Bernard Gindroz, chairman of ISO/TC268, addresses the audience at the launch ceremony of the Secretariat of the International Smart Sustainable City Club in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on Jan 14. [Photo/hangzhou.com.cn]

Bernard Gindroz, chairman of ISO/TC268 said that as the world's first pilot city named by ISO for the international standards in sustainable development in 2016, Hangzhou excels in terms of city appeal, environmental protection, resource distribution, social cohesion and people's well-being.

In 2017, ISO and the National Standards Committee jointly launched the world's first standardization professional conference base in Hangzhou.

ISO is a non-governmental international organization that develops and publishes International Standards, and is the largest standards organization in the world. In addition to establishing standards in fields such as enterprise, military industry, and petroleum, it also has a set of "standard systems" to evaluate urban development.