Why “One Belt and One Road” regards certification and accreditation as the focus of cooperation
On June 9, at the World Accreditation Day Forum, the National Certification and Accreditation Administration issued the “Vision and Actions to Jointly Promote the Construction of Certification and Accreditation Services “One Belt and One Road”, proposing to build a “Belt and Road” certification and accreditation with mutual trust, mutual learning, and win-win cooperation. Bilateral and multilateral cooperative relations to jointly promote the construction of the “Belt and Road”. Why should the country regard certification and accreditation as the focus of cooperation? China Quality News will exclusively reveal the secret for you.
More than 2,000 years ago, the industrious and brave people on the Eurasian continent opened up the “Silk Road” connecting the major civilizations in Asia, Europe and Africa, forming a Silk Road of “peace and cooperation, openness and tolerance, mutual learning, mutual benefit and win-win”. Road spirit. Since then, the Silk Road has opened a historical era of facilitating regional trade and promoting economic prosperity along the routes.
In September and October 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed the strategic concepts of building the “New Silk Road Economic Belt” and the “21st Century Maritime Silk Road” respectively. “One Belt, One Road” aims to borrow the historical symbols of the ancient “Silk Road”, hold high the banner of peaceful development, proactively develop economic partnerships with countries along the route, and jointly create a community of interests and destiny based on political mutual trust, economic integration, and cultural tolerance. Community and community of responsibility.
★The greatest charm of the “Belt and Road” initiative for the world will not only be the amount of investment and profits, but more importantly, it will bring a new trend to the world, allowing equal cooperation, cultural exchanges, and economic prosperity. Non-military hegemony has become another main axis of the future world order.
★Certification and accreditation are internationally accepted quality management methods and trade facilitation tools. They are technical measures for countries to establish mutual trust relationships and promote trade exchanges. In the construction of the “Belt and Road”, they play a role in promoting smooth trade, reducing technical barriers to trade, and promoting interconnection. It plays an important role in interoperability construction and promoting international quality governance. In March this year, the Chinese government authorized the release of the “Vision and Actions to Promote the Joint Construction of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road”, proposing a cooperation initiative for China and countries along the Belt and Road to jointly build the “Belt and Road”, and clearly recognized the certification As the focus of cooperation, it highlights the core value of certification and accreditation, embodies the common need for mutual benefit and win-win results, and provides path guidance for deepening certification and accreditation cooperation among countries along the Belt and Road.
★In order to promote the countries along the “Belt and Road” to carry out larger-scale, higher-level and deeper pragmatic cooperation in the field of certification and accreditation, the National Certification and Accreditation Administration of the People’s Republic of China has specially formulated the “Jointly Promoting the Construction of Certification and Accreditation Services along the “Belt and Road” Vision and Actions”.
Attached: Full text of “Vision and Actions to Jointly Promote Certification and Accreditation Services “Belt and Road” Construction
1. Overall idea
Adhering to the concept of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits, following internationally accepted rules, based on the actual national conditions of each country, adhering to mutual trust and mutual learning, and win-win cooperation, we will actively promote the construction of the Belt and Road Initiative on the basis of equal consultation and taking into account the interests of all parties. Adapt the certification and accreditation cooperation and mutual recognition process, jointly improve the transparency of technical trade measures, jointly promote the innovative development of certification and accreditation systems, jointly promote the construction of interconnection, jointly improve the level of trade liberalization and facilitation, and jointly serve the high-quality and sustainable development of the regional economy. .
2. Basic principles
Adhere to open cooperation. It advocates the extensive participation of government departments, practitioners, conformity assessment users, the public, and international regional organizations in various countries to promote the development of international cooperation in certification and accreditation in a more open, inclusive, and mutually beneficial direction.
Adhere to mutual respect and trust. Respect the current situation of diverse standards and different regulations in various countries in the field of certification and accreditation, respect the independent choices and differentiated needs of all parties, and enhance mutual trust on the basis of mutual communication and consultation.
Adhere to mutual learning. Learn from each other’s development achievements and management experiences in the field of certification and accreditation, learn from each other’s strengths, and achieve common development.
Adhere to mutual benefit and win-win results. We should take into account the interests and demands of all parties and seek cooperation channels and mutual recognition arrangements based on the greatest common denominator of the interests of all parties, so that the results of cooperation can benefit enterprises and people of all countries.
3. Key points of cooperation
(1) Strengthen policy communication and technical exchange
Strengthen communication between government authorities of various countries on certification and accreditation policies and regulations, as well as consultation and coordination in related international affairs, enhance mutual understanding and trust, work towards each other in policy formulation and institutional arrangements, and avoid unreasonable and unnecessary obstacle. Encourage practitioners in various countries to carry out technical exchanges and jointly promote good practices in certification and accreditation. Advocate the establishment of an information exchange mechanism covering all areas of certification and accreditation, enhance the transparency of technical trade measures, and realize resource sharing among countries along the route.
