ShanghaiMay 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — May 20, 2026, Shanghai, China — As the global metrology community jointly celebrates the 27th “World Metrology Day,” the “Metrology as the Foundation, Quality Shapes the Future” Zeiss Industrial Quality World Metrology Day Theme Conference was grandly held at the Zeiss China headquarters in Shanghai. This year coincides with the 180th anniversary of the founding of the Zeiss Group. This event not only deeply echoes the global theme of Metrology Day, “Metrology: Building Trust in Policy Making,” but also marks a significant milestone for Zeiss, leveraging its century-old precision technology heritage to deeply integrate into the beginning of China’s “15th Five-Year Plan” and support the national strategy for high-quality development. The conference gathered guests from metrology research institutes, standards associations, and leading industry enterprises to jointly discuss how precision measurement and quality management can empower the full-chain collaboration and intelligent transformation of the manufacturing industry amid the wave of industrial upgrading and new quality productive forces.
Carrying Forward a Century of Craftsmanship, Ushering in a New Chapter of Quality
The “15th Five-Year Plan” explicitly proposes building a modern industrial system and advancing the construction of a quality-focused nation, designating measurement, testing, and standards systems as key technological supports. Currently, the connotation of quality is evolving from simple product conformity inspection to a core quality management capability spanning the entire process of R&D, production, assembly, and maintenance. Facing multiple challenges such as the increasing complexity of manufacturing product structures, stringent precision requirements, accelerated iteration speeds, and the need for enhanced industrial chain collaboration, Zeiss leverages precise insights to grasp the direction of industry change.
This conference, with the core theme “Metrology as the Foundation, Quality Shapes the Future,” aims to convey a dual meaning: “Metrology as the Foundation” symbolizes Zeiss’s 180 years of deep technical expertise in precision measurement, serving as a reliable cornerstone supporting high-quality industrial development; “Quality Shapes the Future” represents Zeiss’s forward-looking ability to use quality as a core competency, discern industry transformation trends, empower enterprises with scientific decision-making, and drive industrial upgrading and sustained growth. The conference aims to build a high-end industry exchange platform, strengthen Zeiss’s credible leading position in the fields of metrology standards and quality management, and connect key forces in the industrial chain to jointly construct a quality trust network for the future.
Gathering of Authorities, Exploring the Frontiers of Quality
This conference meticulously set up two main themes: policy trends and intelligent manufacturing innovation, with a tight agenda and numerous highlights.
Morning Session | High-Quality Development and Precision Measurement Industry Collaboration and Policy Orientation
During the opening session, Xie Lei, Chief Operating Officer of Zeiss Greater China, delivered a speech. He stated that Zeiss’s 180-year development history is essentially a history driven by the belief in “precision,” continuously advancing measurement science and technological progress. Facing the high-quality development and new quality productive forces emphasized in China’s current “15th Five-Year Plan,” Xie Lei believes that “the value of metrology is being redefined by the times,” and emphasized that Zeiss will continue to deepen its localization strategy to help customers address global challenges.
Following this, Qiu Shijie from the Metrology Division of the Shanghai Municipal Market Supervision Administration delivered a speech. With the theme “Metrology as the Foundation, Precisely Empowering High-Quality Industrial Development,” he shared in-depth thoughts on the development of the metrology industry, industrial collaboration, and quality ecosystem construction from an official perspective. He mentioned, “Shanghai’s metrology is undergoing a strategic transformation from support to empowerment. Looking ahead, we look forward to joining hands with all parties to empower high-quality industrial development with precise metrology.”
Subsequently, authoritative experts in the national metrology and standardization fields shared cutting-edge insights. Shi Yushu, Director of the Nanometrology Laboratory at the Center for Advanced Metrology Science, National Institute of Metrology, China, elaborated on how metrology and standards can “lay the foundation” for the development of high-end instruments and the National Quality Infrastructure (NQI). Li Genzi, Deputy Chief Engineer of the Standardization Research Institute at China Academy of Machinery Science and Technology, focused on the role of standardization and metrology in promoting the high-quality development of the micro-nano manufacturing industry. Zhang Bo, Director of the Mechanical and Manufacturing Metrology Technology Research Institute at Shanghai Institute of Measurement and Testing Technology, shared how full-chain metrology services support the high-quality development of key industries. The experts provided in-depth interpretations of the core significance of metrology from both national strategy and industrial practice dimensions.
