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What is the Roundtable?
The ANSI Manufacturer Member Roundtable in China provides a forum for manufacturing companies to discuss challenges and strategies, exchange information across industry sectors, and provide perspectives on issues that affect their ability to do business in China, including:
- China Compulsory Certification (CCC) regulations
- Dealing with China's Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS)
- China's new energy efficiency requirements
- Chinese special equipment regulations
- China's proposed Information Security certification requirements
- Participation in Chinese standards development
- And other priority issues for companies doing business in China
Monthly meetings of the Roundtable are conducted primarily in Mandarin Chinese, alternate between Beijing and Shanghai, and frequently feature briefings from PRC government officials and other top experts. Participation in these meetings is a benefit for ANSI full company members that manufacture or sell physical products in China.
The Roundtable also serves the broader ANSI membership by providing front-line insights and early warning on developments in China related to standards and conformance. While not a policy committee itself, the Roundtable informs ANSI's policy committees with front-line perspectives on top issues in China.
Monthly reports from the ANSI Manufacturer Member Roundtable in China are made available as a benefit to all ANSI full members.
 Download a promotional flyer for the Roundtable
View monthly reports from the Roundtable (ANSI full members only)
Become an ANSI member
Who Participates?
Current participating companies include:
- GE
- Caterpillar
- 3M
- Rockwell International
- Microsoft
- Intel
- Philips
- Alcatel Lucent
- Motorola
- Lutron
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- SAP
- Siemens
- Hewlett Packard
- Cisco
- IBM
- Dell
- Lexmark
- Monsanto
- Eaton
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Summary of Recent Developments:
| August 2009 |
Shanghai - Guest speakers from the American Forest & Paper Association's (AFPA's) Shanghai office and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers' (ASME's) Beijing office shared presentations on how multinational companies can become better engaged in Chinese standardization work. View Report |
| July 2009 |
Beijing - SAC publicly announced the launch of their project, "Construction of National Standardization System". The project was launched in June 2009. View Report |
| June 2009 |
Shanghai - Representatives of the Shanghai branch of the China Quality Certification Center (CQC) answered questions about the CCC program, and interpreted the CCC detailed procedures. View Report |
| May 2009 |
Beijing - CNCA and the Information Security Certification Center (ISCC) provided a briefing on developments related to China's proposed Information Security certification requirements, which are one of the top U.S.-China trade issues this year. UL provided information on implementation of China's CCC program. View Report
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| April 2009 |
Shanghai - China-based representatives of IPC, an ANSI-accredited SDO, shared insights on how to participate on Chinese technical committees. Roundtable also discussed strategies for dealing with China RoHS and new Chinese special equipment regulations. View Report
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| March 2009 |
Beijing - CNCA provided a briefing on the revisions to China's CCC regulations, a key area of interest for ANSI members. View Report
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| February 2009 |
Roundtable Launch - Joe Bhatia opened the ceremony, which was attended by over 50 participants, including high-level officials from all relevant Chinese government agencies, the US-China Business Council, AmCham China, and ANSI members. A press release was issued.
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For more information, please contact Ms. Elise Owen, Director of the ANSI China Program (eowen@ansi.org)
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