China will continue to improve the transparency of conformity assessment policies and let the international community fully understand China’s certification and accreditation policies and work dynamics in a timely manner through WTO notification mechanisms, dialogue mechanisms and other bilateral and multilateral channels; at the same time, China is willing to work with relevant parties to establish certification and accreditation information sharing and Quick notification platform to notify each other of certificates, institutions, personnel and law enforcement supervision information.
(2)�Promote international mutual recognition of certification and accreditation
Accelerate the process of bilateral and multilateral mutual recognition of certification and accreditation, and promote international mutual recognition of certification, accreditation, and inspection and testing certificates. Based on the differentiated realities of various countries, actively seek solutions to equivalence and consistency, jointly carry out national system research, standard comparison, proficiency testing and other activities, promote mutual recognition of accreditation and personnel certification, and promote mutual recognition of results through mutual trust in capabilities ; Facing the global development trend of emerging industries such as new energy and e-commerce, as well as common concerns such as climate change and non-traditional security, accelerate the process of mutual recognition in new fields such as renewable energy, low carbon, and cross-border e-commerce; focusing on production capacity cooperation, basic Realistic needs such as facility interconnection and interoperability promote all parties to formulate common standards and consistency procedures for certification and accreditation in areas of common interest, and ultimately achieve “one standard, one certificate, and regional access.”
China actively promotes the existing bilateral and multilateral mutual recognition mechanisms to play a more active role and will take measures to expand the scope of mutual recognition in areas such as personnel certification, factory inspections, and food hygiene registration. At the same time, China is willing to conduct consultations with relevant parties to reach new bilateral and multilateral mutual recognition mechanisms. Recognize the results.
(3) Improve certification and accreditation service capabilities
Starting from the development needs of various countries, jointly promote the in-depth integration of certification and accreditation with the industrial economy, and enhance the ability of certification and accreditation to serve economic and trade development. Jointly respond to quality and safety challenges, promote supply chain security and facilitation cooperation based on certification and accreditation, and ensure the quality and safety of mutually supplied products; jointly adapt to the trend of industrial change, strengthen cooperation between all parties on certification and accreditation standards and technical levels, and promote certification and accreditation standards and Update technical specifications; jointly improve the level of interconnection and interoperability, promote mutual assistance among all parties in certification and accreditation infrastructure, encourage accreditation organizations to provide international services, and promote the joint construction and sharing of quality infrastructure in all countries.
China is willing to provide more certification and accreditation technology exchange and training opportunities for countries along the Belt and Road, and provide assistance within its capacity to the construction of conformity assessment capabilities of various countries; at the same time, it welcomes relevant parties to play a more active role in improving China’s conformity assessment capabilities.
(4) Promote the opening of the inspection, testing and certification market
On the basis of mutual openness, mutual benefit and win-win, jointly cultivate and develop the inspection, testing and certification market, create an open, transparent and fair competition market environment, encourage inspection, testing and certification institutions in various countries to carry out market integration and regional cooperation, and provide localized services to target users. Promote trade in certification, accreditation and inspection and testing services.
China will further expand the opening of the domestic inspection, testing and certification field, welcome foreign investment to enter the Chinese inspection, testing and certification market, and provide more convenience for foreign investors to set up institutions in China; at the same time, it is willing to jointly develop the inspection, testing and certification market with other countries to provide more convenience for local enterprises. Excellent conformity assessment services.
4. Cooperation mechanism
Improve the multilateral cooperation system. Give full play to the positive role of the existing multilateral mutual recognition system, promote intergovernmental and non-governmental international organizations to carry out certification and accreditation dialogues, advocate countries along the Belt and Road to actively participate in multilateral cooperation and mutual recognition activities, express reasonable interest demands, and coordinate the positions and actions of all parties. China proposes to jointly hold an international seminar on “One Belt, One Road” certification and accreditation to promote mutual trust and common development in the field of certification and accreditation among countries along the route.
Improve bilateral cooperation mechanisms. Give full play to the role of existing bilateral mechanisms, establish multi-level and multi-field bilateral cooperation channels, and promote the simultaneous development of bilateral certification and accreditation cooperation and bilateral economic and trade cooperation. China is willing to strengthen certification and accreditation cooperation under existing bilateral mechanisms with relevant countries, implement existing cooperation results, and jointly propose new cooperation arrangements.
Strengthen cooperation at the industry level and local level. Actively bring into play the enthusiasm of practitioners to participate in international cooperation, fully absorb the participation of practitioners in various multilateral and bilateral cooperation arrangements, and support mutual recognition arrangements for cooperation among practitioners in various countries. Encourage local departments to participate in bilateral and multilateral cooperation, carry out reciprocal cooperation and exchanges within the overall cooperation framework, and leverage geographical advantages to promote regional cooperation and development.
The National Certification and Accreditation Administration of the People’s Republic of China is willing to join hands with countries and relevant parties along the route to jointly inherit and carry forward the spirit of the Silk Road, actively promote practical cooperation, promote mutual trust and mutual recognition in the field of certification and accreditation, and benefit countries, enterprises, and people along the route.
