Standardisation with Chinese Characteristics: The Missing Pillar in Europe’s Industrial Policy More than 100 participants — both online and on-site — gathered for the launch of “Standardisation with Chinese characteristics? The Missing Pillar in Rebooting Europe’s Industrial Policy”, a new report by The Clingendael Institute. Some even dialled in from their holidays, underlining just how…
Surrounding the increasingly intense discussions about the emergence of new global standardization regimes in context of China’s rise as a dominant standardization power, there has been much talk about countries purposefully using deviating national standards to impose trade barriers. The discussion of whether and to what degree technical standards deviate from international standards and how…
What are the secrets of lobbying in China? How do companies influence technology standards in the building energy efficiency industry? More than 250 qualitative interviews with representatives of the industry, academia and the party state were conducted in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou between 2013 and 2015. As a result, the author has analysed business lobbying…
