China Expands Accreditation Recognition to Support Overseas Business Expansion

People's Daily reports that data from the State Administration for Market Regulation shows China had 24093 conformity assessment bodies accredited by the China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment, or CNAS, by the end of August. These accredited bodies account for nearly one-fifth of the global international mutual recognition total, while the country maintains an accreditation system spanning certification, testing laboratories, inspection, and validation and verification. The accreditation framework spans research, development, testing, and mass production across sectors. Traditional industries such as steel, chemicals, and building materials use standardized inspection procedures to shift toward quality improvements, while emerging sectors such as the internet of things, next-generation communications, and data centers rely on accreditation as technical backing. In Jiangsu province, there are 2856 CNAS-accredited bodies, reflecting an increase of 93% compared with 5 years earlier. CNAS has signed 16 international multilateral recognition agreements, establishing a mutual recognition network encompassing 133 countries and economies. Through this international multilateral structure, certificates and testing reports generated by domestic Chinese institutions can achieve equivalent recognition abroad, allowing foreign project partners to accept domestic laboratory results without requiring secondary testing overseas.

Relying on the international credibility of CNAS accreditation allows foreign project partners to accept domestic laboratory testing reports, which curtails inspection expenses and helps projects proceed on schedule by preventing duplicative overseas testing.