State Councilor Wang Yong attended the opening ceremony of the 83rd general meeting of the International Electrotechnical Commission on Oct 21 in Shanghai, where he read a congratulatory letter from President Xi Jinping and delivered a speech.

President Xi's letter reflects the Chinese government's attention to standardization and intention to strengthen international cooperation, improve the international standards system and governance structure, which will boost the sustainable development of standardization, Wang said.

As China's economy heads toward high-quality development, Wang said, the Chinese people long for a better life. With that in mind, government departments concerned should carry out the standardization strategy and improve the system and reform in the field, which will underpin economic development and safeguard people's well-being.

As an IEC member, China, along with other members across the board, is willing to comply with due duties, deepen pragmatic cooperation, improve a fairer, more reasonable and transparent international standards system and push forward open, inclusive, beneficial, balanced and win-win economic globalization, Wang said.

During his stay in Shanghai, Wang also engaged in inspection tours to the Jing'an 500 Kilovolt Transformer Substation of the State Grid Corp of China, the Shanghai Electrical Apparatus Research Institute (Group) Co Ltd and INESA.