The 18th International Standards Olympiad was held on August 21-23 in South Korea, which attracted 40 teams made up of 120 middle and high school students from 9 countries including China, Peru, Russia, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Rwanda, Japan, Singapore and Indonesia.

On behalf of China, three teams from the middle school and the high school of Hangzhou Foreign Languages School and the Beijing 101 Middle School won the Gold Award, Silver Award and IEC Special Award respectively.

With the topics of “Safety Requirements for Electric Vehicles” and “Performance Evaluation Methods of Facial Recognition Systems”, the Olympiad evaluated the participants’ understanding of standardization and their capability to solve problems with standardization knowledge. The outstanding performance of the Chinese teams in the international arena of standardization promotion fully showcased the charm of teenagers and their understanding of standardization.