The Belt and Road Accreditation Development International Seminar was held in Beijing on September 4, attracting 29 representatives from 14 countries along the Belt and Road routes, including Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Pakistan and Iran.
"Accreditation services have broad prospects in the Belt and Road construction," said Wang Fengqing, director of China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment, on the forum. "China's accreditation agencies will continue to actively take part in international multilateral mutual recognition systems, and further extend bilateral and multilateral cooperation with countries along the Belt and Road routes."
The Certification and Accreditation Administration of China (CAA) published a vision and action plan on advancing accreditation services in the Belt and Road construction in June 2015, proposing to accelerate the multilateral and bilateral mutual recognition of certification and accreditation, as well as the examining and inspection certificates in the world. They also suggested that countries should make common and consistent standards in certification and accreditation in the areas where they share common interests.
Liu Weijin, deputy director of CAA, said the CAA will strengthen its studies on the certification and accreditation works in the countries along the Belt and Road routes, so as to carry out the vision and action plan.
The seminar lasts for two weeks, providing attendees with enough time to carry out in-depth discussions on specific problems.
The China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment has signed bilateral cooperation agreements with 11 countries along the Belt and Road routes, and has established cooperation channels with relevant countries, including Kazakhstan, Turkey, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore and Pakistan.