Overview

The Ministry of Information Industry, to adapt to reform of telecommunication industry and liberalization of telecommunications market, has in succession approved six standard groups for carrying out standard R&D since April 1999. They were CWTS, TNS, IPSG, NSSG, NMSG, power supply, and two ad hoc groups on telecommunication terminals and mobile Internet (CMIS), and Technical Coordination Department of Telecommunication Standard as well. During this period, under the leadership of the MII and with the hard working of over 200 enterprises and organizations, more than 300 state and industry standards have been developed and revised so as to support high-speed, healthy and orderly development of telecommunications industry in China.

To establish a nationally unified standards organization that can adapt the growing market, keep pace with global industry and accord with Chinese situations, the initiators, Mr. Wei Leping and Mr. Wu Hequan etc., proposed for establishing a communications standard organization on the basis of the former standard study groups in China. With the approval of the MII and Standardization Administration of China and the Civil Affairs Ministry, China Communications Standards Association(CCSA) was founded in December 18, 2002.