June 9th this year is the 16th World Recognition Day. Recently, the international and domestic posters for World Recognition Day 2023 were officially released.

Domestic version poster

This year is the first year to comprehensively implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the key year to implement the 14th Five Year Plan, the year to release and implement the Outline for Building a Quality Powerful Country, and the tenth anniversary of the the Belt and Road Initiative. In order to thoroughly implement the major decisions and deployments of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on accelerating the construction of a new development pattern, building a quality strong country, and promoting high-quality development, and fully implement the "Outline for Building a Quality Strong Country", the Chinese theme for this year's World Accreditation Day is "Certification, Accreditation, Inspection and Testing: Building a Quality Strong Country to Promote Global Trade".

The overall color scheme of the poster is blue and white. Blue represents trust, stability, and globalization. The center of the poster features a blue planet and relevant graphics representing international trade, highlighting the relevant fields and scenarios of certification, accreditation, inspection and testing services in international trade. The periphery is surrounded by certification and accreditation inspection and testing marks such as CCC, CMA, ISO 9001, CNAS, China Green Products, and China Organic Products. In a simple, clear, and intuitive form, it symbolizes the focus of certification and accreditation inspection and testing on "building a strong quality country and promoting global trade", constantly highlighting the functional role of quality management "physical examination certificate", market economy "letter of credit", and international trade "passport".

The domestic theme of this World Accreditation Day event, "Certification, Accreditation, Inspection and Testing: Building a Quality Strong Country and Promoting Global Trade," is displayed below the poster.

The International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) have designated the international theme for this year's World Accreditation Day as "Accreditation: Supporting the Future of Global Trade".

World Accreditation Day is a common holiday for countries around the world to promote and advance certification, accreditation, inspection, and testing work. To promote the widespread development of certification, accreditation, inspection and testing worldwide, the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) have jointly designated June 9th as "World Accreditation Day". Every year around World Recognition Day, countries around the world carry out relevant promotional activities.

Internationalization is an important feature of accreditation systems. The International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) are two major international accreditation organizations that aim to strengthen the coordination and consistent implementation of international standards and institutional rules for conformity assessment, promote the international recognition of conformity assessment results, reduce duplicate conformity assessments in trade, and facilitate international trade by establishing and operating a global accreditation multilateral mutual recognition system. The vision of IAF and ILAC is "one accreditation, one inspection, testing and certification, globally recognized". IAF/ILAC currently has member institutions from over 120 countries and economies, which account for approximately 96% of the global economy, forming a widely recognized global network. At present, IAF and ILAC member accreditation bodies have accredited over 12000 certification bodies, 85000 laboratories, 13000 inspection agencies, 600 proficiency testing providers, and 200 standard substance/sample producers worldwide. The scope of the multilateral mutual recognition agreement between IAF/ILAC and its recognized regional accreditation cooperation organizations includes various accreditation systems such as management system certification, product certification, personnel certification, verification, testing, calibration, inspection, capability verification, and standard substance production, jointly providing global quality solutions for sustainable economic and environmental development.