The 18th Northeast Asia Standards Cooperation Forum(NEAS Forum)
16 – 18, July 2019
Takamatsu, JapanResolutions
The 18th NEAS Forum was held from the 16th July to 18th July 2019, Takamatsu, Japan, which
was hosted by JISC and JSA. The 18th NEAS Forum was attended by 123 experts from public
and private sectors of Japan (59 participants), Korea (32 participants), China (30 participants),
ISO/REI representative and IEC/APRC representative.
Acronyms
NEAS Forum- WG
SG
CJK-SITESACCASJISCJSAKATS
KSA

Northeast 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. WATANABE Shoji, JISC) , Korea(Mr. LEE Sang Hoon, KATS) and China (Mr. XU Changxing, SAC) addressed the opening
remarks by reaffirming their support for the successful 18th NEAS Forum to strengthen thetrilateral cooperation amongst Japan, Korea and China. Participants reconfirmed theimportance 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 November, 2015.

2. Country Updates
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JISC (Mr. NAKANO Hirokazu), KATS (Ms. HAN Sang Me) and SAC (Mr. XU Gang) gave
their respective presentations to share information on their recent important standardization
policies and activities. ISO REI (Regional Engagement Initiative) Director (Mr. GOH Adrian)gave a presentation on ISO’s initiatives on regional engagement. IEC APRC (the IEC
Asia-Pacific Regional Centre) Director (Mr. CHEW Dennis) gave a presentation on IEC’s
initiatives on regional engagement.
3. Ongoing Cooperative Items
JSA (Ms. NAKAMURA Yoko) , KSA (Ms. LEE Jooran), CAS (Ms. CUI Yan) and CJK-SITE(Mr. NARUI Yoshihisa) presented ongoing cooperative items led by each country andCJK-SITE to review the progress of cooperative items since the last meeting. After
presentations and interactive discussion, the 18th NEAS Forum agreed to continue close
cooperation on thirty-six items including three WGs merged from CJK-SITE (Annex 1). Thecountry indicated in the parentheses is the proposing or responsible country, and the country
shall present a status report on each item in the plenary meeting of the 19th NEAS Forum in2020.
The Secretariats of the three countries shall identify, if not confirmed yet, and update contact
information for the ongoing cooperative items.
4. Report from the CJK-SITE
The Japanese Head of Delegation of the CJK-SITE, Mr. NARUI Yoshihisa, summarized therecent activities of the CJK-SITE. The NEAS Forum noted that CJK-SITE plenary meeting
was held in parallel with the NEAS Forum.
NEAS Forum takes note and appreciates the report presented by CJK-SITE, which describes
its activities and evaluation, and outlines the future outlook of activities of AHGs after merged
into NEAS Forum and agrees that the AHGs listed below are merged into NEAS Forum withallocation of new NEAS Forum Working Group numbers as shown in the below list withimmediate effect:
CJK-SITE AHGs

NEASF WGs

Home network and related applications (K)WG 34

Design Automation (J)WG 35

Cloud computing and distributed platforms (K)WG 36

The final report of the CJK-SITE plenary meeting will be submitted by the end of July, 2019.
5. New Cooperative Item Proposals
20 new cooperative item proposals were presented (Annex 2), and the NEAS Forum will2

adopt the cooperative items on the results of voting. The three Secretariats shall submit thevoting as well as the detailed contact information to the proposers of new cooperative item
proposals by 31st August, 2019 to the Secretariat of the 18th NEAS Forum (Japan). The resultof voting will be reported to the three Secretariats accordingly.

6. Study Group meeting
Study Group discussed the efficient operation of NEAS Forum including new proposal
presentations and maintenance of Working Groups.
NEAS Forum appreciated the Japanese proposal to revise the document “Procedure of WGs
operation in NEASF” incorporating the Korean and Chinese proposals respectively, asked
three countries to review the proposal and submit their comments to Japan by 15th August,
2019, and asked Japan to submit the revised proposal to the three Secretariats for final
confirmation by 31st August, 2019.
Study Group reviewed the WGs master file and agreed to disband six WGs which are
mentioned in the Annex 1.
7. WGs Meeting Reports
Thirteen WG meetings were held as a part of the 18th NEAS Forum and WGs meeting reports
will be submitted to the Secretariat of 18th NEAS Forum by 31st August, 2019. These WGs
are:
WG1
WG6
WG9
WG10
WG11
WG12
WG13
WG16
WG19
WG26
WG27
WG28

Freight container
Information exchanges and cooperation on graphical symbols
Common standardization on test method of photocatalysis
Improving global supply chain efficiency by RTI (returnable transport items)
standards and guidelines
Design, fabrication, characterization and standardization of 3D digital functionalreference nano-structure
Test method for fibrous activated carbon
Electrical scanning probe microscopy
Standardization of smart manufacturing
Developing international standards for refrigerated parcel delivery service
Comfort technology requirements and test methods of room air conditioner
Guidance for humane entrepreneurship
International standardization cooperation in Internet of Things (IoT)

WG32 Standard for management of segregated biometric information
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The 18th NEAS Forum will note and adopt the thirteen WGs meeting reports accordingly.
The 18th NEAS Forum expressed its deepest appreciations to those WGs for their excellent
activities.
8. Next Meeting
Korea made a proposal to host the 19th NEAS Forum in Gwangju, from 23rd to 25th June, 2020.
Detailed schedule and venue will be announced later.
9. Adjournment
The NEAS Forum expressed its appreciations to JISC, JSA and the city of Takamatsu for their
hospitality and outstanding management of the Forum.

