The 15th Northeast Asia Standards Cooperation Forum(NEAS Forum)
11 - 13 July 2016
Matsue, JapanResolutions
The 15th NEAS Forum was held from the11th July to 13th July 2016, Matsue, Japan, which was
hosted by JISC and JSA. The 15th NEAS Forum was attended by 106 experts from public andprivate sectors of Japan (40 participants), Korea (34 participants) and China (32 participants).
Acronyms
NEAS Forum- WG
SG
CJK-SITE
SAC
CAS
JISC
JSA
KATS
KSA

North East Asia Standards Cooperation Forum- Working Group (of NEAS Forum)
Study Group
China, Japan, Korea –Standards Cooperation on IT and Electronics
Standardization Administration of China (Chinese government)
China Association for Standardization (Chinese Secretariat)
Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (Japanese government)
Japanese Standards Association (Japanese Secretariat)
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (Korean government)
Korean Standards Association (Korean Secretariat)

1. Opening
The Heads of Delegation from governments of Japan (Mr. HOSAKA Shin, JISC), Korea (Dr.
KANG Byung-goo, KATS) and China (Mr. GU Baozhong, SAC) addressed the opening
remarks by reaffirming their support for the successful 15th NEAS Forum to strengthen thetrilateral cooperation amongst China, Japan, and Korea. Mayor of Matsue (Mr. MATSUURA
Masataka) attended the meeting and addressed his best wishes to the meeting and welcome all
experts to Matsue. Participations reconfirmed the importance of collaboration in the NEAS
Forum to facilitate international standardization activities as stated in the “Joint Declaration
for Peace and Cooperation in Northeast Asia” adopted at the Trilateral Summit in lastNovember.
2. Country Updates
JISC (Mr. MATSUMOTO Mitsuo), KATS (Mr. PARK Jai-hun) and SAC (Ms. FAN Chunmei)
gave their respective presentations to share information on their recent important
standardization policies and activities.

13. Ongoing Cooperative Items
JSA (Mr. OKAMOTO Yutaka), KSA (Mr. WOO Mun Kyoo) and CAS (Ms. XIA Weijia)presented ongoing cooperative items led by each country to review the progress ofcooperative items since the last meeting. After presentations and interactive discussion, the15th NEAS Forum agreed to continue close cooperation on the following twenty-one items:
3.1

Studying Procedure for more efficient operation of the Forum (C-J-K)

3.2

Reinforcement of information exchanges, such as those on national mirror
committee of ISO/IEC TC/SCs of each country (C-J-K)

3.3

Joint response to the new business of ISO and IEC (C-J-K)

3.4

Accessible Design (J)3.5

Cooperation in ISO/TC 171 (Document management applications) of evaluationand preservation of 2-byte font design (J)

3.6

Test Method for Fibrous Activated Carbon (J)3.7Standardization of Thermal Conductivity of Thermal Spray Coating Layers inCeramics (K)3.8

Cooperation on the International Standardization of Products for Seniors (K)3.9

Cooperation for Standardization of Eco-friendly Electroplating (K)

3.10

Freight container (C-K)

3.11Information exchanges and cooperation on Graphical Symbols (K)3.12Standardization cooperation of Printed Circuit Board (C-J-K)

3.13

Information exchanges and cooperation on standardization Nuclear Energy andInstrumentation (K)3.14

Measurement of Young’s modulus of thermal barrier coating (J)

3.15

Common Standardization on Test Method of Photo catalysis (K)

3.16

Improving global supply chain efficiency by RTI (Returnable Transport
Items) standards and guidelines (K)

3.17

Design, fabrication, characterization and standardization of 3D digital
functional reference nano-structure (C)3.18

Test Methods for Thermal Conductivity of Electronic Circuit Board forHigh-Brightness LEDs Guidelines(J)3.19Electrical Scanning Probe Microscopy(K)3.20

Testing Procedure for Deck Equipment of Vessel Intended for Cold ClimateRegion(K)3.21

