According to CoinMeta, on November 9th, the China-Africa Standardization Cooperation and Exchange Conference was held in Beijing. The conference focused on promoting high-quality development of China-Africa cooperation through standard "soft connectivity." Deng Zhiyong, Deputy Director of the State Administration for Market Regulation and Chairman of the National Standards Commission, and Khalid Sufi, President of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), attended and delivered speeches. The conference announced the development vision and key cooperation plans for the China-Africa Standardization Cooperation and Research Center, exchanged multiple bilateral cooperation documents, officially launched the China-Africa Standard Information Platform, and simultaneously released the "China-Africa Standardization Cooperation Development Blue Book" as well as case studies of cooperative practices.