On September 9, a delegation of African accreditation institutions visited CTC. Liang Xiaojun, Deputy Director of the International Cooperation Department of the China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment (CNAS); Zhu Lianbin, Party Committee Secretary and Chairman of CTC; and Song Kaisen, Party Committee Member and Deputy General Manager of CTC, attended the exchange activity. Relevant department heads from CNAS and CTC participated in the exchange. Liang Xiaojun chaired the discussion and exchange meeting.

The delegation of African accreditation institutions was composed of representatives from accreditation institutions of the Southern African Development Community (Zimbabwe and Botswana), as well as South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, and other countries. The visit aimed to gain an on-site understanding of CTC's latest progress and achievements in the certification and accreditation field, and to strengthen cooperation and exchanges between the two sides in the testing and certification field.

On behalf of CTC, Song Kaisen extended a warm welcome to the delegation of African accreditation institutions who had traveled from afar, and introduced CTC's development history, technical strength, and achievements in the certification and accreditation field. He expressed the hope that through this visit and exchange activity, CTC and the delegation of African accreditation institutions would jointly learn and exchange advanced accreditation work experience and practices, as well as professional technologies and innovative concepts in the conformity assessment field, establish and enhance mutual understanding and friendship, promote the integrated development of accreditation work and business, and achieve common improvement and progress.

The African accreditation delegation, CTC, and CNAS conducted extensive and in-depth exchanges. CTC introduced in detail its professional capabilities and rich experience in inspection and testing, certification, proficiency testing, technical services, and international business. CNAS introduced relevant inspection body accreditation work and system development. The African accreditation delegation spoke highly of the professionalism, innovation capability, and global vision of CTC and CNAS in the certification and accreditation field.

In the context of globalization, strengthening international cooperation in the accreditation field is of great significance for promoting trade facilitation and enhancing the international competitiveness of products. At the same time, in response to the specific accreditation needs of the African region, CTC and CNAS stated that they would actively provide technical support to help African countries establish and improve their quality systems and standards systems.

During the visit, the African accreditation delegation visited the exhibition hall and laboratories to learn about CTC's profound historical heritage and advanced testing technologies, and expressed great expectations for future cooperation between the two sides.

CTC will take this exchange activity as an opportunity to further deepen cooperation with African accreditation institutions, promote all-round cooperation between the two sides in inspection and testing technology, system development, quality improvement, information sharing, and other aspects, jointly build a closer China-Africa quality partnership, and jointly contribute wisdom and strength to the sustainable development of China-Africa economic and trade cooperation. At the same time, CTC will continue to uphold the core philosophy of “Justice Oriented and Serve the Society,” adhere to the quality policy of “Upholding Integrity and Pursuing Excellence,” and provide global customers with higher-quality inspection, testing, and certification services.