1. Standards and Conformity Assessment Bodies - China
FAO
Inquiry point
WTO/SPS
AGRI
Ministry of Agriculture
International Inspection and Quarantine Standards and Technical Regulations Research Centre
Codex
WTO/TBT
CNAB (National Accreditation Board for Certifiers)
IAF
AQSIQ
State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine
CNCA
Administration of Certification & Accreditation of China
OIML
CNAT (National Auditor & Training Accreditation Board)
PAC
CNAL ( National Accreditation Board for Laboratories)
APLMF
CQC (China Quality Certification Center)
APEC/
SCSC
CCIC (China Certification & Inspection Group)
ILAC
APLAC
SAC
Standardization
Administration of China
CAS (China Association For Standardization)
IEC
JTC1
CNIS (China National Institute of Standardization)
ISO
SPC (Standards Press of China)
BIPM
PASC
NIM (National Institute of Metrology)
APMP
National Secretariat for JTC1 & IEC TC3/SC3D
ITU
MII
Ministry of Information industry
CESI (China Electronics Standardization Institute
CCSA (China Communication Standards Association)
NITS (National Information Technology Standardization Technical Committee)
Regional
Government
CWTS (China Wireless Telecommunication Standards working Group)
International
Non-Government

2. Standards and Conformity Assessment Bodies - China
Administration for Quality Supervision Inspection & Quarantine (AQSIQ)
law-enforcement administrative organization of the State Council in the field of quality, metrology, entry-exit commodities inspection, entry-exit health quarantine, entry-exit animal and plant quarantine, certification, accreditation and standardization
Administration of Certification & Accreditation of China (CNCA)
Supervises and administers the accreditation of certification bodies
Administers the accreditation of laboratories.
Administers products subject to compulsory certification
China National Accreditation Board for Certifiers (CNAB)
National accreditation body for management systems and products certifiers
Represents China at IAF and PAC
China National Auditor and Training Accreditation Board (CNAT)
QMS, EMS Auditor registration
Accreditation Training Institute
China National Accreditation Board for Laboratories (CNAL)
National accreditation body for laboratory and inspection bodies

3. Standards and Conformity Assessment Bodies - China
China Quality Certification Center (CQC)
Specialized certification body established by AQSIQ
The largest and the most authoritative certification body in China
China Certification & Inspection Group (CCIC)
Reorganized from former China National Import & Export Commodities Inspection Corp.
Provides inspection, surveying, certification and testing services with authorization from the CNCA
Standards Administration of China (SAC)
Establishes and oversees Chinese national standards
Sets China’s annual national standards agenda
Represents China at ISO, IEC, PASC, etc
China Association For Standardization (CAS)
CAS is under the leadership of the AQSIQ and is instructed in business by the SAC
Organizes academic seminars and arranges academy exchanges for both international and domestic experts
Publishes notifications of national standards and related standardization information
China National Institute of Standardization (CNIS)
Conducts research on standardization in various fields

4. Standards and Conformity Assessment Bodies - China
Standards Press of China (SPC)
publishes national standards, professional standards and other scientific and technical books
National Institute of Metrology (NIM)
The highest state-level research center for metrology; the legal metrological technical center
Establishes national primary standards and national standards of measurement
Provides verification services and calibration services
Ministry of Information Industry (MII)
Ministerial level organization administrating overall laws and regulations relating to Information Industry
China Electronics Standardization Institute (CESI)
Responsible for the publishing and distributing of electronic industrial standards (SJ)
Testing Body for CCC products approved by CNCA, Testing Center accredited by CNACL  
Secretariat for Chinese National Mirror Committee to JTC1 and IEC TC3/SC3D
China Communication Standards Association (CCSA)
Carries out research and survey activities on communications standardization system
Organizes technical seminars and research communications standards and related information

5. Standards and Conformity Assessment Bodies - China
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The information contained in this presentation was compiled by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) in collaboration with its public and private sector members and also with its international partners. The primary purpose of the chart is to attempt to portray, in high-level, block diagram form, the entities of the standards and conformity assessment systems of the particular economy and their primary inter-relationships and relationships to international and regional organizations – all on one slide.
While many organizations have many subdivisions, only those subdivisions most directly related to standards and conformity assessment are shown.
The chart is one perspective of the systems, with emphasis on identification and representation of the various entities. The chart would look different if the entities were drawn proportional to their relative work volumes in the systems, or if they were drawn proportional to their respective standards and conformity assessment revenues or budgets.
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