Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 1705 ISO
"Can our Chinese companies participate in the formulation of industry standards?" Li Yun was a little puzzled, and turned to Duan Yun and asked: "Isn't that always a matter of developed countries? If we want to earn US dollars, we can only rely on others According to the rules, they will not give us such a chance, right?"

Li Yun is quite familiar with international business matters. She also knows that developed countries such as the United States and Europe have always had a technical barrier to developing countries. They have the right to speak for almost all high-tech products and formulate rules At the same time, relevant laws and regulations will be issued for strict supervision. This is almost as both a referee and an athlete, which makes them occupy the absolute initiative and the right to speak in international trade.

China has developed rapidly in recent years. The output of many electronic products has reached the top in the world. For example, the output of home appliances such as tape recorders and washing machines ranks among the top in the world. Enterprises neither master the core technology nor join the relevant international industry standard alliances, so many domestic enterprises have to pay high patent and standard fees to the relevant international enterprise alliances, and most of the profits of the products are taken away by foreign enterprises. The profits are negligible, and they have always played the fate of wage earners.

For example, the Great Wall Computer has always been the brand with the highest sales volume of domestic computers, but the core components are all from abroad. The CPU is the 8088 imitated by Japan’s NEC, and the hard disk is from Japan’s TEAC. The foundry fee for the core integrated chip is quite high. Nearly 2/3 of the profit of the machine was taken by the Japanese manufacturer. Great Wall Computer looks more prosperous, but in fact it is working for a foreign manufacturer.

Li Yun used to be a translator, but after working in Tianyin Group for so many years, and then became the person in charge of Tianyin Hong Kong Branch, she has a more and more thorough understanding of the nature of international trade, and in many ways Have your own in-depth research.

In Li Yun's view, international trade has always followed strict levels and levels. The United States can be said to be the only one at the pinnacle, the top of the world's pyramid, and its soft and hard power is beyond the reach of other countries. In other words, other countries in the world combined cannot compare with the United States.

As for the second layer of this world is Europe and Japan, but the European countries are too scattered. Due to the threat of the Soviet Union all the year round, they rely heavily on the United States militarily. There is still a gap.

Although Japan is very beautiful, and even once threatened to buy the United States, in fact, it is destined to only become a vassal of the United States, especially since overseas markets are very dependent on the United States, so it has no autonomy in many aspects.

As for the third level, they are all small countries and developing countries on the edge of Europe. China is definitely considered a top student in the third world, but because it has not been included in the international trading system such as the WTO, its share in the world economy is very low. , the science and technology economy is not developed, although it has a population of more than 3 billion, it has almost no say in the world economy.

In the decades since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chinese domestic enterprises have never participated in the formulation of an international industry's technical standards. This is obviously inconsistent with China's status as a major country, but it is also a very helpless thing.

If Duan Yun wants his Tianyin Group to become a first-class multinational technology company, he must take this step, and this is the successful research and development of VCD, which has indeed brought him some opportunities.

In the previous life, although China’s Wanyan developed and produced the world’s first VCD prototype, it was eventually taken over by Japanese manufacturers due to lack of registered patents. At the end of 1, Sony, Philips, JVC, Panasonic and other electrical appliances produced it. Manufacturers have jointly formulated the VCD standard, which is a white paper standard for digital discs.

The Japanese manufacturer also used its strong influence in microelectronics products to become the "referee" of the VCD industry after obtaining the Wanyan VCD prototype.

Duan Yun will not leave this kind of opportunity for Japanese manufacturers, because he firmly holds the patent rights of this product, he must find ways to participate in the formulation of industry rules, even if Japanese manufacturers are unwilling to cooperate, he will completely Can cooperate with American manufacturers.

Speaking of strength and influence, American electronics manufacturers are currently inferior to Japanese electrical appliance manufacturers headed by Sony and Panasonic, but for Duan Yun, the United States is the largest overseas market today, while the Japanese market is relatively closed. It is very difficult for foreign products to enter the Japanese market, and for a long time, Japanese companies have been extremely exclusive and have strict barriers. In such matters, Japanese companies will not cooperate with Chinese companies.

"Some things can only be known after trying, and we now hold all the core technology patents of VCD, so we still have the initiative." Duan Yun pondered for a while, and then said: "We must first propose to the International Organization for Standardization. Apply, and then contact some well-known manufacturers to jointly formulate relevant rules..."

At present, there are three major international standardization organizations in the world, namely ISO, IEC, and ITU.These three organizations formulate and master different standards for various fields in the world, and promote the orderly development of the world.Among them, the most authoritative is ISO, which is responsible for organizing and contacting other international standardization organizations, including government organizations such as "World Health Organization (WHO)".

In terms of international standardization formulation and release, these three organizations account for 85% of the world.

There are another 28 international standard organizations, and the international standards formulated and released by them only account for 15% of the world.

ISO (World Organization for Standardization) non-governmental organization.It is currently the largest and most authoritative international standardization agency in the world, known as the "Technical United Nations". The standard covers 98% of the world's gross national income and 97% of the global population. Representatives of standardization agencies from three countries held a meeting in London and decided to establish a national standardization organization named ISO. At that time, the rules of procedure were drafted and the charter was formulated. It was formally established in February 1946.Currently, it is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and has 10 member states.

China joined the ISO organization in 1978.

In the 80s of the last century, commercial advertisements had just resumed on radio broadcasts. At first, the familiar one was "implement three guarantees, and we will ship on behalf of you". ".

In that era of great foreign trade development, domestic products had to be exported, products had to be inspected for quality, and even factories had to be certified, so foreigners could rest assured.Therefore, having system certification is not only a stepping stone to foreign trade, but also a guarantee of quality, and domestic products can be purchased with confidence.

Therefore, in the 90s, none of the companies that were able to obtain international ISO certification was not proud. Even this simple international certification has become a golden signboard for them. Taking "passing ISO 9000 certification" as the biggest gimmick, it seems that with this certification, this company obviously feels superior to other state-owned enterprises...

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