The national standards of the Republic of China administering Taiwan, Pescadores, Quemoy and Matsu are titled the Chinese National Standards (CNS) (中華民國國家標準). They are administered by the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection of the Ministry of Economic Affairs. These standards are divided into 26 numbered categories. Applying the National Standards is voluntary unless authorities in charge cite any parts of the standards as laws and regulations. By the end of 2003, more than 15000 national standards have been issued. Although the Republic of China was removed in 1950 from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) for failure to pay membership dues accordingly, there are still many National Standards translated from ISO standards into Chinese. A few standards also have English versions, but in case of any divergence of interpretation, the Chinese text shall prevail. Motto: Three Principles of the People (三民主義 San-min Chu-i) Anthem: National Anthem of the Republic of China Capital Taipei (de facto)  Nanking (de jure)1  Largest city Taipei Official languages Mandarin (GuóyÇ”) Government Semi-presidential system  - President Chen Shui-bian  - Vice President Annette Lu  - Premier Su Tseng-chang... The Pescadores (Traditional Chinese: 澎湖群島; Hanyu Pinyin: Pénghú Qúndăo; Tongyong Pinyin: Pénghú Cyúndăo; Wade-Giles: Peng-Hu Chun-Tao; Taiwanese POJ: Phêⁿ-ô·-kōan, from Portuguese, fishermen, pron. ... Quemoy, Kinmen, or Chinmen (金門, pinyin: Jīnmén, POJ: Kim-mn̂g) (pop. ... Matsu can refer to: Matsu, a significant sea goddess in Chinese culture. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is an international standard-setting body composed of representatives from national standards bodies. ...

Because the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China can both be abbreviated as China, the Chinese National Standards may also literally mean the National Standards of the People's Republic of China. However, the Republic of China has no plan to change the name "Chinese National Standards" yet. Confusions may arise in Chinese language. Motto: Three Principles of the People (三民主義 San-min Chu-i) Anthem: National Anthem of the Republic of China Capital Taipei (de facto)  Nanking (de jure)1  Largest city Taipei Official languages Mandarin (GuóyÇ”) Government Semi-presidential system  - President Chen Shui-bian  - Vice President Annette Lu  - Premier Su Tseng-chang... Guóbiāo (国标) (GB) in the Peoples Republic of China is the abbreviation of Guójiā Biāozhǔn (国家标准), meaning the National Standards, or Guójiā Biāozhǔn Mǎ (国家标准&#30721... Chinese (written) language (pinyin: zhōngw n) written in Chinese characters The Chinese language (汉语/漢語, 华语/華語, or 中文; Pinyin: H nyǔ, Hu yǔ, or Zhōngw n) is a member of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages. ...

Each standard has a general number and may be prefixed "CNS", such as CNS 11296. The general numbers, English names and any similar ISO standards of some standards are listed below:

Paper is a thin material produced by the amalgamation of fibres, typically vegetable fibers composed of cellulose, which are subsequently held together by hydrogen bonding. ... ISO 216 specifies international standard (ISO) paper sizes, used in most countries in the world today. ... ISO 646 is an ISO standard that specifies a 7 bit character code from which several national standards are derived, the best known of which is ASCII. Since the portion of ISO 646 shared by all countries specified only the letters used in the English alphabet, other countries using the... Note that this article includes some hyperlinked dates whose format is configurable in Special pages | Preferences. What you see may not be what the author intended. ... A pocket watch, a device used to keep time There are two distinct views on the meaning of time. ... ISO 8601, Data elements and interchange formats – Information interchange – Representation of dates and times is an international standard for date and time representations. ... ISO 2022, more formally ISO/IEC 2022, is an ISO standard (equivalent to the ECMA standard ECMA-35) specifying a technique for including multiple character sets in a single character encoding. ... The standard ISO 5218 defines the representation of the human sexes by a numeric digital code. ... Cover of brochure The International System of Units. ... International Standard ISO 1000 (SI units and recommendations for the use of their multiples and of certain other units, International Organization for Standardization, 1992) is the ISO standard describing the International System of Units (SI). ... International Standard ISO 31 (Quantities and units, International Organization for Standardization, 1992) is the most widely respected style guide for the use of units of measurement, and formulas involving them, in scientific and educational documents worldwide. ... ISO 9001 certification of a fish wholesaler at the Tsukiji fish market ISO 9000 is a family of ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) standards for quality management systems. ... Look up country in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... ISO 3166 is a three-part geographic coding standard for coding the names of countries and dependent areas, and the principal subdivisions thereof. ... The International Standard Book Number, or ISBN (sometimes pronounced is-ben), is a unique[1] identifier for books, intended to be used commercially. ... For information on using ISBNs in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:ISBN. The International Standard Book Number, or ISBN (sometimes pronounced is-ben), is a unique (#1) identifier for books, intended to be used commercially. ... ISO 4217 is the international standard describing three letter codes (also known as the currency code) to define the names of currencies established by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). ... ISO 639 is one of several international standards that lists short codes for language names. ... ISO 8859-1, more formally cited as ISO/IEC 8859-1 or less formally as Latin-1, is part 1 of ISO/IEC 8859, a standard character encoding originally developed by ISO, but later jointly maintained by ISO and IEC. The standard, when supplemented with additional character assignments, is the... ISO 8859-2, more formally cited as ISO/IEC 8859-2 or less formally as Latin-2, is part 2 of ISO/IEC 8859, a standard character encoding defined by ISO. It encodes what it refers to as Latin alphabet no. ... ISO 8859-3, also known as Latin-3 or South European is an 8-bit character encoding, part of the ISO 8859 standard. ... ISO 8859-4, also known as Latin-4 or North European, is an 8-bit character encoding, part of the ISO 8859 standard. ... ISO 8859-5, also known as Cyrillic is an 8-bit character encoding, part of the ISO 8859 standard. ... ISO 8859-9, also known as Latin-5 or Turkish, is an 8-bit character encoding, part of the ISO 8859 standard. ... ISO 8859-6, also known as Arabic, is an 8-bit character encoding, part of the ISO 8859 standard. ... ISO 8859-7, also known as Greek, is an 8-bit character encoding, part of the ISO 8859 standard. ... ISO 8859-8, more formally cited as ISO/IEC 8859-8 (but not as Latin-8!), is part 8 of ISO/IEC 8859, a standard character encoding defined by ISO. ISO 8859-8 contains all the Hebrew letters (consonants only, no Hebrew vowel signs). ... Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter phi, , gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the equator. ... Longitude, sometimes denoted by the Greek letter λ (lambda),[1][2] describes the location of a place on Earth east or west of a north-south line called the Prime Meridian. ... Altitude is the elevation of an object from a known level or datum. ... The International standard ISO 6709 of the International Organization for Standardization is the standard representation of latitude, longitude and altitude for geographic point locations. ... ISO 690 is an ISO standard, that specifies the elements to be included in bibliographic references to published monographs and serials, to chapters, articles, etc. ... The ISO 14000 environmental management standards exist to ensure products and services have the lowest possible environmental impact. ... The Universal Character Set is a character encoding that is defined by the international standard ISO/IEC 10646. ...

External links

• Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection: http://www.bsmi.gov.tw
• CNS On-line: http://www.cnsonline.com.tw/CNS_EN/index.html