CHINA: Global tech standard-setting is new battleground for techno-nationalism

The Chinese government is likely to formally introduce a new industrial policy blueprint, China Standards 2035, this year after three years of planning. China hawks worry that a coordinated, state-led effort to increase China's influence in global standards-setting bodies will serve as a powerful new industrial policy weapon. But many industry experts say that proposed standards succeed or fail based on technical merit and that standards bodies are highly resistant to undue influence. China Standards 2025 is a new effort to promote Chinese leadership in key emerging technologi