In our weekly Tuesday lunch on 17 May, we had as speaker Klaus Ziegler.
Topic: Role of Standards in International Trade, European and Chinese Perspectives.

(thanks Celine for the pics)

Working with stakeholders – and for the benefit of all – Standards are developed for new products and services. Beneficiaries and business, technology, science, government and society in general. Standard bodies like DIN publish these standards, and encourage their implementation. Klaus explained twofold role of standardization and benefits of standards for business. He then talked about international standardization structure and regional standard organizations.
I know Klaus since many years, he is also a member of our Old China Hands Lunch. He can be called Mr. Standards in China with his exceptional track record. We also talked together in some seminar.