Recently, with the official approval of the International Electro technical Commission (IEC), the Secretariat of the IEC Sustainable Electrified Transportation Systems Committee (SyCSET), led by State Grid Corporation of China (hereinafter referred to as State Grid Corporation of China), has successfully settled in China. The State Administration for Market Regulation has officially approved Nari Group Co., Ltd. to assume the role of the secretariat of the system committee. This is the first IEC system committee led by my country, marking another major breakthrough in the company’s international standardization work.

The IEC System Committee is the highest-level technical committee of IEC. It is mainly responsible for the top-level design of standardization in major technical fields, as well as liaising with other relevant technical committees in a certain field, organizing technical exchanges in this field, and formulating cross-professional international standards. Previously, IEC established six system committees, covering major technical directions such as smart energy, smart cities, and smart manufacturing. Except for the Secretariat of the Intelligent Manufacturing Systems Committee, which is hosted by the United States, all other secretariats are hosted by the IEC Central Office. SyCSET is the seventh system committee established by IEC and the second system committee whose secretariat is located outside the IEC central office.

SyCSET is the first IEC system committee established and responsible for the secretariat under the leadership of my country in the history of my country’s standardization development, which is an important milestone. SyCSET will be committed to promoting international standardization work in the field of sustainable electrified transportation. It will be responsible for coordinating relevant technical committees within IEC and establishing cooperation channels with external organizations of IEC. It will play a key role in promoting the transformation of global transportation electrification and promoting international cooperation for sustainable development.

In recent years, the company has deeply implemented its international development strategy and made all-round efforts in promoting the establishment of new international standards organization technical institutions, accelerating the layout of international standards and the international application of standards, and achieved a series of remarkable results. Support our country’s technical experts to be elected as the chairman of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) for the first time, and promote the establishment of the first IEC technical committee (TC115) and the first system committee (SyCSET) led by my country. He has successively served as the secretariat and 1 chairman of 8 IEC technical organizations. Realize the transformation of international standardization work from “following” to “leading” in many key areas such as ultra-high voltage, large power grids, and new energy. As of the end of August 2023, the company has led the formulation of 195 international standards, 38 people have won the IEC1906 award, promoted the overseas application of more than 500 Chinese standards, and actively served the “Belt and Road” construction.

The successful approval to serve as the SyCSET secretariat fully reflects the widespread recognition of the company’s work by relevant parties at home and abroad. It marks the company’s increasingly prominent role in promoting international standardization in the energy and transportation fields, and will effectively enhance the company’s role in the field of electrified transportation. The right to speak on international standards will help consolidate and expand my country’s competitive advantages in the electrified transportation industry.