On August 24, 2016, Chen Lu, Deputy General Manager of China Building Materials Test and Certification Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as CTC Headquarters), met with Mr. Shi Jun, General Manager of UL Environment Greater China Region, and his delegation. Jiang Quan, President of the Green Product Certification Institute, and other relevant leaders participated in the meeting.

From June 30 to July 1, the Second International Seminar on the Development of the “China Green Product” Labeling and Certification System was held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. More than 200 experts, scholars, entrepreneurs, and government officials from the conformity assessment fields of China, the United States, Germany, Turkey, and other countries gathered to discuss the establishment of a unified “China Green Product” labeling and certification system.

​On June 28, 2016, a delegation led by Chen Lu, Deputy General Manager of China Building Materials Test and Certification Group Co., Ltd. (CTC Headquarters), visited Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and held talks with representatives from the Department of Standards Malaysia (STANDARDS MALAYSIA), the Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia (SIRIM), the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA), the Construction Industry Development Board Malaysia (CIDB), and the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI). The two sides discussed the mutual recognition of glass and building materials standards, as well as the possibilities and steps for mutual recognition of testing and certification, and reached a preliminary consensus on realizing mutual recognition of standards, testing, and certification in stages and steps.

​From June 28 to 29, 2016, China Building Materials Test and Certification Group (hereinafter referred to as CTC Headquarters) successfully passed the CDM-DOE qualification assessment organized by the CDM-EB (Clean Development Mechanism Executive Board) of the United Nations.

​From June 7 to 8, 2016, the National Center for Quality Supervision and Inspection of Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Products (CPTC) (hereinafter referred to as the PV Center) under China Building Materials Test and Certification Group Co., Ltd. (CTC) successfully passed a two-day on-site assessment by the International Electrotechnical Commission IECEE CBTL for PV module testing laboratories.

​On June 14, 2016, after a gap of two years, Chen Lu, Deputy General Manager of China Building Materials Test and Certification Group Co., Ltd. (CTC), met again with Mr. Lance Hiscoe, Vice President of the Asia-Pacific Region of the National Occupational Safety Association (NOSA) of South Africa.

​The 21st UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) opened in Paris on November 30. Nearly 10,000 representatives from 195 countries and economies attended the conference, and more than 100 heads of state or government attended the first-day meeting. As a key milestone in the global cooperation process on climate change, the conference attracted great attention worldwide. China Building Materials Test and Certification Group Co., Ltd. (CTC) was invited to attend the conference and was invited to speak at a side event at the China Pavilion titled “Development of China’s MRV System,” hosted by the Certification and Accreditation Administration of China and Tsinghua University.

On November 15, 2015, ISO 17449:2015 "Road Vehicles — Safety Glazing Materials — Test Method for Performance of Electrically Heated Glass," the first international standard for China's glass industry and the first for China's automotive industry, led by China Building Materials Test and Certification Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as CTC), was published and implemented. The successful publication of this standard provides strong support for enhancing China's international standardization level in glass and shaping a good image of China's glass industry, and has sounded the clarion call for China's glass industry to march into international standardization.

​From September 16 to 19, 2015, the 5th International Proficiency Testing Conference was held as scheduled in Timisoara, Romania, a city with a long history in Europe. The conference was hosted by the Romanian Association of Proficiency Testing Providers (AFSIC), with more than 90 representatives from 28 countries around the world attending. A representative from the Romanian Ministry of Education attended and delivered a speech. Wang Ruihai, Deputy President of the Cement Inspection and Certification Institute of China Building Materials Test and Certification Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as CTC), and Zhu Xiaoling, Quality Director, attended the conference.

​From August 26 to 28, 2015, the ISO/TC 206 Standards Committee held the 22nd Fine Ceramics Standardization Annual Meeting in South Korea. China Building Materials Test and Certification Group Co., Ltd. (CTC) dispatched international standard development experts—Professor Bao Yiwang, Chief Scientist of CTC, Wan Detian, Executive Deputy President of the Central Research Institute, and Pan Ruina—to attend the meeting. They exchanged and discussed with experts and scholars from member countries of the ISO/TC 206 Standardization Technical Committee on three international standards under their responsibility, one new project proposal, one possible future preliminary proposal, and issues of mutual interest.