On January 8, 2015, Bureau Veritas (hereinafter referred to as “Bureau Veritas”) and China Building Materials Test and Certification Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “CTC”) signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Beijing. The two sides will conduct comprehensive exchanges and cooperation in technical research and market development, providing domestic and foreign customers with high-quality, competitive, and high value-added technical services.

CTC General Manager Ma Zhenzhu, Deputy General Manager Liu Yuanxin, Li Wenjiang, Director of General Industry for Greater China of Bureau Veritas, Cui Wansheng, Manager of the North Region of the Bureau Veritas Inspection and Certification Department, and other leaders from both sides attended the signing ceremony.

The cooperation between the two sides will first focus on physical and chemical testing business, as well as providing domestic and foreign product certification services for building materials industry customers, including the European CE Construction Products Directive and Brazil INMETRO Certification. At the same time, the two sides will use their respective marketing channels to expand each other's business, including various scientific research and technological transformation achievements of China Building Materials Test and Certification Group, as well as various export product inspection and certification, system certification, and management consulting services of Bureau Veritas.

The leaders of both sides stated that the signing of this memorandum of cooperation is only a beginning. In addition to actively implementing the various projects mentioned in the memorandum, the content and areas of future cooperation between the two sides will be continuously studied, deepened, and expanded. Improving service capacity, improving service quality, improving personnel quality, and improving corporate credibility will also be the common pursuit of cooperation between Bureau Veritas and CTC. The two sides will leverage their respective advantages to comprehensively strengthen their alliance, make common progress, and grow together.