From April 20th to 25th, 2026, the midterm meeting of the Global Accreditation Cooperation Incorporated (Global ACI) was held in Prague, the Czech Republic. Mr. Liu Changzhou, Deputy Secretary-General of the China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment (CNAS), led the CNAS delegation to attend the meeting on site and conduct exchanges with relevant participants.

This meeting marked the first global in-person gathering convened by Global ACI since its official launch of operations on January 1st, 2026. The agenda included the Global ACI General Assembly and meetings of its various committees. In-depth discussions were held on core topics including Global ACI's strategic planning, latest developments in international accreditation, the formulation and revision of international accreditation rules and technical documents, and cooperation between Global ACI and relevant international organizations. As an official member of Global ACI, the CNAS delegation attended the General Assembly and relevant committee meetings, and held exchanges with representatives from relevant international organizations and peer accreditation bodies worldwide.

Global ACI is an international cooperation organization for accreditation bodies and accreditation-related stakeholders across the globe, formed by the merger of the former International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC). It is committed to advancing international cooperation in the accreditation field worldwide, with the core objective of facilitating the widespread global acceptance of accredited conformity assessment results through the establishment and continuous improvement of the Multilateral Recognition Arrangement (MRA) among accreditation bodies. Global ACI currently has 190 members. As China's national accreditation body, CNAS was among the first batch of members to join Global ACI in October 2025.