The 14th Northeast Asia Standards Cooperation Forum(NEAS Forum)
16 - 18 June 2015
Tsingtao, China

Resolutions
The 14th NEAS Forum was held from the16thJune to 18th June 2015, Tsingtao, China, which
was hosted by SAC and CAS. The 14th NEAS Forum was attended by 106 experts frompublic and private sectors of China (66 participants), Japan (16), and Korea (24).

Acronyms
NEAS Forum
- WG
- PM
SG

North East Asia Standards Cooperation Forum- Working Group (of NEAS Forum)- Project Meeting (of NEAS Forum)
Study GroupCJK-SITESACCASJISCJSAKATS
KSAChina, 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 China (Dr. YU Xinli, SAC), Japan (Dr.
HOSHINO Takeo, JISC), and Korea (Dr. AHN Chong il, KATS) addressed the opening
remarks by reaffirming their support for the successful 14th NEAS Forum to strengthen thetrilateral cooperation amongst China, Japan, and Korea. Vice Mayor of Tsingtao (Mr. WANG
Guangzheng) attended the meeting and addressed his best wishes to the meeting and welcome
all experts to Tsingtao.

12. Country Updates
SAC (Ms. FAN Chunmei), JISC (Mr. KONNO Takashi) and KATS (Mr. KIM Hongjun) gave
their respective presentations to share information on their recent important standardization
policies and activities.
3. Ongoing Cooperative Items
CAS (Mr. ZHANG Xiuchun), JSA (Mr. OKAMOTO Yutaka) and KSA (Ms. CHANG
Kyoungjin), presented ongoing cooperative items led by each country to review the progressof cooperative items since the last meeting. After presentations and interactive discussion, the14th NEAS Forum agreed to continue close cooperation on the following twenty-two items:
4.1. Studying Procedure for more efficient operation of the Forum (C-J-K)
4.2. Reinforcement of information exchanges, such as those on national mirror
committee of ISO/IEC TC/SCs of each country (C-J-K)
4.3. Joint response to the new business of ISO and IEC (C-J-K)
4.4. Accessible Design (J)4.5. Cooperation in ISO/TC 171 (Document management applications) of evaluation andpreservation of 2-byte font design (J)4.6. Test Method for Fibrous Activated Carbon (J)4.7. Standardization of Thermal Conductivity of Thermal Spray Coating Layers inCeramics (K)4.8. Cooperation on the International Standardization of Products for Seniors (K)4.9. Cooperation for Standardization of Eco-friendly Electroplating (K)4.10. Cooperation on Smart Grid amongst three countries including new work item in IEC
of common interest (C-J-K)
4.11. Freight container (C-K)
4.12. Information exchanges and cooperation on Graphical Symbols (K)4.13. Standardization cooperation of Printed Circuit Board (C-J-K)
4.14. Information exchanges and cooperation on standardization Nuclear Energy andInstrumentation (K)4.15. Determination of thermal conductivity for thermal barrier coatings (J)4.16. Measurement of Young’s modulus of thermal barrier coating (J)4.17. Common Standardization on Test Method of Photo catalysis (K)4.18. Improving global supply chain efficiency by RTI (Returnable Transport Items)
standards and guidelines (K)4.19. Design, fabrication, characterization and standardization of 3D digital function
al reference nano-structure (C)4.20. Test Methods for Thermal Conductivity of Electronic Circuit Board forHigh-Brightness LEDs Guidelines(J)4.21. Electrical Scanning Probe Microscopy(K)24.22. Testing Procedure for Deck Equipment of Vessel Intended for Cold ClimateRegion(K)The 14th NEAS Forum agreed to disband the cooperation on the following item successfully: Information exchanges and cooperation on standardization on Sewer System
Maintenance (J)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 15th NEAS Forum in 2016.
4. Report from the CJK-SITE
The Chinese Head of Delegation of the CJK-SITE, Mr. HE Hongliang, summarized recent
activities of the CJK-SITE.
The Forum noted that CJK-SITE Plenary meeting was held in parallel with the NEAS Forum.
