Case Study

Accreditation underpins forensic science in China

The decision of the Standing Committee of the National People ‘s Congress on the Administration of Forensic Science (Adopted at the 14th Session of the Standing Committee of the 10th National People’ s Congress (NPC)) states that legal persons or other organisations who apply to conduct forensic science shall meet the following condition: the applicant shall have a testing laboratory, which has obtained China Metrology Approval or CNAS accreditation, necessary for conducting forensic science.