iec standard is the International Electrotechnical Commission developed standards.
The authority of IEC standards is recognized around the world.IEC holds more than one hundred international standards meetings around the world every year.Nearly 100,000 experts from all over the world are participating in the development and revision of IEC standards.IEC now has 100 technical committees (TCs); 107 sub-technical committees (SCs).The number of IEC standards is increasing rapidly! , there were only 120 standards in 1963, as of the end of December 2018, IEC has developed and published 10,771 international standards.
China joined to participate in the IEC in 1957, changed to participate in the work of the IEC in the name of the State Bureau of Technical Supervision (SBTS) since 1988, and now participates in the work of the IEC in the name of the Standardization Administration of China (SAC). China is a member of more than 99% of the technical committees and subcommittees of IEC.
Currently, China is a permanent member of IEC's Council Bureau (CB), Standardization Management Bureau (SMB) and Conformity Assessment Bureau (CAB). China formally adopted a resolution to become a permanent member of the IEC on October 28, 2011, at the 75th International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Council Meeting held in Australia. At present, the permanent members of the IEC are China, France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Purpose of the organization:
The purpose of the IEC is to promote international cooperation in standardization and related issues in the field of electrical and electronic engineering, and to enhance international mutual understanding. In order to achieve this purpose, the IEC publishes a variety of publications, including International Standards, and expects its members to use these standards in their national standardization work as far as their national conditions permit. Over the past 20 years, the IEC has grown considerably in both its field of work and the size of its organization. Today IEC membership has grown from 35 in 1960 to 173, covering 99% of the world's population.
The IEC's field of work has now expanded from the mere study of electrical equipment, nomenclature and power of motors to include all aspects of electrotechnology, such as electronics, power, microelectronics and its applications, communications, audio-visuals, robotics, information technology, new medical devices and nuclear instrumentation, etc. The IEC standards already cover 35 percent of the world market, and by the end of the century the figure could be up to 50%.