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Entry 2020.11.29 14:16
Meishan City of Sichuan Province promoted from 2017
“China has become the standard for the international kimchi industry”
Established standards, excluding subordinate country Korea
According to the Global Times, the Meishan City Market Supervision and Management Office in Sichuan Province acquired the international standard for the kimchi industry from ISO on the 24th. The Chinese Market Supervision Service, a specialized medium in the Market monitoring and management in China, which first reported such content, said China has established six international standards related to the kimchi industry.
China, which is a permanent director of ISO, has been working on the agenda of ‘Setting International Kimchi Standards’ from an early age with the Market Supervision and Management Office leading the national kimchi industry. Meishan City in Sichuan Province accounts for more than half of China’s kimchi industry. Officials in the region have already started working on the establishment of international standards since April 2017 with the support of the state.
In March 2019, experts from China and ISO member countries Turkey, Serbia, India and Iran officially adopted the international kimchi standard. In June, three months later, the agenda was approved by the Subcommittee on Fruits, Vegetables and Derivatives of the ISO Food Products Technology Committee.
After 1 year and 5 months, △ Proposal stage △ Committee’s draft stage △ Draft opinion of the draft stage △ After the ratification stage and 2 months of voting by member countries and listening to the opinions of experts , ‘ISO 24220 Kimchi (Vegetables Fermented with Salt) Standards and Test Methods International Standards’. It is known that the active cooperation of the China National Standards Committee, the China Standardization Research Institute and the China Food Fermentation Industry Research Institute followed.
“The kimchi industry in China has become the standard in the international kimchi market,” Hwangu Hour said, saying, “The technical standard for the kimchi industry in China has been recognized worldwide.” In particular, he said, “The standard coefficient of kimchi production in China has become part of the international standard, and the global kimchi industry will manufacture kimchi in accordance with this standard,” he said.
The media noted that Korean experts were not involved in setting this standard. At the same time, he argued, “Korea has a kimchi deficit,” and said that as of 2017, Korea’s kimchi imports are around 10 times exports. Korea is also said to be dependent on imports for 35% of kimchi consumption and 99% of all imports are made in China.
In particular, citing Korean media articles at the time in 2017, he introduced the phrases “Humiliation of the host country of kimchi” and “Korean Kimchi with only deficits.” The title of the article was also reported as “ China-led International Standard for Kimchi Industry, Korean Media Explosion: The Country’s Humiliation Behind Kimchi, ” maximizing the confrontation between Korea and China.
The ‘random price’ of imported kimchi from China was also said to have increased due to the increase in the price of Korean cabbage. In 2018, the Korean government announced the ‘Comprehensive Plan for the Promotion of the Kimchi Industry’ and announced plans to improve competitiveness, such as increasing the self-sufficiency rate of kimchi, which was from 65% in 2016, to 70% by 2022. , but recently the price of cabbage increased by 40% compared to the previous year. He said he was in trouble. At the same time, he reported that he is actively importing kimchi from China to supply kimchi to Korea.
However, the opinion of industry experts is that the Chinese media’s interpretation that the establishment of the international ISO standard means ‘international standardization of Chinese kimchi’ is excessive. Above all, the credibility of the Kimchi standard, which was enacted in the absence of Korea, the main kimchi country, is notably low.
ISO, which states that the global time signal is an “international standard”, was launched in 1947 with the aim of promoting mutual cooperation between countries by developing internationally accepted standards in the fields of industry and commerce. It is not an official government body and currently has 165 member states.
On the other hand, the Hwangu Times is the outlet that reported last month’s comments about the Korean War by BTS as the first issue. After that, the reaction of Korean netizens was broadcast several times, which stimulated anti-Korean public opinion in China. In particular, when foreign media like the United States questioned the attitude of the Chinese media, the editor-in-chief of the media made a comment and argued that “the Korean media did not respect the Chinese people’s right to express themselves.”
