The improvement of the level for standardization's opening up is necessary for the development of ‘The Belt and Road’ Initiative（BRI）and formation of a new phase of China's all-around opening up.South Africa as an important component of BRI，has decisive influences on standards making in Africa，especially in Southern Africa.It thus becomes necessary to have a better understanding towards South Africa's standardization，so as to promote China-South Africa，even China-Africa standardization cooperation.By employing 6407 South Africa's national standards，this article analyzes characteristics and trends of South African standardization，followed by discussion of major tasks and development paths of South Africa's standardization in the future，implications of China-South Africa cooperation in standardization are provided in the last section.The implications of China-South Africa cooperation in standardization are as follows：First，to formulate measures to improve the policy environment for standards ‘going out’.Second，to deepen standardization cooperation for mutual benefits，and co-develop international standards.Third，to enhance exchange of relevant talents and capacity building，and to realize information sharing.Last but not least，to improve the awareness of standardization for China's enterprises，and actively participate in the South Africa's standardization activities.