IEC主席
詹姆斯·香农
IEC主席
约翰·沃尔特
IEC主席
赵厚麟
国际标准与第四次工业革命
两个世纪前，标准在第一次工业革命中发挥了重要作用，同样在250年后，标准在第四次工业革命中也必将发挥意义非凡的关键作用。
第四次工业革命是指技术的大融合，融合技术的发展模糊了传统意义上物理、数字与生物技术领域的边界。人与物之间越来越紧密的联接，将给我们的生产、贸易和沟通带来极大的影响，就像第一次工业革命，蒸汽动力改变了当时许多的社会生产方式与生活方式。
从十八世纪开始，劳动方式由人工转向机器和工厂，从而产生了标准需求。例如，基于机器零件的替换需求，实现了零部件的规模化制造。
今天，标准在社会走向新时代的伟大征程中，将再一次扮演非常关键的角色。没有标准，我们不可能见证如此迅速的变革。创新者们依靠着IEC、ISO和ITU等组织制定的国际标准来确保兼容性和互操作性，推进新技术的顺利应用。标准也成为全球知识与创新传播的有效载体。
第四次工业革命带来的快速变革也意味着一系列的挑战。机器人与人工智能将取代越来越多原本由人完成的工作；增材制造（也称为3D打印）将改变我们制造产品的方式，让我们在家就能“打印万物”；随着从飞机到婴儿监控等各类设备实现数字化互联，数据的脆弱性与数据安全事故造成的后果也呈现出指数级的增长。这些还只是列举了部分以大数据、增强融合、云储存与设备信息开放传输等为主要特征的新一代智能技术所带来的具体问题。国际标准是确保安全、降低风险的有效工具。例如，安全标准可以保护我们的数据，阻止“黑客”攻击。机器人安全标准将使人机互动变得更加友好。
第四次工业革命的浪潮已经涌来，如何更好地借助这场技术变革增进社会福祉，标准的角色不可或缺。
International Standards and
the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Just as standards were crucial during the first industrial revolution, over 250 years ago, they will also play a critical role in the fourth.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution refers to the emerging technologies, which are blurring the traditional boundaries between the physical, digital and biological worlds. This increased connectivity of people and things will impact the way we produce, trade and communicate, much like steam power transformed production methods and the way of life of many societies during the first Industrial Revolution.
In the 18th century, the transition from manual work to machinery and factory work raised the need for standards. For example, to replace machine parts and enable specialized mass production of components.
Today, standards will once more play a key role in the transition to a new era. The speed of change we are witnessing would not be possible without them. Innovators rely on International Standards, like those produced by IEC, ISO and ITU, to ensure compatibility and interoperability, so that new technologies can be seamlessly adopted. They are also a vehicle to spread knowledge and innovation globally.
The rapid pace of change brought by the Fourth Industrial Revolution has its challenges. Robots and artificial intelligence will take over more and more tasks previously done by humans, additive manufacturing (also known as 3D printing) will change the way we make goods, and give us the ability to “print things” at home, and as everything from planes to baby monitors are connected digitally, the vulnerability of data and the consequences of a breach are growing exponentially. These are only some examples of the issues presented by a new generation of smart technologies characterized by big data, increased integration, cloud storage and open communication of devices to name a few. International Standards are a powerful way to ensure safety and minimize risk. For example, security standards can keep our data safe and deter hackers. And safety standards for robots, will make it easier to interact with humans.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution has begun, but in order to seize its full potential for the betterment of society, standards are needed.
2018世界标准日海报国际版
2018世界标准日海报中国版