Kick-off Meeting for the Group Standard Development Project on Specifications for Weight Management Center Construction Held in Beijing

On February 21, 2025, the National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention (NCD Center) of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) convened the kick-off meeting for the group standard development project titled Specifications for Weight Management Center Construction in Beijing. The meeting aimed to advance the formulation of this group standard. Attendees included relevant officials from China CDC and the NCD Center, experts from drafting organizations such as Peking University Third Hospital and Beijing Friendship Hospital affiliated with Capital Medical University, as well as representatives from related industries, with more than 40 participants in total.

 

During the meeting, Zhou Maigeng, Deputy Director of the NCD Center and project lead, introduced the rationale behind the project proposal. Jiang Wei, Deputy Director of the Department of Health Standards at China CDC, provided an overview of the background to the 2024 targeted group standard development initiative of the Chinese Preventive Medicine Association (CPMA), along with key provisions of the Administrative Measures for CPMA Group Standards and the Implementation Rules for Group Standard Project Review and Evaluation. Following these presentations, the project working group from the NCD Center outlined the proposed framework for drafting the group standard. Participants engaged in in-depth discussions and offered constructive feedback, which further refined the structure of the framework. At the conclusion of the discussion, Deputy Director Zhou emphasized the urgency, scientific rigor, and broader significance of standard development, and laid out the drafting work plan moving forward.