Policy on Application of Standards
In line with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade, Hong Kong, China's policy is to use international standards as far as possible and align domestic standards with international standards where appropriate.
Hong Kong, China does not have a central standards body developing and issuing domestic standards. Our regulatory agencies use standards as and when necessary, and avoid the position where the setting of standards dictates market development or becomes a means of protecting certain sectors of the industry. More information on standards used in Hong Kong, China is available on Standards, Regulations and Conformity Assessment Database.
The Product Standards Information Bureau (PSIB), the Hong Kong Accreditation
Service (HKAS) and the Standards and Calibration Laboratory (SCL) of the
Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC) actively participate in standards
and conformity assessment related international and regional activities.
PSIB represents Hong Kong, China in the Asia
Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Sub-Committee
on Standards
and Conformance (SCSC),
International Organisation for
Standardisation (ISO) and
the Pacific Area Standards
Congress (PASC);
HKAS actively participates in the Pacific
Accreditation Cooperation (PAC),
Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation
Cooperation (APLAC),
International Accreditation Forum
(IAF) and
International Laboratory Accreditation
Cooperation (ILAC);
and SCL is a full member of the Asia Pacific Metrology Programme (APMP) and represents Hong Kong, China as an Associate of the General Conference
on Weights and Measures (CGPM) of the Metre Convention.
The Customs and Excise Department is a Correspondent Member of the International
Organisation of Legal Metrology (OIML) and
a Member of the Asia Pacific Legal Metrology Forum (APLMF).
The Office of the Telecommunications Authority also sends its officers
to attend meetings of the International Telecommunications
Union (ITU).
