Resolutions ofThe 8th Northeast Asia Standards Cooperation Forum
17-18 November, 2009 / Guilin, China

On 17-18 November 2009, the 8th Northeast Asia Standards Cooperation
Forum was held in Guilin, People’s Republic of China. The government
agencies in charge of standardization, the private standards associations andprominent experts in this field from China, Japan and Korea (75 people)
participated in this Forum meeting.
The Forum noted the China-Japan-Korea summit meeting which had justbeen held in Beijing on 10th October 2009. It felt that PASC (Pacific Area
Standards Congress), the regional standards organization for theAsia-Pacific area, will be a useful means of approaching the international
standards of ISO/IEC, and noted the significance of prioritizing theimportant areas such as global environment or societal issues such as safety
and security.
The participants of the three countries shared the understandings on thecurrent status of their standardization policy and activities of the standards
associations, and agreed on promoting further cooperation instandardization amongst the three countries. They reviewed the progress oflast meeting’s cooperation items by having progress reports.
The three countries agreed to continue close cooperation on the following
items. The contact information, if not yet well- confirmed, shall be provided
via respective secretariats of three countries to the proposer of each project
as soon as possible, but no later than 31st December 2009. And the parties
responsible as indicated below in the parentheses shall make a status reporton each item to the 9th Forum in 2010.
1-1. Studying procedure for more efficient operation of Northeast Asia
Standards Cooperation Forum (C-J-K)

1-2. Reinforcement of information exchanges, such as those on national
mirror committees of ISO/IEC TCs/SCs of each country (C-J-K)
1-3. Joint response to the new business of ISO and IEC (C-J-K)
1-4. Information exchanges on CJK-SITE (China, Japan, Korea – Standards
cooperation
onInformation
TechnologyandElectronics),
standardization project on information technology and electronics fields(C-J-K)
1-5. Accessible design (J)1-6. Assistive products (J)1-7. Cooperation in ISO/TC 171 (Document management applications) ofevaluation and preservation of 2-byte font design (J)1-8. Cooperation in ISO/TC 162 (Doors and window) (J)1-9. Test Method for Fibrous Activated Carbon (J)1-10. Enhancing Information Exchange over the Activities of ISO/TC 71(Concrete, Steel-reinforced Concrete and Pre-stressed Concrete) (J)1-11. Cooperation of International Standardization Activities on SR (K)1-12. Education on Standards (K)1-13. Measurement Methods of LED Backlight Unit for Liquid Crystal
Display (K)1-14. Standardization of Thermal Conductivity of Thermal Spray Coating
Layers in Ceramics (K)The Forum agreed that the following item was successfully completed:* Textiles-Determination of Antifungal Activity of Antifungal FinishedProducts (J)The Forum agreed to start cooperation on the following new items proposedin this forum. The detailed contact information shall be provided via therespective secretariats to the next Forum Secretariat (JSA) as soon as
possible, but no later than 31st December 2009. And the parties responsible
as indicated below in the parentheses shall make a status report on each
item to the 9th Forum in 2010.
2-1. Information Exchanges on General Requirements for Emission Limit ofVolatile Organic Compound of Adhesives (C)2-2. Information Exchanges on Guideline on Quality and Safety Technologyof Consumer Products – General rules (C)
2-3. Information Exchanges on the Activities of ISO/TC164 (Mechanical
Testing of Metals) (J)2-4. Cooperation on the International Standardization of Products forSeniors (K)2-5. Cooperation on the Standardization of Green Textiles (K)The Forum agreed to consider the following new items proposed in thisforum. The responses shall be provided via the respective secretariats to thenext Forum Secretariat (JSA) as soon as possible, but no later than 31stDecember 2009. And the proposers of the agreed items, if any, shall makereports to the 9th Forum in 2010.
3-1. Criteria for Performance Excellence (C)3-2. Proposal for New Work Item of International standard – Basic
Requirements on Language Training Service (C)3-3. Standardization of Piezoelectric Devices for Frequency Control,
Selection and Detection - IEC/TC 49 (J)3-4. Cooperation on Service Standardization of Three Countries (K)3-5. Cooperation for Standardization of Eco-friendly Electroplating (K)The Forum discussed the future development and agreed that holding of thebilateral meetings following the Forum meeting which are C-J, J-K and K-C,
will be a good practice in the future.
Japan invited the Northeast Asia Standards Cooperation Forum to have its
9th meeting in Japan planned for July 2010.
The Forum showed a vote of thanks to Standardization Administration ofChina and China Association for Standardization for their excellent
organization of the meeting and hospitality.