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Introduction
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) organized a Regional Standardization Forum (RSF) for Bridging the Standardization Gap for Asia Pacific in X’ian, China, 27 August 2018, with a focus on emerging economic, regulatory and policy trends. The Forum was kindly hosted by the China Academy of Information & Communications Technology (CAICT) in partnership with Xi'an University of Posts & Telecommunications (XUPT) at the Howard Johnson Ginwa Plaza Hotel. The Forum was held back-to-back with the meeting of ITU-T Study Group 3 Regional Group for Asia and Oceania (SG3RG-AO), which took place from 28 to 31 August 2018 at the same venue.​

Objectives
The main objective of the event was to provide an open forum for debating and exchanging views on a number of standardization topics under discussion at ITU-T and to highlight activities related to the Bridging the Standardization Gap (BSG) Programme including the work of Regional Groups. The target audience of the event included ITU Member States, national standards bodies, ICT regulators, ICT companies, ICT research organizations, service providers, and academia.