Pension Service and Experimental Units (Elderly care service) (C)The 15th NEAS Forum agreed to disband the cooperation on the following items successfully: Determination of thermal conductivity for thermal barrier coatings (J) Cooperation on Smart Grid amongst three countries including new work item in IEC2

of common interest (C-J-K)
The secretariats of the three countries shall identify, if not confirmed yet, and update contact
information for the ongoing cooperative items. The country indicated in the parenthesis is theproposing or responsible country, and the country shall present a status report on each item inthe plenary meeting of the 16th NEAS Forum in 2017.
4. Report from the CJK-SITE
The Japanese Head of Delegation of the CJK-SITE, Mr. HIRAKAWA Shuji summarized
recent activities of the CJK-SITE.
The NEAS Forum noted that CJK-SITE plenary meeting was held in parallel with the NEAS
Forum.
5. New Cooperative Item Proposals
13 new cooperative item proposals were considered, and the NEAS Forum will adopt thecooperative items on the voting forms by the end of August of 2016.
5.1

Standardization of Smart Manufacturing (J)5.2

Cooperation for success of APEC-SCSC Project that is “Capacity building on
antimicrobial products and material and their evaluation test method formodernization of MSMEs in APEC region ” by Japan, China, Korea (J)

5.3

Testing method for coefficient of linear expansion of thermal barrier coatings (J)5.4

Developing International Standards for refrigerated parcel delivery service (J)5.5

Korea-Japan cooperative development of standards on electric vehicle propulsion
motor performance test method (K)5.6

Measuring method of Non-CO2(CF4, NF3, SF6, N2O) emissions and reduction
efficiency in industrial process (K)5.7

Establishing standard of identity for hydrogen water and its specification (K)5.8

The CJK Exchange program of Standardization Postgraduate Education (C)5.9Intelligent manufacturing equipment for Lithium-ion battery (C)5.10

Cooperation on LCOS chip standardization (C)

5.11

Revisions to ISO 606 Short-pitch transmission precision roller and bush chains,attachments and associated chain sprockets. (C)5.12

Cooperation on the establishment of International UAV System Standardization
Association（C）

5.13

Co-build Library of Standards at Weihai Hall in Incheon（C）

The three Secretariats shall provide results as well as the detailed contact information to theproposers of New Cooperative Item Proposals by the end of August 2016 through the3secretariat of 15th NEAS Forum.
6. Study Group meeting
SG discussed the format and period of the Voting on New Cooperative Item Proposals andapproved them. Three countries are requested to vote on New Cooperative Item Proposals by
the end of August, 2016.
7. WG Reports
Four WG meetings were held as a part of the 15th NEAS Forum as follows:
7.1 WG Report - Common Standardization on Test Method of Photocatalysis
WG on Common Standardization on Test Method of Photocatalysis held the meeting anddetailed report will be sent to the secretariat of 15th NEAS Forum by the end of July, 2016.
7.2 WG Report- Returnable Transport Items (RTI)
WG on Returnable Transport Items held the meeting and detailed report will be sent to thesecretariat of 15th NEAS Forum by the end of July, 2016.
7.3 WG Report- Fibrous Activated Carbon
WG on Fibrous Activated Carbon held the meeting and detailed report will be sent to thesecretariat of 15th NEAS Forum by the end of July, 2016.
7.4 WG Report- Pension Service and Experimental Units (Elderly care service)
WG on Pension Service and Experimental Units (Elderly care service) held the meeting andreported the activities of WG.
7.5 Approval of reports
The 15th NEAS Forum noted and adopted the four WG reports. The 15th NEAS Forum
expressed its deepest appreciations to WGs for their excellent activities.
8. Next Meeting
Korea made a proposal to host the 16th NEAS Forum in 2017 in Korea. Detailed schedule andvenue will be announced later.
9. Adjournment
The NEAS Forum expressed its appreciations to JISC and JSA for their hospitality andoutstanding management of the Forum.
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On behalf of the Japanese Government
Mr. HOSAKA ShinOn behalf of the Korean Government
Dr. KANG Byung goo

On behalf of the Chinese Government
Mr. GU Baozhong

On behalf of the Japanese
Association
Mr. HIRAOKA YasutoshiStandards

On behalf of theAssociation
Dr. BAEK Soo Hyun

Standards

KoreanOn behalf of the China Association forStandardization
Mr. ZHANG Xiuchun

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