Accreditation Forum: Supporting Health and Social Care Held in Beijing

On June 9, 2015, Accreditation forum of “Supporting Health and Social Care” organized by China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment (CNAS) was held in Beijing. Mr.Sun Dawei, Vice Minister of General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ) and Administrator of the Certification and Accreditation Administration ( CNCA) and Madam Wang Fengqing, Chair of China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment (CNAS) present and make addresses. Such forum demonstrates the active role of the accreditation in the health and social care around the international theme of the 8th World Accreditation Day –”Accreditation Supports Health and Social Care”, aiming at boosting the wide adoption and development of the accreditation of the accreditation at a deeper level.

Mr. Xiao Jianhua Chief Executive and Dr.Song Guilan, Deputy Chief Executive of CNAS presided at the forum respectively. Specialists from French Embassy in China, AQSIQ, DANAK, National Health and Family Planning Commission of P.R. China, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and hospitals discuss the technical support role of the accreditation in the health and social care in their keynote speeches.

The forum of “Accreditation Supports Health and Social Care” is defined as an additional activity of celebrating 2015 World Accreditation Day and the launching ceremony of “Vision and Actions on Jointly Promoting Cooperation of Certification and Accreditation in Building Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st Century Maritime Silk Road”. Over 200 representatives, such as from CNAS, relative departments of AQSIQ, CNCA, SAC and those of local Inspection and Quarantine and quality supervision Bureaus as well as from conformity assessment bodies present at the forum.