In the morning, another highlight session of the conference was the release of the “Metrology as the Foundation, Quality Shapes the Future — Zeiss Industrial Quality Blue Paper.” Zheng Jiayu, Head of Marketing and Online Sales for Zeiss Industrial Quality Solutions in China, interpreted the core content of the Blue Paper. The Blue Paper systematically reviews the profound changes occurring in the industrial quality field from two dimensions: industry development trends and product innovation technologies. It particularly focuses on the strategic positioning of measurement and testing capabilities and standards systems in the “15th Five-Year Plan,” as well as the development direction of integrating quality management and artificial intelligence. Currently, industrial quality is deeply integrating into enterprises’ R&D decisions and process optimization, while AI is driving the transformation of quality management from experience-driven to data and model-driven. The Blue Paper aims to consolidate Zeiss’s cutting-edge methodologies, providing guidance for the manufacturing industry to address four major development trends: industrial upgrading, AI integration, automation closed-loop, and data collaboration.
The morning session concluded successfully with a roundtable forum themed “Multi-Dimensional Collaboration Empowering the High-Quality Development of the Precision Measurement Industry.” Attendees included Zeiss management, Yang Jiebin (Chief Scientist of the National Institute of Measurement and Testing Technology), Deputy Chief Engineer Li Genzi, Director Zhang Bo, and Researcher Zhang Zhen from Tsinghua University, among other academic and research institute representatives, who discussed the collaborative development path for the precision measurement industry.
Afternoon Session | Innovative Technology Driving Manufacturing Upgrades and Transformation
In the afternoon, the event kicked off with the “Zeiss 180th Anniversary Historical Tour and Quality Solutions Journey,” where guests observed Zeiss’s closed-loop solutions ranging from high-precision geometric measurement to full-chain intelligent connectivity.
During the technology sharing session, Ping Jie, President of Zeiss Industrial Quality Solutions China, delivered a speech. He stated: “In Zeiss’s 180-year history, precision and innovation are our eternal genes. Today, standing at the new starting point of China’s ’15th Five-Year Plan,’ we deeply recognize that quality is not only a manufacturing benchmark but also the cornerstone of intelligent decision-making and the language of industrial collaboration. Zeiss is committed to transforming our century-old heritage into solutions that help Chinese customers address industrial upgrading challenges and build future-oriented quality capabilities, truly becoming a trusted one-stop metrology partner by their side.”
Subsequently, Wei Hengzheng, Director of the Coordinate Metrology and Application Research Office, Division of Geometric Metrology, National Institute of Metrology, China, provided an in-depth analysis of the applications and development trends of coordinate metrology technology. Wang Kai, R&D Director of Jiangsu Ruien New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., and Chen Wei, Product Ecosystem Director of Titan Robot Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., shared their innovative practices and experiences in quality management for cutting-edge fields such as tabless cylindrical batteries and humanoid robots.
Finally, during the roundtable discussion themed “Technological Innovation Reshaping a New Paradigm for Manufacturing Quality Transformation,” President Ping Jie, Han Jun (Director of the Nondestructive Testing and Quality Evaluation Platform at the Quanzhou Institute of Equipment Manufacturing, Haixi Institutes, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Shi Xiaohao (General Manager of Shanghai Zeli Precision Electromechanical Technology Co., Ltd.), and Chen Wei (Product Ecosystem Director of Titan Robot) delivered brilliant insights, bringing the conference to a successful conclusion.
180 Years of Heritage Aligning with the New Journey of the “15th Five-Year Plan”
For nearly two centuries, Zeiss’s continuous innovation in optics and precision measurement has forged a “trusted gene” serving global industry. This gene is now resonating with contemporary China’s national strategy of pursuing high-quality development and fostering new quality productive forces.
This May 20th World Metrology Day Theme Conference was not only a feast gathering industry wisdom but also a declaration of quality development for the future. On the path of building metrology as the foundation, Zeiss will continue to take metrology as its root and innovation as its driving force, moving forward hand-in-hand with ecosystem partners in the industrial chain to jointly open a new chapter in quality development, injecting sustained momentum into the transformation and upgrading of manufacturing in China and globally with the power of precision.