Standardisation with Chinese Characteristics? The Missing Pillar in Rebooting Europe’s Industrial Policy

In short
- Europe must see standardisation not as a niche technical field, but as a key site of geopolitical contestation and opportunity
- Europe has historically occupied a central position in international standardisation, but is losing influence over time
- China has aligned industrial champions, state institutions and global diplomacy behind a shared objective: embedding Chinese standards in the global economy of tomorrow
- This report proposes a Blueprint for Action on standardisation along programming, promoting, protecting, partnering and process. These parallel paths should help reorient the stance of the EU and its Member States on standardisation