Qinghai: Developing multiple first-of-its-kind standards for the special ecological environment of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

China News Service, Xining, October 14th (Qi Zenbei) On October 14th, reporters learned from the special press conference on standardization work in Qinghai Province that Qinghai has established a four-level plateau characteristic standard system of "national standards are laid down, landmarks are supplemented, group standards follow the market, and enterprise standards are used for research and development", and a number of first-of-its-kind standards have been formulated for the special ecological environment of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

In September 1969, the International Organization for Standardization designated October 14 each year as World Standards Day.

Ji Xiang, director of the Standardization Department of the Qinghai Provincial Administration for Market Regulation, introduced that since Qinghai Province issued implementation opinions on the implementation of the "National Standardization Development Outline" at the end of 2021, Qinghai Province's standard supply has continued to expand, and has led or participated in the formulation and revision of 167 national standards, 663 local standards, and 320 group standards. 786 companies have completed 3,098 self-declarations of corporate standards, covering agriculture, industry, service industries, and social undertakings.

"Qinghai insists on taking standards as an important technical starting point for ecological governance, and coordinates the promotion of 'dual carbon' construction, comprehensive ecological management, and the standardized construction of national parks and nature reserves." Ji Xiang said that Qinghai is deeply involved in the development of national standards such as electrolytic aluminum carbon footprint and energy consumption limits. It has launched the "Technical Guidelines for Pollution Control in the Utilization and Disposal of Waste Photovoltaic Modules and Waste Wind Turbine Blades" nationwide, filling the gap in domestic solid waste disposal standards for decommissioned new energy.

At the same time, Sanjiangyuan National Park established a provincial standardization technical committee to solidify the "one household, one post" management and protection system based on the "Sanjiangyuan National Park Ecological Management and Protection Specifications", supporting ecological fences and a series of standards for "tongdaoyuan" sky and ground integrated supervision.

Focusing on the governance issues of Qinghai Lake, Qinghai Province has compiled local standards for water safety assessment, Cladophora remote sensing monitoring, and high chlorine water quality testing. It has continued to improve standards related to mine restoration, soil and water conservation, and wildlife protection. It has also introduced a series of standards for plateau low-carbon buildings. The implementation rate of green standards for new urban buildings in the province has reached 100%.

In addition, Qinghai actively promotes cross-regional standards collaboration, jointly builds an ecological protection standard system for the Yellow River Basin with provinces along the Yellow River, carries out mutual recognition of standards with Tibet, and jointly develops relevant standards in the fields of ecology, clean energy, agricultural and livestock products, etc.