On June 6, the Certification and Accreditation Administration of China (CNCA), under the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), celebrated the 2024 World Accreditation Day in Xiong’an New Area, in Hebei province. The theme of the event was “Certification, Accreditation, Inspection, and Testing: Innovation, Cooperation, Future”. At the same time, the China Certification and Accreditation Conference was inaugurated during the event, aiming to become an international exchange and cooperation platform for conformity assessment with Chinese characteristics, specifically enhancing the service level, social influence, and international acceptance of China’s certification, accreditation, inspection, and testing.
CNCA Administrator Pu Chun led dozens of CNCA officials at the conference. Representatives from international organizations, including the International Accreditation Forum (IAF), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), International Electrotechnical Commission Conformity Assessment Board (IEC/CAB), International Organization for Standardization Conformity Assessment Committee (ISO/CASCO), TIC Council, and the American Chamber of Commerce, also attended the event in person or online and delivered speeches.
During the event, SAMR/CNCA released the Quality Certification Activity Index, China Soft Connectivity Development Index, Statistics on the development of certification, accreditation, inspection, and testing, as well as Exemplary cases of international mutual recognition cooperation for “small and beautiful” quality certification, high-quality development of the quality certification service industry, and innovation-driven economic and social development facilitated by inspection and testing.
The China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment (CNAS) released Achievements in high-quality development of accreditation services. While the China Certification and Accreditation Association and the TIC Council jointly issued an initiative titled Compliance Lays the Foundation, Cooperation Creates the Future, which calls for i) standing firmly by the rules of compliance, ii) accelerating development through innovation, iii) openness and equality, iv) strengthen communication and cooperation in the global certification and accreditation practices.
The event also featured signing ceremonies for the “CCC Exemption Linkage Mechanism in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Yangtze River Delta, and Heilongjiang-Jilin-Liaoning”, “High-Standard High-Quality Construction of Xiong’an New Area by Inspection and Testing Certification Agencies”, and the “Low-Carbon Cooperation between Saihanba Ecological Development Group and Certification Agencies”.
