On October 28, during the CADE International Architectural Design Expo, the "2026 Green Star Salon," jointly hosted by CTC, UK Zero Carbon Factory Architecture Firm, the Building Research Establishment (BRE), the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB), and the Zhongguancun Human Settlements Engineering and Materials Research Institute, successfully concluded in Beijing. With the theme of "Green and Low-Carbon Good Materials, Building a Foundation for Building Carbon Neutrality, Activating Carbon Value Across the Industrial Chain," the salon brought together more than 100 representatives from research institutions, international authoritative organizations, leading building materials enterprises, and architectural designers to confront industry pain points and explore new pathways for high-quality development across the entire building industry chain.

On October 13, the opening ceremony and press conference of the CNBM Mineral Products Testing and Certification Laboratory were successfully held in Abuja, Nigeria, marking the official commencement of operations of CNBM Materials Technology Africa Co., Ltd., CTC's first overseas holding subsidiary in actual operation. This is a landmark achievement of CTC in thoroughly implementing the strategy of “rebuilding an overseas China National Building Materials Group in ten years,” earnestly fulfilling the “100-Point CTC” requirement of China Building Materials Academy, and promoting the “going out, going in, and going up” of inspection, testing, and certification business. It is also a milestone practice serving China-Africa mining cooperation.

On September 3, the 2026 World Power Battery Conference was held in Yibin, Sichuan. With the theme of “Powering All Things · Integration and Coexistence,” the conference focused on core areas of the power battery industry, including policy, technology, application, international cooperation, recycling, and quality standards, aiming to promote green, coordinated, and high-quality development of the industry. Zhu Lianbin, Party Committee Secretary and Chairman of CTC, was invited to attend the conference’s series of events and deeply participated in the co-construction of the industry’s green supply chain. Liu Yi, General Manager of the Certification and Evaluation Center, accompanied him at the conference.

A thousand sails set out to sea; with quality as our foundation, we live up to every long voyage. The maritime route connects mountains and seas and conveys the warmth of a major country. Foreign aid materials are an important carrier of China’s goodwill and a demonstration of the strength of Made in China. As a core force in quality inspection, CTC has long been deeply engaged in the field of foreign aid quality inspection. With professional, impartial, and rigorous standardized services, it builds a solid quality defense for every batch of materials going abroad and safeguards every commitment to foreign aid that crosses mountains and seas.

Recently, the International Economic and Technological Cooperation Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) led a delegation to Dakar, the capital of Senegal, and jointly held the China-Senegal Green Industrialization Partnership Working Meeting with the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Senegal. The event was supported by the Africa Climate Foundation. As a co-implementing unit of the project, CTC participated in policy dialogue, strategic exchanges, and thematic sessions throughout the visit, and joined the delegation in on-site industrial inspections. Leveraging its full-chain technical capabilities in standards, testing, and certification, CTC helped advance practical cooperation on China-Senegal green industrialization.

Recently, the International Economic and Technological Cooperation Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) led a delegation to Dakar, the capital of Senegal, and jointly held the China-Senegal Green Industrialization Partnership Working Meeting with the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Senegal. The event was supported by the Africa Climate Foundation. As a co-implementing unit of the project, CTC participated in policy dialogue, strategic exchanges, and thematic sessions throughout the visit, and joined the delegation in on-site industrial inspections. Leveraging its full-chain technical capabilities in standards, testing, and certification, CTC helped advance practical cooperation on China-Senegal green industrialization.

On November 3, a delegation led by Supian Musa, Chief Executive Officer of CIDB Holdings Sdn Bhd (CIDB Holdings), visited CTC. Chen Lu, Deputy Party Committee Secretary and General Manager of CTC, warmly received the delegation. The two sides jointly signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in the fields of building materials inspection, testing and certification. Supian Musa presented an authorization certificate to CTC, marking that CTC can now carry out inspection and testing on mandatory testing building materials products exported from China to Malaysia and managed by the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Malaysia. Muhammad Azizi Ali, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of CIDB Holdings, and Song Kaisen, Deputy General Manager of CTC, attended the meeting.

On June 11, Gaziyev, First Deputy Director of the Center for Technical Scientific Experiments and Quality Control of Uzbekistan, and his delegation visited CTC. Song Kaisen, Deputy General Manager and Board Secretary of CTC, warmly received the guests. The two sides signed the “Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the Field of Conformity Assessment” and held discussions on inspection and certification, standardization, training, and other matters.

Recently, CTC has received a series of major good news: it has successfully obtained re-accreditation for the United Nations Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and renewal certification for the VERRA Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) qualification. It is now the only inspection and certification institution in China with full-chain service capability in the VCS 14.AFULO (Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use) sector, further consolidating CTC's benchmark position in global carbon market services.

Recently, Aigul Kasymova, Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Technical Regulation and Metrology of the Ministry of Trade and Integration of Kazakhstan, and her delegation visited CTC. Song Kaisen, Deputy General Manager and Board Secretary of CTC, warmly received the delegation. The two sides held discussions and exchanges on matters such as inspection and testing, metrology, standardization, and laboratory construction. Fei Yang, Director of the International Cooperation Department of the China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment (CNAS), participated in the meeting.