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• Afghanistan (inactive)
• Mongolia (since 2004) 

• Group of 77 (G-77): China participates as a developing country within this large bloc at the UN. 

• United Nations (UN): China is a founding member and one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, alongside France, Russia, the UK, and the US.
• Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO): Member states include China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, India, Pakistan, and Iran.
• World Trade Organization (WTO): China has been a member since 2001.
• International Mathematical Union (IMU): China is listed among member countries, alongside many others like India, Japan, Russia, and the USA.
• Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC): This organization partners with friendship associations in numerous countries, including Russia, India, Pakistan, Japan, the US, Egypt, and many European and Asian nations. 

• UN Security Council: China is one of the five permanent members (P5).
• Neighbors: China shares borders with 14 countries, including North Korea, Russia, India, Vietnam, and Myanmar, with whom it maintains complex relationships.
• Strategic Partnerships: High-level partnerships exist with countries like India, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. 

China‘s national accreditation body, CNAS (China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment), operates in accordance with ISO/IEC 17011 to accredit conformity assessment bodies like labs, inspection, and certification entities.

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CNAS as ISO 17011 Body

CNAS conducts accreditation evaluations following ISO/IEC 17011:2017 (GB/T 27011 in China), ensuring impartiality, competence, and peer-reviewed processes as an inernational bodyF signatory. It accredits over 9,500 bodies across ISO/IEC 17025 (labs), 17020 (inspection), 17021 (management systems), 17065 (products), and others.​

Key Features

• Peer Evaluation: CNAS itself undergoes ISO 17011 peer assessments for inernational body MLA signatory status.​

• Directories: Search accredited bodies at cnas.org.cn.​

• Scope: Covers testing, certification, inspection, and verification.

China‘s national accreditation body CNAS accredits management system certification bodies to ISO/IEC 17021-1 (via CNAS-CC01:2015 criteria, identical to ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015).​

Certification Body ISO 17021 – China

CNAS accredits bodies for schemes like QMS (ISO 9001), EMS (ISO 14001), FSMS (ISO 22000), ISMS (ISO 27001), and others, ensuring impartial audits and certifications with international credibility via inernational body signatory status. Over 1,000 such bodies operate, searchable by scope (QMS, EMS, etc.) in CNAS’s directory.​

Examples include China Classification Society (CCS), China Testing & Certification (CTC), and international firms like Intertek and NQA holding CNAS accreditation alongside others. Search at https://www.cnas.org.cn/ChinaNationalAccreditationServiceforConformityAssessment/FindanAccreditedBody/index.html.

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China‘s national accreditation body CNAS accredits product certification bodies to ISO/IEC 17065 using CNAS-CC02:2013 (identical to ISO/IEC 17065:2012, revised 2019).​

Product Certification Body ISO 17065 – China

CNAS accredits bodies (e.g., SGS-CSTC CNAS C033-P, QIMA, DNV, Intertek) for product, process, and service certification schemes, supporting mandatory CCC marking and voluntary programs with international recognition via inernational body MLA. These bodies ensure impartiality, competence, and surveillance for sectors like electronics, toys, and construction.​

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China‘s national accreditation body CNAS accredits testing/calibration laboratories to ISO/IEC 17025 and medical laboratories to ISO 15189 (not ISO 17065, which applies to product certification bodies). CNAS uses CNAS-CL01:2018 (ISO/IEC 17025:2017) and CNAS-CL02:2023 (ISO 15189:2022).​

Accreditation Laboratory ISO 17025/15189 – China

CNAS accredits thousands of labs for chemical, mechanical, environmental, electrical, and other testing scopes under ISO/IEC 17025, plus medical labs for diagnostics under ISO 15189, ensuring competence and inernational body mutual recognition. Examples include TSMT-LAB (lighting/reliability), Granite River Labs Dongguan (USB PD), and Shuoshi Medical Testing (clinical).​

Search scopes and entities at CNAS directories: https://www.cnas.org.cn/ChinaNationalAccreditationServiceforConformityAssessment/FindanAccreditedBody/index.html or lab search system.

China‘s national accreditation body CNAS accredits GHG rating agencies and verification bodies under dedicated scopes for ISO 14064 (GHG inventories/projects/assertions) using ISO/IEC 17029 (validation/verification) and links to ISO/IEC 17021 for related management systems like ISO 50001.​

Rating Agencies ISO 14064/17021 – China

CNAS applies specs like CNAS-CV02:2022 (ISO 14065:2020), CNAS-CV03:2022 (ISO 14064-3:2019), and CNAS-CC04 for GHG validation/verification, accrediting ~9 bodies for organizational emissions, projects, and civil aviation (CORSIA). These ensure credible carbon reporting under China’s voluntary GHG trading and national strategies.​

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China‘s national accreditation body CNAS accredits GHG verification and validation bodies (“validation/verification bodies”) under dedicated scopes for ISO 14064 series using ISO/IEC 17029 and ISO 14065.​

GHG Verification/Validator – China

CNAS accredits bodies for organizational GHG inventories (ISO 14064-1), projects (ISO 14064-2), assertions/verification (ISO 14064-3), and CORSIA via CNAS-CV02:2022 (ISO 14065), CNAS-CV03:2022 (ISO 14064-3), ensuring competence for China’s carbon market and national GHG protocols. Accredited validators issue statements accepted domestically and internationally via inernational body recognition.​

Dedicated GHG directory lists ~9 bodies: China Classification Society (CCS), China Quality Certification Centre (CQC), CTI Ecocertification, CEPREI, TÜV Rheinland, SGS, HKQAA, and others. Search at https://www.cnas.org.cn/ChinaNationalAccreditationServiceforConformityAssessment/FindanAccreditedBody/GHG/index.html.

CNAS China does not offer a “Privilege Membership” program. Accreditation to conformity assessment bodies provides the primary benefits of international recognition via inernational body signatory status.​

Accreditation Benefits

Accredited labs, inspection, certification, and verification bodies gain credibility, market access, regulatory acceptance, and mutual recognition of results globally through CNAS’s full MLA/MRA status. Over 30,000 entities are listed in searchable directories by scope and standard.​

Membership Categories

CNAS holds full signatory status in inernational body for all scopes (17020/17021/17065/17025/15189/GHG), with no tiered or privileged memberships for external organizations. International cooperation focuses on peer evaluations rather than memberships.