement, innovation ability and competitiveness of the company, and in particular to the development of the corporate market development strategy. Wasion Group, Holley Instruments, and Chint Instruments have adopted my recommendations and have started to implement standardized management. Last year, Liu Dexin, chief engineer of Zhejiang Zhengtai Instrumentation Co., Ltd., was awarded the highest honor by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), the "IEC1906 Award." This is the first time the Chinese electrical and instrumentation industry people have won the first prize in the field of international electronics.

In fact, the degree of understanding, the degree of dependence, and the purposeful use of the standardization work vary greatly among firms at different stages of development. I understand that each company's use of standardization in the development process also has a process of upgrading from primary, intermediate, and advanced. Generally, juniors usually use standard tools to standardize management and produce products that meet the requirements of the standard. When entering the intermediate level, the company will purposefully use standardized means to strive to improve the standardized coefficient of product composition in order to increase production efficiency, reduce costs, and improve product quality. And reliability, the pursuit of the best cost performance; enter the advanced stage, participate in all levels of standardization activities - technology and trade rules formulation activities become an important part of the company's development strategy, by affecting or leading standards to enhance competitiveness and market share. European standardization experts have already begun special studies on the contribution of standardization work to the development of the national economy; there are also qualitative evaluation methods and quantitative calculation models for the interests of enterprises participating in standardization activities at all levels.

Third-rate enterprises do the market, second-rate companies do brands, and first-rate companies do standards.