Study on Legal Issues of Voluntary Standards in the Era of High-quality Development

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62517/jel.202414315

Author(s)

Tingran Tan

Affiliation(s)

School of Law, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Abstract

In the era of high-quality development, optimizing the management of quality infrastructure is a necessary approach, and the importance of standardization system construction is self-evident. The current "Standardization Law" is a summary of the achievements of standard reform in recent years. It mainly follows the reform direction of market-oriented standard formulation, but at the level of legal system construction, there are still remnants of the old planned economic system. Corresponding to the practical level, it is manifested as the implicit mandatory situation when the voluntary standards are applied by enterprises. This study analyzes existing research and practice, reveals the problems in the implementation of voluntary standards, and puts forward relevant solutions. In order to improve the application effect of standards in practice, the independent status of voluntary standards should be clarified at the legislative level, and a diversified evaluation mechanism should be established at the practical level.

Keywords

Standardization Law; Voluntary Standards; Voluntariness

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