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Significance
Shaping technical standards is a key battleground in global competition for technological leadership. Where once the United States and Europe were dominant, China has greatly strengthened its position and now seeks become a premier purveyor of technical standards globally.
Impacts
Technical standards development will become more central to China's industrial strategy.
International standard-setting will increasingly fall victim to great-power rivalry between the United States and China.
China's standardisation efforts will be most visible in emerging digital fields such as 5G, AI and quantum communications.
Traditional sectors such as energy, transport, medicine, agriculture and even accounting and finance will see proactive Chinese efforts.
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