Focusing on Key Actions: A Milestone Step in China-Malaysia Standard Mutual Recognition

At the "China (Hunan) Pilot Free Trade Zone International Construction Machinery Remanufacturing Collaborative Development Conference" held on May 16, witnessed by Shen Yumou, Director of the Hunan Provincial Department of Commerce; Dato' Ahmad Sabirin, Director General of the Department of Standards Malaysia; Zhou Min, Member of the Standing Committee of the Changsha Municipal Party Committee and Party Secretary of the Changsha Area Party Working Committee of the Pilot Free Trade Zone; Kang Zhenlin, Vice Mayor of Changsha Municipal People's Government; and Duan Ning, Vice Mayor of Yueyang Municipal People's Government,Wu Ruixiang, Director of the Center, on behalf of the National Construction and Urban Construction Machinery Quality Supervision and Inspection Center, formally signed the Malaysia Construction Machinery Standards Agreement with the Department of Standards Malaysia.The signing of this agreement marks the realization of "mutual recognition and interconnection" of the quality standards systems of China and Malaysia in the field of construction machinery, creating a more standardized and efficient trade environment for enterprises of both countries and opening up a new path for Chinese construction machinery to "go global" into Southeast Asian markets.

Hunan Pilot Free Trade Zone: Empowering Industrial Upgrading through Institutional Innovation

Vice Governor Cao Zhiqiang of Hunan Province emphasized at the conference that Hunan will accelerate the reform of the construction machinery remanufacturing system and support enterprises in technological research and development and market expansion. The Changsha Area of the Pilot Free Trade Zone has taken the lead in making breakthroughs, becoming the first in the country to establish systems such ascertification of remanufactured products, issuance of special VAT invoices, and application for certificates of origin,thereby clearing key bottlenecks for construction machinery to "go global." The Center's signing action this time is precisely a vivid practice of Hunan using standards as a bond to deepen international production capacity cooperation.

The Agreement Is of Great Significance: Reducing Costs and Increasing Efficiency, Aligning with International Rules

Shen Yumou, Director of the Hunan Provincial Department of Commerce, stated that the signing of this agreement is another milestone in the Hunan Pilot Free Trade Zone's alignment with "international high-standard economic and trade rules." Through mutual recognition of standards, enterprisescan reduce the cost of duplicate certification and shorten export cycles,helping Chinese construction machinery enterprises accelerate their layout in Southeast Asian markets. As a domestic authoritative testing institution, the National Construction and Urban Construction Machinery Quality Supervision and Inspection Center's leading role in signing the agreement this time further reflects the determination of the Hunan Pilot Free Trade Zone to promote industrial internationalization through institutional innovation.

The signing of this agreement is an important achievement of the collaborative innovation between the National Construction and Urban Construction Machinery Quality Supervision and Inspection Center and the Hunan Pilot Free Trade Zone. In the future, Hunan will continue to use mutual recognition of standards as a lever to promote Chinese construction machinery to make steady and long-term progress in the global market, contributing "Hunan wisdom" to the journey of "Made in China" to the world!