About

  • Secretariat: SAC (China)
    Committee Manager:
  • Chairperson:
    vacant
  • ISO Technical Programme Manager [TPM]:
    Ms Monja Korter
    ISO Editorial Manager [EM]:
    Mrs Yvonne Chen
  • Creation date: 2025

Scope

Standardization in the field of medical systems derived from ancient Chinese medicine which shall be able to share one common set of standards. Both traditional and modern aspects of these systems are covered. The committee focuses on quality and safety of raw materials, manufactured products and medical devices and of informatics, including service standards limited to involving the safe use and delivery of devices & medicine, but not into the clinical practice or application of those products.

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Sustainable Development Goals

This committee contributes with 20 standards to the following Sustainable Development Goals:

18

Published ISO standards *

2

ISO standards under development *

21
Participating members
23
Observing members

* number includes updates

Reference Title Type
ISO/TC 249/SC 1/CAG 1   Chair's Advisory Group for governance Working group
ISO/TC 249/SC 1/CAG 2   Chair’s Advisory Group for working group management Working group
ISO/TC 249/SC 1/JWG 1   Joint ISO/TC 249 - ISO/TC 215 WG: Informatics Working group
ISO/TC 249/SC 1/WG 1   Quality and safety of raw materials and traditional processing Working group
ISO/TC 249/SC 1/WG 2   Quality and safety of manufactured TCM products Working group
ISO/TC 249/SC 1/WG 3   Quality of acupuncture needles and safe use of acupuncture Working group
ISO/TC 249/SC 1/WG 4   Quality and safety of medical devices other than acupuncture needles Working group
ISO/TC 249/SC 1/WG 5   Terminology and informatics Working group

ISO/TC 249/SC 1 - Secretariat

SAC (China)

Standardization Administration of China
No. 9 Madian Donglu, Haidian District
Beijing 100088
China

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