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Annex 1
List of Cooperative Items and WGsNo.

ItemsWGs1

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

2

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

3

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

4

Accessible design (J)5Cooperation in ISO/TC 171 (Document management applications) ofevaluation and preservation of 2-byte font design (J)6Test method for fibrous activated carbon (J)7Standardization of thermal conductivity of thermal spray coating layers inWG5ceramics (K)8

Cooperation on the international standardization of products for seniors
WG3(K)

9Cooperation for standardization of eco-friendly electroplating (K)10Freight container (C-K)

WG1

11

Information exchanges and cooperation on graphical symbols (K)WG612Standardization cooperation of printed circuit board (C-J-K)*Study Group 2019 agreed to disband WG7.

WG7

13

Information exchanges and cooperation on standardization nuclear energy
WG2and instrumentation (K)14

Measurement of young’s modulus of thermal barrier coating (J)*Study Group 2019 agreed to disband WG8.

WG815Common standardization on test method of photo catalysis (K)

WG9

16

Improving global supply chain efficiency by RTI (Returnable transpo
WG10rt items) standards and guidelines (K)17

Design, fabrication, characterization and standardization of 3D digital
WG11functional reference nano-structure (C)18

Test methods for thermal conductivity of electronic circuit board for
WG7high-brightness LEDs Guidelines(J)19Electrical scanning probe microscopy(K)20

Testing procedure for deck equipment of vessel intended for cold climate
region(K)
WG14*Study Group 2019 agreed to disband WG14.

WG3

5

WG12

WG13

21Pension service and experimental units (Elderly care service) (C)*Study Group 2019 agreed to disband WG15.

WG15

22

Standardization of smart manufacturing (J)

WG16

23

Capacity building on antimicrobial products and material and theirevaluation test method (J)
WG17*Study Group 2019 agreed to disband WG17
Testing method for coefficient of linear expansion of thermal barrier
WG18
coatings (J)24
25

Developing international standards for refrigerated parcel delivery service
WG19(J)

26

Technical communication equivalent terms in Chinese, English, Japanese
WG20
and Korean

27Developing an ice and snow tourism safety signage standard

WG21

28

Requirement for the quality of thermal power infrastructure (QTPI)*Study Group 2019 agreed to disband WG22.

WG22

29

Measurement of young's modulus of thermal barrier coatings at elevated
WG24
temperature by flexural resonance method.

30

The accessibility on information & communication technology (ICT) for
old persons and persons with disabilities
WG23*Study Group 2019 agreed to change WG23 title to “ICT Accessibility”.

31

Cooperate in standardization education (C)32

Comfort technology requirements and test methods of room air conditioner
WG26(C)33

Guidance for humane entrepreneurship (C)

WG27

34

International standardization cooperation in Internet of Things (IoT) (C)

WG28

35

Sharing economy (J)

WG29

36

Standardization of spontaneous combustion property test method of coal
WG30(J)

37

Determination of thermal conductivity of thermal barrier coatings (J)

WG31

38

Standard for management of segregated biometric information (K)

WG32

39

Standard development for boron neutron capture therapy (K)

WG33

40
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Home network and related applications (K)

WG25

WG34
WG35

Design automation (J)Cloud computing and distributed platforms (K)

6WG36

Annex 2
New Proposed Items for Cooperation
No.

Items

1International standards of thermal design technology of examination models tooptimize heat dissipation design of electronic devices (J)2Standardization of environmentally friendly materials (J)3Robotics -- services provided by service robots -- safety management systems -requirements (J)4Standardization of neuroprosthetics based on brain-device interface (K)5Development of terminology comparison table in the electronic document andrecords management standards as a basic communication tool for building theKorea-Japan-China digital single market (K)6

Test method for the determination of water disinfection efficiency of fine bubble (K)7Standardization issues on carbon materials (K)8Underwater communication (K)9

AI application service (K)1012Standardization on preference information of utilizing computer (includingsmartphone) for impaired person with low vision (K)Magnetic performance testing method for integral magnetization of an electricvehicle driving motor rotor (C)Research on standardization of quantum computing (C)13Internet of things - gateway (C)14

Petroleum and natural gas industries－ceramic lined tubing (C)15

Fireworks — test methods for determination of specific chemical substances (C)16

Test method for determining thermal conductivity of ceramic coatings (C)17

Test method for tensile and shear creep of ceramic adhesive (C)18

ISO TC 20/SC 16 UAS testing working group preparation plan (C)19

Cooperation on proposals for international standards for UAS (C)20

General specification for lithium-ion cells and batteries used in electronic cigarettes
(C)

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On behalf of the Japanese Government
Mr. WATANABE Shoji, JISC

On behalf of the Korean Government
Mr. LEE Sang Hoon, KATS

On behalf of the Chinese Government
Mr. XU Changxing, SAC

On behalf of the Japanese Standards
AssociationMr. IBI Toshio, JSA

On behalf of the Korean Standards
Association
Dr. LEE Sangjin, KSA

On behalf of the China Association forStandardization
Mr. GAO Jianzhong, CAS8