5. New Cooperative Item Proposals
Ten new cooperative item proposals were considered, and the NEAS Forum will adopt thecooperative items on the voting forms by the end of July of 2015:
5.1 Non-destructive testing(C)5.2 Smart Community Infrastructures(C)5.3 CISPR(C)
5.4 Pension Service and Experimental Units(C)5.5 Unity of Textile mixture rate and main facts of test method(K)5.6 Photovoltaic modules for building curtain wall applications(K)5.7 Glazing safety of glass curtain wall (K)5.8 Cold Chain Standardization (K)5.9 Establishment of the international antibacterial organization (J)5.10 Test Method for Fibrous Activated Carbon (FAST TRACK) (J)The three Secretariats shall provide results as well as the detailed contact information to theproposers of new items by the end of July 2015.
For 5.10 Test Method for Fibrous Activated Carbon (FAST TRACK), if the 14th NEAS Forumagree to adopt it, it will replace the ongoing cooperative item 4.6 Test Method for FibrousActivated Carbon.
36. Study Group meeting
In order to make our mechanism more innovative, CJK-SG meeting discussed the mutual
recognition of standard between/among CJK, proposed by China. Further discussion was also
held during Standing Committee meeting to strengthen the deeper understanding. Threeparties expressed the interests on this topic and agreed to provide feedback by the end of Julyof 2015.
SG meeting also discussed how to make the Forum more active and efficient, proposed by
Japan. And three parties agreed to take measures to improve the procedure of new items. SGmeeting will continue to discuss in detail by the end of July of 2015.
7. WG Reports
Five WG meetings and one new PM were held as a part of the 14th NEAS Forum as follows:
7.1 WG 7 Report- Standardization cooperation of Printed Circuit Board
Mr. Takahara Kunio, on behalf of the WG 7, reported the activities of WG 7. They discussed 3technical items and others.
7.2Report from WG 9- Common Standardization on Test Method of Photocatalysis
WG 9 held the meeting and detailed report will be sent to Chinese Secretariat by the end ofJune of 2015.
7.4 WG10 Report- RTI
Dr. KIM Jongkyoung, on behalf of the WG 10, reported the activities of WG 10. They
discussed 5 technical items, 1 new work item and others.
7.4 WG11 Report- 3D digital
Prof. HUANG Wenhao, on behalf of the WG 11, reported the activities of WG 11. Theydiscussed 3 technical items and others.
7.5 WG13 Report- ESPM
WG 13 held the meeting and detailed report will be sent to Chinese Secretariat by the end ofJune of 2015.

7.6 New PM report- Cold Chain Standardization
Dr. KIM Jongkyoung, on behalf of the PM for cold chain standardization, which was attended
by the experts from Korea and China, reported the activities of PM. They discussed future
working items in cooperative manner.
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7.7 Approval of reports
The 14th NEAS Forum noted and adopted the five WG reports and one PM report. The 14thNEAS Forum expressed its deepest appreciations to WG 7, WG 9, WG 10, WG 11, WG 13
and the new PM for their excellent activities.
8. Next Meeting
Japan made a proposal to host the 15th NEAS Forum in July of 2016 in Japan. Detailed
schedule and venue will be announced later.
9. Adjournment
The NEAS Forum expressed its appreciations to SAC and CAS for their hospitality andoutstanding management of the Forum.

17 June, 20155

On behalf of the Chinese Government
Dr. YU Xinli

On behalf of the Japanese Government
Dr. HOSHINO Takeo

On behalf of the Korean Government
Dr. AHN Chong il

On behalf of the China Association forStandardization
Mr. GAO Jianzhong

On behalf of the Japanese Standards
Association
Mr. HIRAOKA Yasutoshi

On behalf of the Korean Standards
Association
Mr. BAEK Soo Hyun

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